In 2024, Andal Jayanti was celebrated on August 7th, honoring Goddess Andal, viewed as an incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi. Observed mainly in Tamil Nadu, this festival fell on the Pooram Nakshatra ...

STANWOOD — Gerry Andal, a local businessman and musician with a country flair, died Friday morning in Everett after undergoing heart surgery. He was 68. Andal could easily have claimed the title of ...

Andal is a household name in many parts of Tamil Nadu. ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’, ‘Karpuram Naarumo’ and ‘Pallandu Pallandu’ are songs heard in temples in the month of Margazhi. This fascination for Andal ...

LUCENA CITY – Avelino “Billy” Andal, the besieged ally of President Duterte, insisted that the country’s chief executive ordered him to initiate back-channel talks with communist rebel leaders for the ...

CHENNAI : The 8th-century poetess and saint, Andal, is synonymous to Margazhi, and her literary works, Thiruppavai and Nachiar Tirumozhi, are still recited by devotees during the season. While several ...

MAGUINDANAO, Philippines – The wife of detained Maguindanao massacre suspect Andal Ampatuan Jr. was stripped of her position as mayor of Datu Unsay town for having been absent without official leave.

HYDERABAD: ‘Andal: The Autobiography of a Goddess’ translated and edited by Priya Sarukkai Chabria and Ravi Shankar won the Muse India Translation Prize for this year. The 8th century Tamil poet is ...

The Andal invasion was a migration of the Andals from Essos to Westeros. This took place between six thousand and four thousands year before Aegon's Landing. The migration was violent. The old ...

Sharanya Manivannan's debut novel The Queen of Jasmine Country is a classic, often mystic, occasionally brooding and introspective story of a 9th century girl, born under the boughs of Tulsi leaves ...

Andal Jayanti, also known as Aadi Pooram, will be celebrated on July 28, 2025, honoring Goddess Andal, believed to be Goddess Lakshmi's manifestation. The Tamil community highly values this festival, ...