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The poem was dedicated to king Prahattan from north India, and to teach him principles of Tamil poetry. [10] It has significant details about clothing, jewelry, mountain farmers guarding their crops from elephants and other wildlife, weapons chieftains carried, musical instruments, warrior god Murugan, priests making their evening devotions ...
These poems deal with the various aspects of the courtship between the hero and the heroine. The poems are set in various landscapes (Tinai - திணை). [2] Each poem is subdivided and formatted into pattu or tens, a style found in much of Tamil literature such as Tirukkural, Bhakti movement poetry and elsewhere.
Sandham: Symphony Meets Classical Tamil is a studio album in Tamil by American Composer Rajan Somasundaram that involved various international artists. It is based on Sangam period ancient Tamil poetry and the first ever music album on Sangam poetry. The Hindu music review called the album "A Major Event in the World of Music". [1]
The Purananuru (Tamil: புறநானூறு, Puṟanāṉūṟu, literally "four hundred [poems] in the genre puram"), sometimes called Puram or Purappattu, is a classical Tamil poetic work and traditionally the last of the Eight Anthologies (Ettuthokai) in the Sangam literature. [1]
Inna Narpathu (Tamil: இன்னா நாற்பது, romanized: Iṉṉā Nāṟpatu, lit. 'The Forty Undesirable Things') is a Tamil poetic work of didactic nature belonging to the Eighteen Lesser Texts (Pathinenkilkanakku) anthology of Tamil literature. The poems of Inna Narpathu are written in the Venpa meter.
The compilation is attributed to 13 poets, and each poem has a notable colophon. In these colophons, in addition to the poet's name is included the music and tune (melodic mode, raga) for the poem, as well as the composer of that music. [1] The Paripatal poems are longer than the poems in other major Sangam anthologies. The typical poems have ...
The poem is an important and rich source of historical information about the ancient Chola kingdom and its capital city. The Pattinappalai mentions the city's music and dance traditions, cock and ram fights, the thriving alcohol and fisheries business, the overseas and domestic trade among the Indian peninsular port cities.
Man size sculpture of Sri Rama in Srivaikuntanathan Perumal temple located in Tamil Nadu.. The Akananuru (Tamil: அகநானூறு, Akanāṉūṟu, literally "four hundred [poems] in the akam genre"), sometimes called Nedunthokai (lit. "anthology of long poems"), is a classical Tamil poetic work and one of the Eight Anthologies (Ettuthokai) in the Sangam literature. [1]