This podcast provides a detailed history and explanation of the famous Abhirami Anthaadhi, a Tamil collection of 100 poems sung on goddess Abhirami residing in Thirukkadaiyur Amirtaghatesvarar Sivan Temple, situated in Tamil Nadu, India. This poetry was composed by Abhirami Bhattar who lived in 18th century CE. "Anthaadhi" is a classification of Tamil poetry in which last word of a previous verse comes as the first word of next verse. Thus this kind of poem gots its name, Antham (the end) + Aaadhi (the beginning) = Anthaadhi.

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