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Name one tamil women you would take the efforts use the time machine and me. (56 posts)

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vairam99 said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Let me twist the topic ,
Who would be the most interesting /beautiful Tamil women who would be worth seeing in the past?

Madhavi of Silapadikaram would be my choice or even Kannaki while she is burning Mathurai!!

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abhivencat said 2 years, 4 months ago:

mangayarkarasi

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shobhainsf said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Avaiyaar

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vairam99 said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Which one ?

http://karkanirka.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/how-many-auvaiyars/

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intellisurfer said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Bharatiyar’s wife. To understand the turmoil and sacrifices she had to face as Bhartiyar’s wife.

GRS

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shobhainsf said 2 years, 4 months ago:

The one who gave Vinayagar Agaval. I know only her

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pras_v said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Chellammal Bharathi.The silent pillar of support behind Mahakavi Bharathi.

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ravi_eds said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Without battling an eyelid
Aandal!

if we can chose another, Rani Lakshmi Bai aka Jhansi Rani & Mother of Pondicherry.

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ravi_eds said 2 years, 4 months ago:

is that not a deal for the spouse, a thorn studded path to immortality ?
Anyone who treads the path of being a rebel (out of box thinkers) has this situation for their family. Infact, I pity Baarathiyar during his last years where he was forced to move back into a regular job.

Thats when, the song ‘Nallathor veenai seithe’ makes subtle sense.

- R

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dmaloo said 2 years, 4 months ago:

M.S Subbulakshmi.

To answer Vairam’s question on most beautiful women..that is pretty tough..madhavi yes but am not hugely enamored by her character (beauty to me is looks + character). Nandhini or Kundhavai..certainly yes.

Shoba – there is no proof Avvaiyar was a woman so you may have to choose again

Malathi

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dmaloo said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Yes Kasturba Gandhi belongs in same league. I remember this story of Bharathi’s wife, she borrows a small quantity of rice from neighbors to cook after a long period of starvation and goes to take bath..in the meantime the great poet had scattered the rice to sparrows and was penning his newest poem on chittukuruvis..

It takes a lot to be a celebrity’s wife, regardless it is debatable if they are celebrities in their own right.

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ravi_eds said 2 years, 4 months ago:

> Shoba – there is no proof Avvaiyar was a woman so you may have to choose again

Ithenna puthu bit !!!! Thamizh moothaati or ???

intha sabhai la enna ellam case oda pogutho…

iraiva… intha ooruku pazhi nerthal unakindri enakkilai

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vairam99 said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Hi Malathi
This clearly shows you haven’t read Silapadikaram or Manimekalai. Madhavi was very virtuous. She didnt go against the customs of those days.
She was so faithful to Kovalan that Kannaki allowed her to do last rites for Kovalan(which are usuaally performed by the wife).
After Kovalan’s death she became a saint and also raised her daughter to be a saint(Story of Manimekalai).

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dmaloo said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Hi Vairam, i don’t make claims to have read both epics in detail but have a rough idea. I didnt mean the lady was not ‘virtuous’ – virtue is different from strength of character, i only said i was not hugely enamored by anything she did to name her as one of my favorites (same like Vaanadhi) – it is just a choice nothing to debate about.

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ravi_eds said 2 years, 4 months ago:

Malathi: am not sure how this conclusion was made on Madhavi.

I am no expert on these books, but whatever I read and cross referenced – madhavi was no less than Kannagi.

Infact, I faintly remember a debate (have to search for the links) on why Madhavi was a sincere ‘karpukarasi’ also.

For a person with Madhavi’s ‘job responsibility’ to bear a child for a specific person is a big task. The very reason she accepted Kovalan for that regard says something.

- R

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