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Ornaments in Silambu
Get PDFOrnaments are worn in order to enhance the natural beauty. The ornaments worn by the people of the Sangam period were in harmony with their life-style. While we know that both men and women wore ornaments, it is interesting to witness that an epic emerged centralising one particular ornament, i.e., Silambu. Knowing the ornaments wore by the different characters in Silappathikaram and through them understanding the course of the epic are the aim of this work
Versatile of Chekkizhar
Get PDFChekkizhar was a great poet in the medieval period of Tamil Nadu. He wrote his master piece work Periya Puranam which has considered as a greatest work in Tamil language. In this work the various skills of Chekkizhar has been exposed. He shows his mastery in the field of literature, fine art, medicine, law and history. As a chief minister of Chola empire he had various skills in the field politics, literature, art and architecture. He shows many of his skills in his work and for that his work is considered as a classical ever green master piece. Even though he wrote only one book it is enough to reveal his skills in the field of art. For that only he was compared with great scholars like Thiruvalluvar, Elangovadigal, and Kambar
Historical references to Marudham
Get PDFThe main characteristic of The Sangam literature is the five types of lands captive kurinji, mullai, marudham, neithal and palai, and the adjoining people sects, the customs and disciplines shown by the department. There are many reports of the ethics and customs that arose in the prehistory of the state and that the state was not the state. The article deals with the Marudham historical references spoken in the Akananuru
Time Records in Mukkutar Pallu
Get PDFoai:ojs2.journals.asianresassoc.org:article/94Mukkutar Pallu was an anonymous poem which depicts the life of Pallar community in the Southern part of Tamil Nadu during 17th century. They were ancient tribes and have a glorious past. The Pallers were the prominent agricultural community in the Tamil society. In this poem the poet records various events which were took place the 17th century. Pallar and Palliyar were the main role in this work. The poem beautifully records various events in the life of Pallar community. The personal life, agricultural works, religious conditions, belives, economic states, social conditions were beautifly recorded in this work. The feudal conduction at that time and the untouchablity a cruel custom which dominates the society at the time were recorded in this book. This book has considered as a time and historical valuable record of 17th century Tamil Nadu. The dialet which was spoke by the Pallar community were used in this book was this was the speciality of this book
Cultural Values found in Kuruntokai Songs
Get PDFTamil literature is a disciple of Sangam literature and the cultural norms of life. The cultural values found in short songs can be summarized in this article. Kuruntokai compilation of Kuruntokai songs. Kuruntokai songs are excellent. Even in Kuruntokai songs, they are full of rare messages. The cultural values found in kuruntokai songs are created forever. This article is about to be read
Unrevealed flower types of Silambu
Get PDFWhen we look at Flower, it is natural to remember first. Kapilar is the poet of the nature. The poet himself was the first to be a poet in the style of the poet, and the study of the 99 types of flowers of Kurinjipattu is made. The three katai of The Silapathikaram contain 30 ears. Do the akkadai contain 99 types of flowers of Kurinjipatti, are there flowers that are not present, and are there any new flowers in silambu, This paper is designed to be a subject of the purpose of the study. Since it is a study of flowers, I have put the title unrevealed Varieties of Flowers in Silambu. This article is based on the study of the unknown flowers that are found in Kurinji