Mudal Aazhwars.

Poigai, Bhoodat and Pei Aazhwars are known as 'Mudal Aazhwars'or First Aazhwars.That is they were the earliest of the Vaishnavaite saints preaching Bhakthi or devotion as the easiest and best way to reach god and free oneself from the eternal cycle of birth and death.

All the three Aazhwars were contemporaies --4 th to 5 th century AD , were wandering ascetics andgreat devotees of Vishnu with particular fondness to Krishna avatar.Their hymns exhibit serenity and confidence and are devoid of condemnation of other religions ,that are found so often in the hymns of later Aazhwars .

Nature and her beauties are widely recognised and appreciated. Though all 3 Aazhwars showed a marked preference to Srinivasa at Tirumalai over Sri Ranganathar at Srirangam, all were of the view that one's own heart was the best temple.