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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 ...
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
The town derives its name from the compounding of two Tamil words palam meaning fruit and nee meaning you, a reference to poet Avvaiyar's song praising Muruga which forms part of the legend of the Palani Murugan temple. But the actual correct word is பழம்நீர் which means place surrounded by fruit with water (Coconut and Palm trees).
The temple is known for a court case in which a statue responded to identify among the many were stolen 19 Panchamuga Vinayagar Temple Sri Panchamuga Vinayagar Panchamuga Vinayagar Temple, Paramathi Velur Namakkal: The temple where you will find 4 sides of face and on top of that one face of Vinayagar
Statue of Valluvar in the Thiruvalluvar Temple, Mylapore. The exact date of Valluvar is unclear. His work Tirukkuṟaḷ has been dated variously from 300 BCE to about the sixth century CE. According to traditional accounts, it was the last work of the third Sangam and was subjected to a divine test (which it passed). [39]
A statue of Paari giving away his chariot to a climber plant Vēḷ Pari was a velir ruler who ruled Parambu nadu and surrounding regions in ancient Tamilakam during the Sangam period . He was the patron and friend of poet Kabilar and is extolled for his benevolence, patronage of art and literature.
(Avvaiyar, ancient Tamil poet, c. 1st and 2nd century CE) "The book without a name by an author without a name." "The masterpiece of Tamil literature, one of the highest and purest expressions of human thought.