GOD AS LOVER: A STUDY OF SELECTED VACHANAS OF AKKAMAHADEVI

Abstract

Love is a trait that is common to both the genders. It may happen anytime, anywhere and with anyone. Love is merely a puppet in the hands of time, place, and situation. Perhaps it is the only emotion which does not take any other thing into consideration. The commonest form of love is the one which one develops for the opposite sex. For a man or woman his/her lover is anything and everything.

                Though gender has nothing to do with love, it is commonly agreed that the woman is more committed in love than the man. It is generally believed that women are emotionally stronger than men. There have been women who have sacrificed their lives for their lovers. For a woman her lover becomes a God. She literally worships her lover. When it comes to Indian women it matters all the more. Traditional women kept their lover on the pedestal and worshipped him. Their love was true to the core. There was no room for any other man in their life. Their mind was full of the one whom they loved. To a great extent, this is true with many modern women also.