Ilango Adigal
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Ilango Adigal was a Jain monk, belonging to the Chera royal family, from the city of Vanci in southern India. He is traditionally credited as the author of the epic poem Cilappatikaram, one of the Fiv
Statue of Ilango Adigal at Marina Beach, Chennai.
Relief sculpture of Ilango Adigal, in the Silappathikara Art Gallery, Poombuhar, Tamil Nadu.
Kannagi
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Kannagi, sometimes spelled Kannaki, is the titual character of the Tamil in Ilango Adigal's Cilappatikaram, one of the Five Great Epics in Tamil literature. She is described as a chaste woman who stay
Ilango Adigal
…family who lived much later than Cenguttuvan and composed the poem based on a reliable version of the historical tradition concerning Cenguttuvan and Kannagi, the central figure of the epic. No directly verifiable information about Ilango Adigal exists outside of Cilappatikaram ("The Lay or Song of the…
Statue of Kannagi in Chennai
Statues of Kannagi and Kovalan at Poombuhar
Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple
Kannakai's idol in Thambiluvil