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Alwars : literally “those immersed in God”, were Tamil Vaishnava mystic-poets who sang praises of Vishnu as they travelled from one place to another; their songs rank among the world’s greatest devotional literature. The most famous of them was Nammalwar. They established temple sites such as Srirangam. Their bhakti-songs, compiled as Alwār Arulicheyalgal or Divya Prabhandham, developed into an influential scripture for the Vaishnava bhakti & is mentioned in Bhāgavata Purana.