Kundhavai was a historic and a popular name of a number of royal women in southern
India between the ninth and eleventh century. Some of the women who went by the name Kundavai are as follows:
Kundhavai, the daughter of Western Ganga king Prithvipati I (853-880 AD), who was married to the
Bana prince Vikramaditya I, the son and successor of Malladeva.[1] She gave several gifts to the Siva temple in
Tiruvallam.[2]
Kundhavai Pirāttiyār, the elder sister of the king
Raja Raja Chola, and the queen of the chief Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan mentioned in the Tanjore inscriptions.[3]