Discuss the politics involved in the deification of "kannagi" in the book of vanci?
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Kannagi, sometimes spelled Kannaki,[1] is a legendary Tamil woman who forms the central character of the Tamil epic Silapathikaram.[2] Kannagi is described as the chaste woman who stays with her husband despite his unfaithfulness, their attempt to rebuild their marriage after her husband had lost everything but repented, how her husband is falsely framed then punished without the due checks and processes of justice.[1] Kannagi proves and protests the injustice, then curses the king and city of Madurai leading to the death of the unjust Pandyan King of Madurai, who had wrongfully put her husband Kovalan to death. The society that had made her suffer, suffers in retribution as the city Madurai is burnt to the ground because of her curse.[1] In the Chera (Kerala) and Tamil tradition, Kannagi has been deified as the symbol – sometimes as goddess – of chastity, with sculptures or reliefs in Hindu temples iconographically reminding the visitor of her breaking her anklet or tearing her bleeding breast and throwing it at the city.[3][4]
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When Kovalan attempted to sell the anklet, it was mistaken for the queen's stolen anklet. Kovalan was charged with stealing the anklet and was subsequently beheaded without trial by the king. She became enraged when Kannagi was informed of this, and set out to prove the king's innocence to her husband.