Question

Identify the name of a woman devotee of early Bhakti tradition with the help of information given below:

She was a devotee of Lord Shiva. She adopted a path of extreme asceticism to attain her goal.

Options

• Karraikal Ammaiyar

• Mirabai

• Andal

• Muktabai

Answer 1

Karraikal Ammaiyar

Explanation:

One of the 63 Nayanars, or followers of the Hindu deity Shiva, was the Tamil poet Karaikkal Ammaiyar, also called Punthavathi or Karaikkal Amma. She resided in the Karaikkal district of India, which is now a part of the Union Territory of Puducherry, around the sixth century CE.