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Kulasekhara Alvar
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Kulasekhara (Tamil: குலசேகரர்; IAST: Kulaśekhara) (fl. 9th century CE), one of the twelve Vaishnavite alvars, was a bhakti theologian and devotional poet from medieval south India. The Trikkulasekharapuram Temple in Kodungallur is considered as the Alvar's birth place, located in modern-day Kerala region.[1][2] He was the author of Perumal Tirumoli in Tamil and "Mukundamala" in Sanskrit. The Perumal Tirumoli, whose second decade is known as "Tetrarum Tiral", is compiled as a part of Nalayira Divya Prabandham.[3] The Trikkulasekharapuram Temple in Kodungallur is considered as the Alvar's birth place.[4][5]
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Vaishnavite traditions describe the Alvar as a king of the Chera royal family of the western coast (Kerala).[5][6] Scholars identify Kulasekhara with royal Chera playwright Kulasekhara Varma and Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara (ruled 844/45 – c. 870/71 AD), the earliest known Chera Perumal king of Kerala.[1][3][4]