Ammanai

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Ammanai (Tamil: அம்மானை) is a type of Tamil poetry belonging to the family of "". This is a type of poetry associated with a game of the same name that was popular with teen girls. Ammanai will be in the form of questions and answers. Ammanai generally follows the rules of a venpa, but can occasionally have and belongs to the family.

The earliest ammanai poetry was composed by Saint Manikkavasagar. There is an ammanai which is said to be sung by the poets and . During later times, it became something like a historical ballad. was composed to extol the wars fought by who was the general of of Madurai. Akilathirattu Ammanai, often called as Akilam which includes more than 15,000 verses and is the largest Ammanai literature.^[1]

The /Ammanai relates the final wars of the valiant of Sivagangai.

The Palm-leaf manuscript's on Ammanai was also found in Sivagangai district which explains the history of the Nagarathar community.

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