# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:52:33.669Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andal"
name: "Andal"
slug: "andal"
description: "Andal, also known as Kothai and Nachiyar is one of the 12 Alvars, who are Tamil saints who patronised Vaishnavism during the Bhakti movement. She is the only female Alvar. She is considered to be an avatar of the earth goddess Bhumi, who is an aspect of Hindu goddess Lakshmi, the consort of the preserver god Vishnu. The Alvars are affiliated with the Sri Vaishnavism tradition of Vaishnavism. As per Hindu mythology, she was raised by Periyalvar in Srivilliputhur, where she grew up as a devotee of Krishna."
tagline: "Tamil poet-saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Saint_Andal_LACMA_M.86.94.2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "800"
deathDate: "900"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.92
  momentum:             0.3823529411764707
  historical:           17.967796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "พระแม่อันทาล"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "আণ্ডাল"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andal"
    title: "Andal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andal"
    title: "Andal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andal"
    title: "Andal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andal"
    title: "Andal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2"
    title: "आण्डाल"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Āṇṭāḷ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಆಂಡಾಳ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ആണ്ടാൾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "आंडाळ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "आण्डाल"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਆਂਡਾਲ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andal"
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    title: "Андаль"
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    title: "ᱟᱱᱰᱟᱞ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "आण्डाळ्"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ஆண்டாள்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF"
    title: "గోదాదేవి"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465030"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump