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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 ]
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.
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
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 is a 1953 Indian Tamil-language historical drama film directed by Kothamangalam Subbu, and produced by S. S. Vasan. The film stars K. B. Sundarambal as the title character . It was released on 15 August 1953.
His origin is North Arcot district of Tamil Nadu, from where his father migrated to Tuticorin to work in shipping business. He was born in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. From early 1960s to the 1980s; he was one of the most powerful mob bosses in Bombay, along with Haji Mastan and Karim Lala.
Muppandal is a small village on the southern tip of India in Kanyakumari District, in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is located in a hilly region where wind from the Arabian Sea gusts through mountain passes. [1] There is a legend that Avvaiyar had arranged for a marriage, to which she invited the sovereigns of the Chera, Chola and Pandya kingdoms.
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’.