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Statue of Avvaiyar at Marina Beach, Chennai. 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.
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.
The Athichudi (Tamil: ஆத்திசூடி, romanized: Āthichūdi) is a collection of single-line quotations written by Avvaiyar and organized in alphabetical order. There are 109 of these sacred lines which include insightful quotes expressed in simple words.
South India in Sangam Period. In Old Tamil language, the term Tamilakam (Tamiḻakam, Purananuru 168. 18) referred to the whole of the ancient Tamil-speaking area, [web 1] corresponding roughly to the area known as southern India today, consisting of the territories of the present-day Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
Avvaiyar (Tamil: ஔவையார்) was a Tamil poet who lived during the seventh or eighth century and was a follower of the poet-saint Sundarar. [1] [2] She was the author of Vinayagar Agaval, a devotional poetic hymn to the Hindu deity Ganesha. [1]
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
Belonging to the Athiyaman clan, [2] [3] he was the contemporary and the patron of poetess Avvaiyar. [4] He ruled over the area encompassing present day Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, and Salem with the capital at Tagadur. [5] They were one of the kadai ezhu vallal (last seven great patrons) of the ancient Tamil country. [6]