The first seven books were later called as Tevaram, and the whole Saiva canon, to which was added, as the 12th book, 's Periya Puranam (1135 CE) is wholly known as Tirumurai, the holy book.Translation works on Thiruvasagam. Nambi arranged the hymns of three saint poets Sambandhar, Appar and Sundarar as the first seven books, 's as the 8th book, the 28 hymns of nine other saints as the 9th book, the of as the 10th book, 40 hymns by 12 other poets as the 10th book, Tirutotanar Tiruvanthathi - the sacred anthathi of the labours of the 63 nayanar saints and added his own hymns as the 11th book. Thus far Shiva temples only had images of god forms, but after the advent of Rajaraja, the images of the Nayanar saints were also placed inside the temple. Rajaraja thus became to be known as Tirumurai Kanda Cholan meaning one who saved the Tirumurai. The brahmanas in the temple opposed the mission, but Rajaraja intervened by consecrating the images of the saint-poets through the streets of Chidambaram.
