AbstractThis study aimed to identify the display of the elements of Lord Shiva’s ‘Sorubam’ and
‘Thadatham’ in Thirunaavukkarasar’s songs based on the theories found in the Saiva
Sidhantham. Rooted on the theory, ‘Sivanyabotham’ is referred to in context of this
research to analyze the display of the focussed elements. The methodology used in this
research is of mixed method, whereby both qualitative and quantitative method were used
descriptively based on the analysis of the texts used in Thirunaavukkarasar’s songs. Data
is obtained through document analysis and questionnaire. 100 Thirunaavukkarasar’s
songs were used for data collection through document analysis. The questionnaire
consists of 3 parts with 24 items in total, with Part A consisting of seven items pertaining
to Thirunaavukkarasar, Part B with 10 items pertaining to ‘Enkunanggal’, and Part C
with seven items pertaining to ‘Aintholil’. Data obtained is analyzed thematically and
percentage wise.....