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1. Margazhi thingal
2. Vaiyaathu Vazhveergal
3. Ongi ulagalantha
4. Azhimazhai Kanna
5. Mayanai
6. Pullum silambina kanna
7. Keesu keesendrengum
8. Kizhvanam vellendru
9. Thoomani madthu
10. Notru chuvargam
11. Katrukaravai kanangal
12. Kanatilanga katrerumal
13. Pullinvai keendanai
14. Ungal puzhakkadai
15. Elle elangkiliye
16. Nayaganai nindra
17. Ambarame thanneere
18. Unthumathakalitran
19. Kuthu vilakkeriye
20. Muppathu moovar amarakku
21. Yetra kalangal
22. Anganma gnalathu
23. Marimalai muzhanjil
24. Andrivulagam alanthai
25. Oruthi mahanai piranthu
26. Maalay manivanna
27. Koodarai vellum seer
28. Karavaigal pin sendru
29. Sitransiru kale
30. Vangakadal kadaintha
Andal is one of the most extraordinary personalities in religious history. She is known in her native tongue of Tamil as an Alvar, one who is "immersed" in the depths of enjoyment of God, the omnipresent mysterious One, and Andal is one of the best-loved poet-saints of the Tamils. Pious tradition reckons her to be the veritable descent of Bhumi Devi (Mother Earth) in bodily form to show humanity the way to His lotus feet. She is present in all Sri Vanishnava temples, in India and elsewhere, next to her Lord, as she always desired.
Andal is remembered for her poetry, in which she often strikes autobiographical notes about her love for her Lord. She describes herself as a young girl, still not fully mature, pining away for Him. She beseeches her friends, the god of love, and even animals for help in her quest to attain Him. Finally, she describes her good fortune of being the daughter of Vishnucitta, the best of the devout, who lives in Srivilliputtur and adores the Lord.
Her first work is the Tiruppavai, a poem of thirty verses in which Andal imagines herself to be a cowherd girl during the incarnation of Lord Krishna. She yearns to serve Him and achieve happiness not just in this birth, but for all eternity, and describes the religious vow (pavai) that she and her fellow cowgirls will take for this purpose.
Thiruppavai the collection of 30 hymns considered as the necklace among the prabhandams is the yearning for eternal service to god with the total and unconditional surrender to GOD.
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