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Kannagi
Kannagi is a legendary Tamil vaisya woman who forms the central character of the Tamil epic ''Silapathikaram'' (100-300 CE). The story relates how Kannagi took revenge on the Pandyan King of Madurai, who had wrongfully put her husband to death, by cursing the city.
==History==
Kovalan was the son of a wealthy merchant of Vaisya community (also known as 'baniya' which means merchant) in Kaveripattinam who married Kannagi. Kovalan met a dancer Madhavi and fell in love with her which prompted him to spend all his wealth on the dancer. At last, penniless, Kovalan realised his mistake and returned to Kannagi. Kovalan hoped to recoup his fortunes by trade in Madurai with the capital earned from selling the precious anklets of Kannagi.
Madurai was ruled by Pandya king Nedunj Cheliyan I. When Kovalan intended to sell the anklets, it was mistaken for a stolen anklet of the queen. Kovalan was accused of having stolen the anklet and was immediately beheaded by the king without trial. When Kannagi was informed of this, she became furious, and set out to prove her husband's innocence to the king.
Kannagi came to the king's court, broke open the anklet seized from Kovalan and showed that it contained rubies, as opposed to the queen's anklets which contained pearls. Realizing the fault, the king ended his own life having failed to deliver justice. Kannagi uttered a curse that the entire city of Madurai be burnt. The capital city of Pandyas was set ablaze resulting in huge losses. However, at the request of Goddess Meenakshi, she calmed down and later, attained salvation. The story forms the crux of Silapathikaram written by poet Ilango Adigal.
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