ஔவையார் Avvaiyar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Avvaiyar s ( Tamil : ஔவையார் ; English: Respectable Women ) was the title of more than one poet who was active during different periods of Tamil literature . The Avvaiyar were some of the most famous and important female poets of the Tamil canon. Abithana Chintamani states that there were three female poets titled Avvaiyar . Among them, Avvaiyar I lived during the Sangam period (c. 1st and 2nd century CE) and had cordial relation with the Tamil chieftains Paari and Athiyaman . She wrote 59 poems in the Pu ṟ anā ṉ ū ṟ u . Avvaiyar II lived during the period of Kambar and Ottakoothar during the reign of the Chola dynasty in the 13th century. She is often imagined as an old and intelligent lady by Tamil people . She wrote many of the poems that remain very popular e...
ART - LITERATURE - CULTURE