in the house of two women of lower caste, Angavay and Sangavay. These women took care of Avvai with great kindness and the poet promised that they would be given in marriage to the King of Tirucovalur. On hearing this the King agreed to take the women in marriage if they were given away by the Chera, Chola and the Pandya kings. Avvai then made an invocation to Ganesha for making the invitation on a palmyra leaf, on which Ganesha appeared before her. On receiving the invitation the kings from the three kingdoms come to the wedding ceremony and gave Angavay and Sangavay away in marriage. (pp. 57–59). Legacy In her poetical illustration of 1835, Letitia Elizabeth Landon writes of Avvaiyar(Avyia)'s triumph and calls her 'One who upon the scroll Flung the creative soul, Disdainful of life's flowers and of its rest.' In 1991, a 20.6 km-wide crater in Venus was named the Avviyar crater, after the ancient Avvaiyar, by the International Astronomical Union. Publication in the United States In 2009, Red Hen Press published a selection of Avvaiyar's poetry from the 12th century, entitled Give, Eat, and Live: Poems by Avviyar. The poems were selected and translated into English by Thomas Pruiksma, a poet and translator who discovered Avviyar's work while on a Fulbright scholarship at The American College in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Further reading Subramanyam, K. (1974). A Look at Some Tamil Classics. Indian Literature, 17(1/2), pp. 204–216. Pruiksma, T. H. (2009). Give, eat, and live: Poems of Avvaiyar. Los Angeles, CA: Red Hen Press. Sivakumar, R. (2000). Sangam Poetry. Indian Literature, 44(2 (196)), pp. 182–192. Thompson, M. S. H. (1948). The Avvai of the Sangam Anthologies. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London, 12(2), pp. 399–402. See also Aathichoodi Abithana Chintamani Thiruvalluvar Thirukural List of Sangam poets Sangam literature Tiruvalluva Maalai Notes References Krishnamurti, Dr. C.R. (Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada) Thamizh Literature Through the Ages Project Madurai – Purananuru eText – http://tamilnation.org/literature/ettuthokai/pm0057.pdf Project madurai – Avvaiyar works in PDF – http://tamilnation.org/literature/auvaiyar/pm002.pdf NASA link for citation of Auvaiyar's quote – https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/informal/features/F_Cosmic_Questions.html http://www.aathithamizharperavai.com/home.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110308182216/http://www.tn.gov.in/policynotes/archives/policy2004_05/hrce2004-05-3.htm NASA Venus Nomenclature list which includes Avviyar's name - https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/512 External links Project Madurai Homepage Article in English about Vinayagar Agaval Avvaiyar & her Writings Aathisoodi Meaning in English - Translated into English Hindu poets Tamil poets Ancient Indian poets Ancient Asian women