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Dr. T.Kannan
August - 2015
kannanyoga.kannan@gmail.com
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,q;F mfj;jpa KdptH tho;ej
; hH vd;gij ehNsLfs; Fwpg;gpLfpd;wd. ghiwapd;
njw;Fg;Gwk; mfj;jpaH tho;ej
; ,lkhff; fUjg;gLfpwJ. mg;gFjpapy; mfy;tpsf;F
Nghd;W ghiwapy; cUthf;fg;gl;Ls;sJ. mfj;jpaH Nfhapypy;; jpahdk; nra;Ak;
NghJ Xk; vd;W nrhy; xypf;Fkhk; (jpdkzp 07.01.2010).
rq; f fhyg;
GytHfSk; jpUts;StUk; tho;ej
; ,lkhfj; jpUkiy fUjg;gLfpwJ. ,jid>
Nfs;tpg;gl;lNghJ ek;g Kbatpy;iy. Nehpy; nrd;W jhprpj;j gpwF ek;ghky;
,Uf;f Kbatpy;iy. jpUts;StUk; ef;fuP Uk; xf;$H khrhj;jpahUk; fzpad;
G+q;Fd;wdhUk; vl;Lj;njhif> gj;Jg;ghl;L ,yf;fpag; nghf;fp~q;fs; <d;nwLj;j
rq;fj;jkpog
; ; GytHfSk; Xa;n
; tLj;j kiyah ,e;jj; jpUkiy? rkz KdptHfspd;
ciwtplkhfg; gyE}W Mz;Lfs; jpfo;e;jitah? jpUkiyapy; cs;s
FifaiwfSk; mitfSf;Fs; nrJf;fg;gl;l gLf;iff; fy;nkj;ijfSk;.
vd;W Rl;LfpwJ ef;fPud; (16.01.2010).
ghiw Xtpaq; f s;
fz;zpw;F tpUe;jhfp kdjpw;F ,d;gk; gaf;Fk; XH mhpa fiy
Xtpaf;fiyahFk;. ,jidf; fhl;rpf; fiy vd;Wk; miog;gH. jkpofj;J
Xtpaf;fiy njhd;ikahdJ. kdpjd; fhl;Ltho; kdpjdhf ,Ue;j
epiyapy; ,Ue;J gapyg;gl;L tUk; fiy vd;gh; (Jsrp. ,uhkrhkp>
jkpoff; fiyr;nry;tq;fs;> g.106). rq;ffhyj;jpy; XT XtH Xtk;
vDk; nrhw;fSk; Xtpak; vDk; nrhy;Yk; Xtpaj;ijf; Fwpj;Js;sd.
,jid>
XTwo; neLQ;RtH (gjpw;. 68)
Xte;J md;d cWnfO neLefH (gjpw;.82)
Xtr; nra;jpapd; (mfeh. 5)
Xtuk; ghl (rPtf. 1844)
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
3. gk;gukiyapd; njw;Fg;ghiwapy; Xtpaq;fs; cs;sd.
mjhtJ>
gk;gukiyapd; njd;gFjpapy; cs;s kiyf;
fw;fspy;; ele;J nrd;W gk;gukiyapd; njw;Fg; ghiwr; RtHfis
cw;WNehf;fpdhy; mq;fpUf;Fk; Xtpaq;fisg; ghHf;fyhk;.
iffs;
fhy;fs;
clk;G vd midj;Jg; gFjpfSk;
NfhLfshf tiuag; g l; L s; s d.
,uz;L fhy;fSf;F ,ilapy; xU
eP z ; l NfhL tiuag; g l; L s; s J.
mf;Nfhl;bd; Kbtpy; xU cUz;il
xd;Wk; tiuag;gl;Ls;sJ. vdNt
,t; N thtpaj; i jg; ghy; c zHT
Xtpak; vd; W Fwpg; g pLfpd; w dH.
,t;TUtj;jpy;
jiy
fhzg;gltpy;iy. kpf ePz;l
cauj;jpy; cs;s ,t;Nthtpaj;jpd;
NfhLfs; Neuhf ,y;yhky; tisT
nespTfSld; cs; s d. vdNt
,t;Nthtpaj;ij kpf ePz;l Fr;rpapd; cjtpnfhz;L tiue;jpUf;fyhk;
vdj; Njhd;WfpwJ. ,t;Nthtpak; ey;yepiyapy; cs;sJ.
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
tiuNfhLfshy; tiuag;gl;Ls;s
,t;Nthtpaj;jpy; kdpjd; xUtd;
XLtjw; F j; jahH epiyapy;
,Ug;gijf; fhl;LfpwJ.
