A litany listing 63 Nayanmars (Saivite saints).
In Tantric Saivism, the cremation ground is Manchala (the mind). The "ghosts" are our vasanas (latent desires). The "dance" is the vibration of prana . The meaning of this song is Alchemy . It instructs you to sit in the cemetery of your own ego, watch the dance of destruction, and realize that the dancer and the ashes are one. 3. Sundarar’s “Thiruthondar Thogai” – The Sacred Roster of Madmen Lyric Snippet: "Vanakkam pattar, ayan chakkarar, punitha uyya kantha thiru nilakanta, peruman adiyarai yaan vanakkam..." (Salutations to the devotees—the mad ones, the outcasts, the hunter who gave his leather, the woman who gave her flesh…) thevaram songs with meaning
Sundarar is the most human saint. He demanded material wealth from Shiva, got angry, and was even made to marry two women. His Thevaram is a song of relationship , not worship. A litany listing 63 Nayanmars (Saivite saints)