1846 reviews

Avvaiyar Statue

Name: Avvaiyar Statue
Address: Chennai, IN
Rating: 4.50

Wednesday 24 hours open

Sculpture Tourist attraction

368, Avvai Shanmugam Salai, Marina Beach, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600005, India

Chennai Tamil Nadu

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Avvaiyar Statue is a sculpture and tourist attraction located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The average rating of this place is 4.50 out of 5 stars based on 1846 reviews. The street address of this place is 368, Avvai Shanmugam Salai, Marina Beach, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600005, India. It is about 0.28 kilometers away from the Chennai Beac railway station.

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Where is Avvaiyar Statue located?: Avvaiyar Statue is located at 368, Avvai Shanmugam Salai, Marina Beach, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600005, India.
What is the off day for Avvaiyar Statue?: Avvaiyar Statue is 7 days open 24hr
What is the nearest metro station from Avvaiyar Statue?: Avvaiyar Statue is nearly 1.58 kilometers away from LIC Metro Station. You can go to this metro station by using the Metro MRT Blue Line.
What is the nearest railway station from Avvaiyar Statue?: Chennai Beac railway station is the nearest railway station to Avvaiyar Statue. It is nearly 0.28 kilometers away from it.

What people say about Avvaiyar Statue

Kuldeep Kothari 36 months ago

A part of the marina beach strech. Prefer going to this spot as it has the I love Chennai hoarding where nice pics can be clicked and is convenient for getting cabs and autos

Ankit Gupta 60 months ago

Situated at Avvai Shanmugam Salai, Marina Beach, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600005.

History behind: The great king gave an "eternal" gooseberry (Nellikani in Tamil) fruit to Avvaiyar I. It was a special fruit that would bestow on whoever ate it a very long and healthy life. Athiyaman wanted Avvaiyar to eat the eternal fruit as she was the right person who could serve the Tamil community. If she could live forever, so would the Tamil heritage and language.

The Avvaiyars -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, the first Avvaiyar lived during the Sangam period (c. 1st and 2nd century CE) and is said to have had cordial relations with the Tamil chieftains Vēl Pāri and Athiyamān. She wrote 59 poems in the Puṟanāṉūṟu.

Avvaiyar II lived during the period of Kambarand Ottakoothar during the reign of the Chola dynasty in the tenth century. She is often imagined as an old and intelligent lady by Tamil people. She wrote many of the poems that remain very popular even today, and are inculcated in school textbooks in Tamil Nadu. These books include a list of dos and don'ts, useful for daily life, arranged in simple and short sentences.