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			{{Short description\|18th-century Tamil composer and saint}}
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	'''Avudai Akkal''', also known as '''~~Shenkottai~~ Sri Avudai Akkal''', was an 18th-century [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] [[composer]]<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Pattabhi Raman\|first1=Sulochana\|title=Compositions of Avudai Akkal\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/br/2003/12/30/stories/2003123000121600.htm\|accessdate=12 May 2017\|work=www.thehindu.com\|date=30 December 2003}}</ref> and [[saint]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Pisharoty\|first1=Sangeeta Barooah\|title=Reclaiming Akkal\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/reclaiming-akkal/article5335348.ece\|accessdate=12 May 2017\|work=The Hindu\|date=10 November 2013\|language=en}}</ref> As was the custom those days, she was married at a very young age but her husband died too soon. At that time, the great saint [[Sridhara ~~Venkatesa~~ Ayyaval]] visited their village. She approached him for guidance. He initiated her into the mystic aspects of [[Advaita]]. She mentions his name in almost every songs. She has written several plays, songs, poems full of spirituality. She is said to have mysteriously disappeared in the hills of [[Courtallam]] on an aadi ~~amavaysa~~ day.<ref>https://solvanam.com/2010/08/23/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%80-%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%95/</ref>		'''Avudai Akkal''', also known as '''Senkottai Sri Avudai Akkal''', was an 18th-century [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] [[composer]]<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Pattabhi Raman\|first1=Sulochana\|title=Compositions of Avudai Akkal\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/br/2003/12/30/stories/2003123000121600.htm\|accessdate=12 May 2017\|work=www.thehindu.com\|date=30 December 2003}}</ref> and [[saint]]. As was the custom those days, she was married at a very young age but her husband died too soon. At that time, the great saint [[Thirivisanallur Sri Sridhara Ayyaval]] visited their village. She approached him for guidance. He initiated her into the mystic aspects of [[Advaita]]. She mentions his name in almost every songs. She has written several plays, songs, poems full of spirituality. She is said to have mysteriously disappeared in the hills of [[Courtallam]] on an aadi amavasya day.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Pisharoty\|first1=Sangeeta Barooah\|title=Reclaiming Akkal\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/reclaiming-akkal/article5335348.ece\|accessdate=12 May 2017\|work=The Hindu\|date=10 November 2013\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://solvanam.com/2010/08/23/%e0%ae%9a%e0%af%86%e0%ae%99%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%95%e0%af%8b%e0%ae%9f%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%9f%e0%af%88-%e0%ae%b8%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%80-%e0%ae%86%e0%ae%b5%e0%af%81%e0%ae%9f%e0%af%88-%e0%ae%85%e0%ae%95/\|title=செங்கோட்டை ஸ்ரீ ஆவுடை அக்காள் பாடல் திரட்டு\|first=நாஞ்சில்\|last=நாடன்\|date=23 August 2010\|website=சொல்வனம் \| இதழ் 310\|14 ஜன 2023}}</ref>

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	3. Translation of these Tamil Verses is published as “Transgressing Boundaries – The songs of shenkottai Avudai Akkal” by Zubaan books		3. Translation of these Tamil Verses is published as “Transgressing Boundaries – The songs of shenkottai Avudai Akkal” by Zubaan books

			4. Swami Ramanacharanatirtha's talk on Devi Avudai Akkal [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9FRIJp1Ncw The Great Jñāni - Avudai Akkal ]

	==References==		==References==
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'''Avudai Akkal''', also known as '''Shenkottai Sri Avudai Akkal''', was an 18th-century [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[composer]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pattabhi Raman|first1=Sulochana|title=Compositions of Avudai Akkal|url=http://www.thehindu.com/br/2003/12/30/stories/2003123000121600.htm|accessdate=12 May 2017|work=www.thehindu.com|date=30 December 2003}}</ref> and [[saint]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pisharoty|first1=Sangeeta Barooah|title=Reclaiming Akkal|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/reclaiming-akkal/article5335348.ece|accessdate=12 May 2017|work=The Hindu|date=10 November 2013|language=en}}</ref> As was the custom those days, she was married at a very young age but her husband died too soon. At that time, the great saint [[Sridhara Venkatesa Ayyaval]] visited their village. She approached him for guidance. He initiated her into the mystic aspects of [[Advaita]]. She mentions his name in almost every songs. She has written several plays, songs, poems full of spirituality. She is said to have mysteriously disappeared in the hills of [[Courtallam]] on an aadi amavaysa day.<ref>https://solvanam.com/2010/08/23/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%80-%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88-%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%95/</ref>

==Works Published as==
About 100+ of Avudai Akkal's songs have been collected and published as

1. A book ″Shenkottai Sri Avudai Akkal Padal Thirattu (A collection of Vedantic songs of Avudai Akkal of Shenkottai)”

2. CD of Avudai Akkal songs sung by Bombay Sisters

3. Translation of these Tamil Verses is published as “Transgressing Boundaries – The songs of shenkottai Avudai Akkal” by Zubaan books

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last=Natarajan|first=Kanchana|title=Transgressing boundaries: the advaitic songs of Shenkottai Avudai Akkal|date=2012|publisher=Zubaan|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-9381017-16-6|url=http://zubaanbooks.com/shop/transgressing-boundaries-the-songs-of-shenkottai-avudai-akkal/}}
* செங்கோட்டை ஸ்ரீ ஆவுடை அக்காள், Tamil, 2012, Sri Gyanananda Niketanam

[[Category:Tamil poets]]
[[Category:18th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Advaitin philosophers]]

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