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Avvaiyar was a Tamil poet who lived during the period of Kambar and Ottakoothar during the reign of the Chola dynasty in the twelfth century. [1] She is often imagined as an old and intelligent lady by Tamil people. Many poems and the Avvai Kural, comprising 310 kurals in 31 chapters, belong to this period.
In later years, he went on to do the title role in the play ‘Avvaiyar’, portraying the famous Tamil woman poet. Such was Shanmugam's dedication that it is said he removed two of his molar teeth for a more realistic portrayal of Avvaiyar, the old female poet. In his later years, he was more popularly referred to as ‘Avvai Shanmugam’.
Avvaiyar (Tamil: ஔவையார்) was a Tamil poet who lived during the Sangam period and is said to have had cordial relations with the Tamil chieftains Vēl Pāri and Athiyamān. She wrote 59 poems in the Puṟanāṉūṟu . [ 1 ]
Late Chola, Tamil Nadu. Vinayagar Agaval is a devotional poetic hymn to the Hindu deity Ganesha. It was written in the 10th century during the Chola dynasty by the Tamil poet Avvaiyar, shortly before her death. [1] It is considered to be her greatest poem. [2] The 72-line 'Agaval' is a form of blank verse, close to speech.
"அணுவைத் துளைத்தேழ் கடலைப் புகட்டிக் குறுகத் தறித்த குறள்" ["Thiruvalluvar pierced an atom and injected seven seas into it and compressed it into what we have today as Kural."] [3] [5] [6] (Avvaiyar, ancient Tamil poet, c. 1st and 2nd century CE)
The Tondaiman family were Tamil rulers of the ancient Tondai Nadu (Tondaimandalam) division of Tamilakkam in South India. Their capital was at Kanchipuram. [1]They ruled with the Pallava dynasty, which controlled northern Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and had its capital at Kanchipuram.
Avvaiyar, Avviyar, or Auvaiyar is a Tamil title. It may refer to: Avvaiyar (Sangam poet), a 1st-century BCE poet; Avvaiyar (8th-century poet), an 8th-century poet; Avvaiyar (12th-century poet), a 12th-century poet; Avvaiyar, a 1953 Indian film by Kothamangalam Subbu; Avviyar (crater), a crater on Venus named for the Sangam period poet
When poet Avvaiyar visited the court of Athiyamān Nedumān Añci, he liked her so much that he deliberately delayed in giving her gifts to prolong her stay. The poet at first not realizing the game, got angry and condemned him and then later when she realized the true motive, became so fond him that she decided to stay and became his close friend.