Abhirami Pattar

He is famed as the author of a collection of hymns called Abhirami Anthadhi which is widely regarded as one of the foremost works of modern Tamil literature.

One of them remarked that he was a madman while another rejected this categorization explaining to the king that Subramaniya Iyer was only an ardent devotee of Goddess Abhirami.

The king rode off informing the former that he would be burnt at the stake if the moon did not appear in the sky by six in the night.

He stood on the burning platform and prayed to the Goddess Abhirami by reciting Tamil hymns to save him.

On completion of the 79th hymn, Goddess Abhirami herself appeared before him and threw her earring over the sky such that it shone with bright light upon the horizon.