# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karaikkal-ammeiyar
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:40:28.697Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karaikkal-ammeiyar"
name: "Karaikkal Ammeiyar"
slug: "karaikkal-ammeiyar"
description: "Karaikal Ammaiyar, meaning \"The Revered Mother of Karaikal\", is one of the three women amongst the 63 Nayanmars and one of the greatest figures of early Tamil literature. She was born in Karaikal, South India, and probably lived during the 5th century CE. She was a devotee of Shiva."
tagline: "Major figure in early Tamil literature"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/MET_DT7391.jpg/330px-MET_DT7391.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           44.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.438844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "కారైక్కల్ అమ్మాయార్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "কারাইক্কল আম্মাইয়ার"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karaikkal Ammaiyar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaikkal_Ammaiyar"
    title: "Karaikkal Ammaiyar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "कारइक्काल अम्मई"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಕಾರೈಕ್ಕಾಲಮ್ಮೆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "कारैक्काल् अम्बा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "காரைக்கால் அம்மையார்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3536629"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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