What is the name of the Tamil poet-saint who is the devotee of Shiva?

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Appar is the name of the Tamil poet-saint who is the devotee of Shiva.
Bhakti is devotion towards the chosen deity and all people irrespective of their caste and gender can follow the path of bhakti. That is it refers to an intimate, two-way relationship between devotees and god. Every person began to devote a deity. Many of them wrote bhakti poems to show their devotion to a deity. Appar was one such poet. He is the Tamil poet-saint. Appar was a devotee of Shiva. He lived 1400 years ago and he was also a Vellalar. He composed many poems about Shiva as he was a devotee of Shiva. Through his poems, we can understand the true devotion of the poet toward his deity. In his poem, he conveys the message that devotion is more valuable than social status.

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