The Flag of Pandya () was used by the Pandyan Dynasty and consisted of a single fish or twin fishes. There exist no surviving reference or description about the physical flag. Therefore, any Pandya flags used in media are created for the purpose of illustration. There are flags with double fish or single fish as per archaeological findings and historians's illustration, with the fish emblem surviving in various Pandyan reliefs.
The 12th-century Tamil court poet Ottakoothar wrote a verse mentions about the Pandyan flag while comparing to Chola flag.
Literal Meaning: Can the fish (the symbol of the Pandyas) match the victorious tiger flag (of the Cholas)?
Legend
According to legend, an avatar of the Hindu Goddess, Meenakshi, who has fish shaped eyes, was born as the daughter of a Pandya king. The Pandyan emblem was a fish (representing them in coins and engravings). The word Meenatchi is a compound of the Tamil words Meen (fish) and Aatchi (rule), thus meaning "the rule of the fish".
See also Flags of Tamils Flag of Chola Flag of Pallava
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