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சேர தேசத்துப் பாணர்கள்...

இன்றும் சேர தேசமாம் கேரத்தில் பல்வேறு தொல் த்ராவிடக் கலை வடிவங்கள் அப்படியே மாறாமல் உள.காரணம் மலைகள் தாண்டிய படையெடுப்புகள் குறைவே.ஆனால் இஸ்தாத்தையும் கிறிஸ்துவத்தையும் பாரத தேசத்துக்குள் முதன்முதலில் வரவேற்று இடம் கொடுத்த பூமி அதுவே.

பாணர்கள் இன்றும் ஒரு சாதியினராய்க் கேரளம் முழுவதும் உளர்.அவர்கள் கையில் யாழ் தாங்கிப் பாடுவர்.அவர்தம் மனைவியோ மகளோ சகோதரியோ அம்மாவோ [பெண்] அவசியம் உடன் இருப்பர்.

கோயில்களின் முன்பில் அத்தெய்வத்தைக் குறித்துப் பாடி அத்துடன் நம் பெயரைச் சொல்லி நம் க்ரஹ பீடா தோஷங்கள் போக வேண்டிப் பாடூவர், நாம் தரும் தட்சிணைக் கைக்கொள்வர்.இவர்கள் அதிகம் நாக சர்பப் பாட்டுக்களை சேர்த்துக் கொள்வதும் வழக்கம்.

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UNI5 approach of understanding a content of a poem...

When Pandiyan king got a doubt whether a woman's hairs will have natural fragrance, he wanted eucated Tamil scholars to clear away his doubt. He also announced this context as a competetion among poets.

There was a poor poet called Dharumi in Madurai.
He was an adrent devotee of Lord Shiva.
He was not a great poet but he was innocent and selfless.
He was longing to compte and gain the 1000 gold coins from king.

In this context a poet called Irayanaar came and handed over his poem to Dharumi and aksed to get the benefit. Dharumi was very selfless and first he refused and said that it was not his work. But as he had several plans for service with that gold, he finally accepted the poem and presented before the king and king was happy to give 1000 gold coins.

In this context Nakkeerar the chief poet of Tamil Sangam [Tamil academy] stood against this and asked the poet to explain the meaning.Dharumi could not do it. So finally he came out with shame and Irayanaar went to debate about his song.

Sankhya thathvam - Manimekalai epic

நான் யார், நான் இத்தன்மை கொண்டவன் என்று அறிவதற்கு மிகவும் அரியது, ஆனால் முழு முயற்சியால் அது கைகூடும்.

நானே முக்குணமுமாய் இருக்கிறேன்!

மனதில் எழும் எண்ணங்களுக்கு அதிகம் இடம் கொடாதே!

Sakthi Foundation

Coimbatore UNI5Center

We share very important aspects of children about Kolu

• A child asked why we need to celebrate Kolu?
• Many children sat near the dolls and observed them, felt happy and also they were very much eager in knowing the names.
• A 3 year old child asked why Gandiji is at lower step and big Deities are at higher steps.
• Children were much attracted towards stories based set.
• A child was excited with the pond setup and kept on taking for many times about pond, fishing etc.
• Children spoke about dolls among themselves.
• Children were able to relate Gods, Goddesses with real idols at temple and shared their views.
• Children were excited and had fun around 8 Ganapathys playing musical instruments.
• Life evolution was shown as part of our Kolu concept to children.
• Parents surprised about the inner-order of the children.
• A child powdered rice and gave as food to ants and observed with his friends.
• Few children stood very near to Kolu and observed even for more than one hour.
• A 4 year old girl took her mother near to the kolu and narrated a story.
• A child gave her own names to shop keeping lady and man dolls.
• A child asked why Ganapathy is also playing flute like Krishna?
• A child commented that Laxmana is very weak and he is lying down, Hanuman is bringing the Sanjeevi hill to help him.
• A 3 year old child said, ‘’fisher man is very lucky to catch a big fish!’’
• A child explained each and every village scene to her friends.
• Children compared many geometrical shapes with Kolu setup materials.
• A 4 year old child talked very clearly about forest set.
• A child said, ‘’Laxman has head ache and he is resting’’
• A child compared various sizes of dolls.
• A child clearly spoke about Laxmi giving cash and coins to us.
• A child narrated hare-turtle story with the set clearly.
• Children were much excited to see the big Duragai idol and big another Durgai with lion and saptha mathrukaas, they explored a lot, wanted to know the names and observed for long time. We are placing these for 1 more week.

We thank Dr.Pradheep for sponsoring such beautiful dolls and make us to celebrate 2015 Navarathry in a very grand happy manner.