Andal

Poet

(815 – Unknown) · South Asia

Ninth-century Tamil poet-saint and the only woman among the twelve Alvars, the Vaishnava devotional saints of South India. Her two major works, the Tiruppavai and the Nacchiyar Tirumoli, are among the most celebrated texts in the Sri Vaishnava tradition and are still sung in temples across Tamil Nadu. According to tradition she was raised by the saint Periyalvar in Srivilliputhur.