Tiruppavai
| Tiruppavai | |
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Painting of Andal, Sri Appan Venkatachalapati Temple, Cheranmahadevi. | |
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| Religion | Hinduism |
| Author | Andal |
| Language | Tamil |
| Period | 9th–10th century CE |
| Verses | 30 |
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| Vaishnavism |
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The Tiruppavai (Tamil: திருப்பாவை, romanized: Tiruppāvai) is a set of Tamil Hindu hymns attributed to the female poet-saint Andal.
The Tiruppavai consists of thirty stanzas referred to as pasurams in praise of Perumal. It is a part of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, a collection of the works of the twelve poet-saints called the Alvars, an important part of the devotional genre of Tamil literature. The Tiruppavai has also been translated into Telugu by Mullapudi Venkataramana as Melupalukula Melukolupu. In this work, Andal calls upon to all people to recite the name and glories of Vishnu.