SRIVILLIPUTHUR

Meera's devotional songs in praise of Giridhara Gopala (Krishna) are very well known and are almost household tunes in the North. Similarly the Pasurams of Andal and devotional compositions of Karikkal Ammaiyar are equally popular in the South. Of these two saintesses, Andal has a greater number of worshippers.

The legend behind Andal's birth is shrouded in mystery. Her spiritual descent is traced back to Sri Devi, the Universal Goddess. God, the Divine King, is symbolically provided with three queens. They are Sri, Bhoo and Nila. Sri is the Universal Mother and holds sway over both the spiritual plane, Nityavibhuti, and the material plane, Lilavibhuti.

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