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Andal ( Tamil: ஆண்டாள்; ISO 15919: Āṇḍāḷ), also known as Kothai, Nachiyar, and Godadevi, was the only female Alvar among the twelve Hindu poet-saints of South India. She was posthumously considered an avatar of the goddess Bhudevi. As with the Alvar saints, she was affiliated with the Sri Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism.
Feb 2, 2018 · Andal was a Tamil poet and Bhakti saint, like Meera of the north, or Akka Mahadevi of the Kannada region. As a young woman, she fell in love with Lord Vishnu and refused to wed any mortal man. In...
Andal is one of the most extraordinary personalities in religious history. She is known in her native tongue of Tamil as an Alvar, one who is "immersed" in the depths of enjoyment of God, the omnipresent mysterious One. Tradition reckons 12 Alvars, of which Andal is the only female.
Jul 26, 2020 · Andal, also called as Godadevi, is an important female figure in South India and she is considered to be the only female avatar of the twelve Alvar saints in South India. She is often remembered for her pure love and devotion towards the lord.
Mar 15, 2013 · She was the only female among the 12 Alwar Saints who are Vishnu Bhaktas and follow the Srivaishnava tradition. Alwars were the saints who revitalised the Hindu religion with their emphasis on true devotion to God and their worship through poetry between the 5th and 9th centuries.
May 17, 2016 · Andal was the only woman among the twelve Alwars – medieval Vaishnavite poets who took the scriptures to the masses, composing hymns in Tamil that are considered the equivalent of the Sanskrit Vedas. Along with Shridevi (Lakshmi), Andal appears beside Vishnu as his consort, Bhoodevi – the personification of earth.
Dec 14, 2017 · Andal was following the Katyayani vratam of the Gopikas when she took up the Margazhi Nombu. The thirty pasurams are the quintessential wisdom of the Vedas and the Upanishads.
Mar 23, 2021 · Known today as Srivilliputhur, a temple town 80 km south-west of Madurai, Puduvai and its legendary Andal hold a special place in the religious history of India. Legend and fact blend to tell us the story of Andal.
Sep 12, 2023 · Andal was a 9th century CE Tamil mystic poet born in Srivilliputhur and elevated to the status of a goddess mere centuries after her disappearance as a teenage girl.
The Autobiography of a Goddess is Andal’s entire corpus, composed before her marriage to Vishnu, and it cements her status as the South Indian corollary to Mirabai, the saint and devotee of Sri...
