Kannagi (கண்ணகி) is the heroine of **the Tamil epic Silappatikaram ("The Tale of an Anklet," c. 2nd-3rd c. CE) — one of the Five Great Epics of Tamil literature**. When her husband Kovalan was wrongly executed by the Pandyan king, **she came to the court and burned the city of Madurai to the ground with the fire of her chastity**. **Worshipped as a goddess of justice in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.**
**A statue of Kannagi stands on Marina Beach in Chennai.**
Kannagi reduces to four — the number of Tamil epic heroine.