Quote by Andal: “My heart is fixed upon you, O Lord, like an arrow aimed at its target.”

This passionate declaration expresses total devotion and unwavering focus on the divine beloved. It illustrates a love so intense that it is singularly directed, signifying complete surrender and dedication to a higher power, without any distractions or wavering commitment.

Andal lived during the Bhakti movement in South India, a period characterized by fervent devotion to a personal deity. As the only female Alwar saint, her poetry articulated an intensely personal, almost bridal mysticism towards Lord Vishnu (Krishna).

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.