Tamil Alvar saint Andal

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Tamil Alvar saint Andal is a revered 9th-century South Indian poet-saint of the Bhakti movement, celebrated for her passionate devotional hymns to Vishnu and her legendary life of mystical bridal love for the deity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sri Andal 1
Tamil Alvar saint Andal canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alvar saint ⓘ
Bhakti movement poet ⓘ
Hindu saint ⓘ
Tamil poet-saint ⓘ
adoptiveFather Periyalvar ⓘ
associatedLegend offering garlands first worn by herself to Vishnu ⓘ
associatedWithRegion South India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
associatedWithTemple Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam ⓘ
Srivilliputhur Andal Temple ⓘ
associatedWithTradition Sri Vaishnavism ⓘ
belongsToGroup Alvars ⓘ
birthPlace Srivilliputhur ⓘ
century 9th century ⓘ
country India ⓘ
devotionalFocus Ranganatha ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
festival Aadi Pooram ⓘ
Margazhi Tiruppavai observance ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
honorificTitle Godha Devi ⓘ
Kodhai ⓘ
Nachiyar ⓘ
iconography depicted holding a garland ⓘ
includedIn Nalayira Divya Prabandham ⓘ
linked to: Divya Prabandham
influenceOn Sri Vaishnava liturgy ⓘ
Tamil Bhakti literature ⓘ
knownFor Nachiyar Tirumozhi ⓘ
Tiruppavai ⓘ
devotional hymns to Vishnu ⓘ
mystical bridal love for Vishnu ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
literaryForm prabandham ⓘ
movement Bhakti movement ⓘ
numberOfVersesInTiruppavai 30 ⓘ
onlyFemaleMemberOf Alvars ⓘ
parent Periyalvar ⓘ
poeticGenre devotional lyric poetry ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
statusInTradition one of the twelve Alvars ⓘ
theme bridal mysticism ⓘ
viraha (love-in-separation) ⓘ
veneratedAs goddess ⓘ
incarnation of Bhudevi ⓘ
work Nachiyar Tirumozhi ⓘ
Tiruppavai ⓘ
worshippedIn Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amuktamalyada → about → Tamil Alvar saint Andal ⓘ
Sri Padmavathi Ammavari Temple → hasSubShrine → Sri Andal ⓘ
linked to: Tamil Alvar saint Andal