Quote by Andal: “Let your love flow through me, a river to the ocean of your grace.”

This quote uses a beautiful natural metaphor to express a desire for divine connection and to be a channel for divine blessings. It conveys a yearning to be an instrument of grace, allowing spiritual love to pass through and enrich both the individual and the world.

Andal's hymns (Tiruppavai and Nachiyar Tirumoli) are central to Vaishnavite devotional practices. Her poetry often expresses a profound longing for union with the divine, using rich imagery drawn from nature and traditional bridal mysticism.

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.