Queen Alli - Beloved of Arjuna

In the Tamil Mahabharata, Alli was one of the wives of Arjuna. She was a legendary fierce Warrior Queen of the Pandyas. Similar to Draupadi, she was not born of a human woman, Alli was born from a yajna, from a water lily. She was a capable, Amazon-like ruler, under whom, both administration and army was led by women. Arjuna who was on a visit to the Pandya Kingdom was awestruck and lovestruck by the charisma, the leadership capabilities and tigress-like ferocity of this beautiful Queen.