Andal and Akka Mahadevi tukaram each one walking the path

each one walking the path of pure bhakti as transmitted through Sri Chaitanya's lineage

allowing even a new reader to absorb the Gita's wisdom without feeling overwhelmed

Srinivasa Chari

Let your heart be part of this sacred offering

Andal and Akka Mahadevi tukaram each one walking the pathTwo women. Two centuries apart. One unwavering path the complete surrender of the self to the Divine. Andal and Akka Mahadevi: Feminity to Divinity traces the lives and poetry of two extraordinary medieval saint poetesses whose bhakti was so total, so alive, it carried them beyond the boundaries of ordinary sainthood. Andal, a ninth century Alvar from the Tamil Srivaisnavite tradition, and Akka Mahadevi, a twelfth century voice from the Virasaivite