Karaikkal Ammaiyar is one of the three women saints among the 63 Nayanmars and is considered one of the greatest figures of Tamil literature.

A devotee of Lord Shiva continued to visit her home, whom she lavishly fed and gave clothes to.

She served the mango to her husband, who found it divinely delicious compared to the previous one and asked her how she got the second fruit.

As he could no longer treat her as his wife, he left her and moved to Madurai, where he married another woman named Bhakyavathi (Kumari Padmini), through whom he had child.

Shiva greeted her, calling her "Ammaiyae" (my mother) and Ammaiyar replied "Appa" (father to all).

Shiva asked for her wish, to which Ammaiyar replied "I want endless and delightful love with you, I don't want to be born, Even if I have any birth, I should not forgot you".

Shiva asked her to visit him in Thiruvalangadu, which she again did, travelling on her hands and sang and performed a holy dance (Rudhra Thandavam).