Amar Chitra Katha - Kannappa

An inc reasing number of kings in South Ind Ia bagan to patroni sa Je ini sm after the fifth century A.D . In the North too, tradi t ion a l Hinduism wes on th e decline, espec ia lly after Harsha ambraced Buddhism. The revival of Hmduism was made possible not only by the great intellectual debates of Shankaracharya in the eighth century A.D" but also by the emotional content provided by the Bhakti (devo t ion) movement of the Nayanars, the She iva saints, and th e Alvars, the Vaishnava saints. Lika Buddhism end Jain ism. the Bhakti movemont advocated a n egalitarian ou t look, teaching that a l l those wh o worship the Lord ara equal i n His eyes. Both the Nayanars and the Alvars wore simple-hearted devotees. They expressed their feelings in songs which are easy to comprehend and yet deeply movIng. Th e story of Kenneppa Nayanar is told in t he Periya PUranam in Tamil. In preparing th is Amar Chitra Katha, material has also been drawn from the Kan n ada prose work, Ragale by H arihara .

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