The Āḻvārs, “those immersed” in God, were Tamil devotees of Viṣṇu who lived between about the sixth and ninth centuries. Their four thousand verses, gathered as the Divya Prabandham, are revered as a Tamil Veda in the Śrī Vaiṣṇava tradition of Rāmānuja. Among them is a woman poet, Āṇṭāḷ.
Āḻvārs
The twelve Tamil poet-saints devoted to Viṣṇu, whose hymns are sacred in Śrī Vaiṣṇavism.
Also: Alvars