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The Apotheosis of Kanniki/Pattini as the Wife/Goddess:Problematic Study of Ilango Adigal's Silappatikaram


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Ilanko Adigal's Silappatikaram tells the tale of a 'wife' turned goddess. What is interesting is that in a men's world a women can be a protagonist but only on the terms of men. It was a man who made her wife and it was a man who turned her to goddess. Deification of Kannagi is problematic because this apotheosis does not elevate her position but drops her down from basic humanity.
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Raunak Rathee
Department of English and Foreign Languages Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India

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Ilanko Adigal's Silappatikaram tells the tale of a 'wife' turned goddess. What is interesting is that in a men's world a women can be a protagonist but only on the terms of men. It was a man who made her wife and it was a man who turned her to goddess. Deification of Kannagi is problematic because this apotheosis does not elevate her position but drops her down from basic humanity.