Might be Iam away from my soil,the feel of "Maduraian" lives deep into my heart,though I pretend to be a Globalised person,Indian bla bla bla.Its not to sooth my global friends obviously to sooth me.Again Iam swept by Madurai feel listening to "deep south genres" for recent days.This particular post is dedicated to my motherland "MADURAI" missing all the literary stuff and doe-shaped "JASMINE BASKETS",along with elderly people walking around markets with "thiruneer-holypowder" and "kumkum" in forehead before opening their shop.
Panoromic view of Madurai
The tightly coupled city is weaved around four majestic stupas of "Lord Meenakshi Amman temple" where the tomb of faith is evolved before many generations of birth,Pandyas are the real maestros behind its art and architecture,now the story is 180 degree tilted ,things fell in wrong line -in the hands of "Alagiri & co".Anyways,Stuff goes on with the say "Best is yet to come".
Madurai Tamil Sangam:
Sorry to say,epic narrates "Tamil Sangam" is been demolished when Kannaki was in the verge to destroy madurai ,after hearing the flaw prone judgement by King Pandya to her husband "kovalan" ,a mere sentence to death.Hard core literary works which I memorised in my school days had its cradle in "Third Tamil Sangam" .Thirukural,athichudi,Tholkappiyam,agananuru,purananuru,manimegalai further my memory power is too bad to bring further more list.There were times I was rolling my eyes ,how a poet can weave all his 1440 couplets abiding the turth of grammar.He is a maestro ,standing behind words of appreciation.
"அணுவை துளைத்து கடலை புகட்டி குறுக தரித்த குறள் (One of "The best"line emphasising lofty wisdom of Thirukural).Till now this point,nothing surprised me than these lines in Tamil by avvaiyar portraying the lofty wisdome of couplets.
Jasmine Baskets on streets:
No girl will be left unhaunted by jasmine perfume on all the corners of streets.Its an art exclusively won its name in madurai "Madurai MAllikai poo".Every evening prayers have its own start with these garlands amidst incense fumes with chanting bells and sanskrit mantras by kids in many homes.I honestly say ,I can buy this culture happily,hence might be inherited.
Bhavanai of Bharatha Natyam:
Iam hard core fannie of Bharatha Natyam,in special addicted to dancer Padhmini's bhavanai(facial expression).Abhinayam,Bhavanai are the technical terms I learnt,still being a layman apart from a spectator.A rich costume which features epical literature in the form of mindblowing expressions.
Plumpy Palace:
If I had marked fullstop for this post without highlighting "Thirumalai Nayakar Palace" ,it would have been a curse for my lifetime.Director Manirathnam always have his bullseye over this jewel of art.More than thousand plumpy pillared Palace where we could visualise one -fourth of the masterpiece.
The grand festival of year:Chittirai Thiruvila
Its a big-bang festival of the town ,where heavy rush gushes in all direction to be submerged in the blessings of Lord "Kal Alagar"(form of Balaji).Its a festival for a month with various auspicious ceremonies for Lord Meenakshi ,involving his brother "Alagar" and n-number of subbranched festivals.
PS: A culture is under construction with these basements :)
Panoromic view of Madurai
The tightly coupled city is weaved around four majestic stupas of "Lord Meenakshi Amman temple" where the tomb of faith is evolved before many generations of birth,Pandyas are the real maestros behind its art and architecture,now the story is 180 degree tilted ,things fell in wrong line -in the hands of "Alagiri & co".Anyways,Stuff goes on with the say "Best is yet to come".
Madurai Tamil Sangam:
"அணுவை துளைத்து கடலை புகட்டி குறுக தரித்த குறள் (One of "The best"line emphasising lofty wisdom of Thirukural).Till now this point,nothing surprised me than these lines in Tamil by avvaiyar portraying the lofty wisdome of couplets.
Jasmine Baskets on streets:
No girl will be left unhaunted by jasmine perfume on all the corners of streets.Its an art exclusively won its name in madurai "Madurai MAllikai poo".Every evening prayers have its own start with these garlands amidst incense fumes with chanting bells and sanskrit mantras by kids in many homes.I honestly say ,I can buy this culture happily,hence might be inherited.
Bhavanai of Bharatha Natyam:
Plumpy Palace:
The grand festival of year:Chittirai Thiruvila
PS: A culture is under construction with these basements :)
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