Aadhimandhiyar

Aadhimandhiyar is the daughterof Thirumavazhavanalias Karikarcholan. she got married ot Aatanathi, the king of Chera Nadu. After marriage they both went to Karikarcholanrkazhar to celeberate the new waterflow in Kaveri. Aatanathi is a handsome , charming young man who enjoyed playing in the water.Unfortunately, he was drowned in Kaveri while he was enjoying a swim in the water.She went in search of him everywhere; but unable to find him anywhere, she went in the direction of the river itself insearch of him.Unable to bear her desperate tone the sea himself brought him back. She embraced him and enjoyed his company. This story can be seen in Nedunthogai and Silappathikaram.This story is oft quoted by Panar whenever they want to describe the pain a lady undergoes being separated from her lover.In Kurunthogai,a sample of her poetic skill is displayed when she bemoans over the loss of her newly wedded husband.

Mannar Kuzhi:ya vizhavi nanum
Mahalirthazhi:ya thunangai yanum
Yandung kane:n mandak konai
Yanumo: radukazhe malhale: enkai
Ko:di rilangkuvalai nehiltha
Peedukezhu kurisilu madukala mahane

This poem has been analysed by Nachinarkiniyar as one the great poems written by the early
women poets. It is to be noted that the women Tamil poets were permitted to write love poems. They were allowed to write openly the pangs of separation, when the western women were not allowed to write their views on life or they didn't have a room of one's own . Further it is to be noted that men writers appreciated the lyric and the content of their writings.Not only the human beings but also nature yielded to their poetic skill and hence the husband was restored.The women proved that they are Ardhanaris and showed their importance in one's life.
Through a few poems Mahavidwan establishes the greatness of women and also glorifies socity of that period in Tamilnaduee