
Tradition says she left the world in her twenties, entering mahasamadhi (final divine union) with a flash of light. In Kalyana, she met the famous Shaivite saints Basava and Allama Prabhu.Īkka spent the last of her days in the Srisailam area.

A true ascetic, Mahadevi is said to have refused to even wear clothing - a common practice among male ascetics, but shocking for a woman. She ran away from her life of luxury to live as a wandering poet-saint, traveling throughout the region and singing praises to her Lord Shiva. Much of Akka's poetry explores the themes of rejecting mortal love in favor of the everlasting, "illicit" love of God, and this seems to be the path she chose as well. There were immediate tensions, however, as Kausika was a Jain, a group that tended to be wealthy and was, as a result, much resented by the rest of the population. It is one of the top shows on Kannada television. It is said that Mahadevi was married by arrangement to Kausika, a local king. Mahadevi, which is a devotional based show has managed to grab the attention of the viewers with its unique storytelling.

She worshiped Shiva in the form of Chennamallikarjuna, which means literally "Mallika's beautiful Arjuna."
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Producer and director Shruti Naidu’s serial Mahadevi, directed. Serials Launch Date ZEE TV: Chi Sow Savitri 1: 7th Nov 2009: ZEE TV: Chi Sow Savitri 2: 8th Nov 2010: ZEE TV: Devi: 23rd April 2012: ZEE TV: Rajkumari: 23rd April 2012: ZEE TV: Punar Vivaaha 1: 8th April 2013: ZEE TV: Punar Vivaaha 2: ZEE TV: Ati Madhura Anuraaga: 31st Dec 2013: ZEE TV: Srirastu Subhamastu: 22nd Sept 2014: ZEE TV: Mahadevi. At age 10, she was initiated as a devotee of Shiva, the pale-skinned god of destruction and rebirth, lord of yogis and ascetics. But there is still a ray of hope for Kannada serial makers, what with some shows getting picked up for remakes in other languages. Mahadevi or Akka Mahadevi, sometimes called simply Akka, was born in Udutadi in the Karnataka region of India.
