Thirumoolar Thirumanthiram

Name : Thirumoolar
Tamil Month Of Birth : Purattasi
Tamil Birth Star : Avittam
Duration Of Life : 3000 Years, 13 days
Place Of Samathi : Chidambaram

Thirumoolar
Thirumoolar is a great Saivite saint, some believe He is the Lord Himself. He is one of the "Arupathoomoovar Nayanmars", the sixty three saivite saints who spent their lifetime singing the praise of the Lord.

Thirumoolar's treatise, Thirumanthiram is a collection of 3000 hymns; it provides many of the Mahavakyas of Saivism.

Thirumoolar sat in meditation for 3000 years in Thiruvaduthurai, a village near Kumabkonam, TN. Every year He sang one hymn; Thirumoolar is the first saint, who sang in praise of the "Tamil" language. HIS hymn, where HE sings in praise of the Lord as "Anbe Sivam" (GOD is LOVE) is the most sublime statement; all the Nayanmars are living commentaries on this statement.
source: http://cosmic-verity.blogspot.com/2005/09/thirumoolar.html