KARAIKKAL AMMAIYAR TIMELINE ca. 500 C.E.:  Karaikkal Ammaiyar lived in what is now known as the state of Tamilnadu in south India. She was a great devotee of the Hindu god Shiva, and the author of four poetic works of devotion in the Tamil language to him. 11th–12th centuries C.E:  Her life was described in […]