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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] A plaque on a statue of the poet in Chennai suggests the first century BCE for her birthdate.
Avvaiyar was the court poet of the Chola monarch and was a contemporary of Kambar and Ottakkuttar. [5] She found great happiness in the life of small children. Her works, Ātticcūṭi and Konraiventhan, written for young children, are even now generally read and enjoyed by them. Her two other works, Mooturai and Nalvali were written for older ...
A more primitive statue in one of the Ellora Caves with this general form has been dated to the 7th century. [46] Details of the other hands are difficult to make out on the statue shown. In the standard configuration, Ganesha typically holds an axe or a goad in one upper arm and a pasha in the other upper arm. In rare instances, he may be ...
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
13th-century Ganesha bronze. 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]
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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.
Avvaiyar was an ancient female poet who was a mutual friend of Kabilar and the three kings. So Kapilar requested Avvaiyar's help to save Pari's daughters. She accepted his request. Pāri's death affected Kabilar and he later took his own life by vadakirrutal, a Tamil way of committing suicide.