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
ifahsg;gl;Ls;sik ,q;Ff;
Fwpg;gplg;gl Ntz;ba rpwg;Gf;FhpaJ.
kiyabthuj;jpy; kiyf;F Nkw;Fg;Gwj;jpYs;s rWf;Fk; ghiwf;F
vjphpYs; s nghpa Fd; w pd; fpof; F g; gFjpapy; Xtpaq; f s; rpy
fhzg;gLfpd;wd. Fifapd; Rthpy; kdpjd; xUtd; kpUfk; xd;wpd;
kPJ ,Ug;gijg; Nghyj; jPl;lg;gl;Ls;s Xtpak; iff;F vl;Lk; cauj;jpy;
cs;sJ. kpUfj;jpd; NfhLfs; rpy ,lq;fspy; rhptuj; njhpatpy;iy.
cUtj;jpd; rpwpa ePs;tl;lkhd jiyapd; eLNt Gs;spahy; fz;
tiuag; g l; L s; s J. cUtj; j pd; cly; epkpHe; j cLf; i f tbtpy;
tiuag;gl;Ls;sJ. clypd; NkYk; fPOk; fhzg;gLfpd;w rha;NfhLfs>;
cUtk; cilazpe;jpUg;gijf; fhl;Ltjhf mike;Js;sJ. cUtj;jpd;
xt;nthU ifapYk; %d;W tpuy;fs; tiuag;gl;Ls;sd. cUtj;jpd;
jiyapd; kPJ kapHfs; ePz;L Fj;jpl;L epw;fpd;wd.
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
vd;W Fwpf;fpwJ jpdkyH (ehs;: 18.07.2010) Atop the Tirumalai hill are
also several paintings. Outstanding among them is one of two men about
to trade blows with each other, one hand trying to block the other
man, and the other hand raised, with all the fingers spread out as if to
slap the other. These two men have bird-like faces, with prominent
beaks. Other paintings at Tirumalai include a cluster of human beings
drawn out of triangles or damaru (small drum) shapes, deer, a man
riding a horse, and so on. The drawings of men, employing triangular
shapes, are in outline. V. Vedachalam, retired senior epigraphist, Tamil
Nadu Archaeology Department, discovered these paintings in 1989.Mr.
Gandhirajan said: Tirumalai is the only place where rock art is available
in both solid form and outline, and in red ochre only. This is rare.
vd;Wiuf;fpwJ http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/10/stories vDk; ,izajsk;.
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
mf;fl;Liuahtd>
fw;fhyk; vd;gJ cz;ikapNyNa
fw;fhykh? vd;w Nfs;tp mt;tg;NghJ mwpQu;fs; kdjpy; vOe;Jnfhz;Nl
,Uf; f pwJ. re; j pudpy; fhy; i tf; F k; njhopy; E l; g k; epiwe; j
21Mk;E}w;whz;by; tho;eJ
; nfhz;L> ,d;W ehk; fw;fhy kdpjd; rhjpj;jit
vd;W fhZk; vr;rq;fs; mt;tsT rhjhuzkhfj; Njhd;wtpy;iy.
cjhuzkhf fpU\;zfpup khtl;lj;jpy; ,uz;L Fd;Wfspd; Nky; epuk;gg;
ngUq;fw;fhyf; fy;yiwfs; cs;sd. xd;W ,uz;ly;y E}w;Wf;fzf;fpy;.
mit nrq;fy; fl;llq;fshf ,Ue;jpUe;jhy; Mr;rupag;gl Ntz;bajpy;iy.
Mdhy; ,uz;L kPl;lupypUe;J 5 kPl;lu; cau> mfyKs;s fw;$iufis
vg; g b ,t; t sT mofhf cUthf; f pdhu; f s; ? vg; g b mitfis
mLf;fpdhu;fs;? vq;F ,jw;fhdfw;fis ntl;b vLj;jhu;fs;? Nghd;w
Nfs;tpfs; ek;ik Mr;rupag; gLj;Jk;. Cupy; xUtu; ,we;Jtpl;lhy;>
clNd ,k;khjpupf; fy;yiwfis cUthf;fptpl KbahJ.
rpythuq;fshtJ MFk; xd;iw cUthf;f. vdNt mf;fhyj;jpy;
,jw;fhd njhopw;rhiyfs; ,Ue;jpUf;f Ntz;Lk;. Cupy; VjhtJ xd;W
vd;why; jahuhf xU fy;yiw ,Ue;jpUf;f Ntz;Lk;. nrd;idapy;
,g;NghJ Fg;igf;$sq;fis ms;sf; $l fduf ,ae;jpuq;fisg;
gad;gLj;Jfpwhu;fs;. mg;gb ,Uf;f ,j;jifa fdkhd ghiwf;$iufis
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
tpz; z urd; vd; W fUjg; g Lk; N`hu]; vDk; fOFf; f Oj; J s; s
nja; t cUtk; ,q; F > jkpoff; Fd; W xd; w py; tiuag; g l; b Ug; g J
mjpraky;yth?,e;jf;fw;fhykf;fs; gyu; epidg;gJ Nghy; ehfupfj;jpy;
gpd;jq;fpatu;fs; ,y;iy vd;W Njhd;WfpwJ. Vnddpy; nrk;nkhop (2009
R+iy -jprk;gu;) ,jopy; GJvOj;J kNdhd;kzp mtu;fs; gjpg;gpj;Js;s
rpy Xtpaq;fs; ,k;kf;fs; tptrhapfs; vd;gij ep&gpf;fpd;wd (mtuJ
mDkjpAld; glk; ,q;F kPzL
; k; ntspaplg;gLfpwJ).rup> ,k;kf;fs; vg;gbg;
gazg;-gl;bUg;gu;? ,q;fpyhe;J Kjy; nfhupah tiu gutpAs;s xU ehfuPfk;
ntWk; fhy;eilapy; kl;Lk; gutpapUf;Fkh? ,y;iy ,tu;fSf;Ff;
fg;gy;gazk; gw;wpa mwpT ,Ue;jjh? ,f;Nfs;tpf;F tpilahfj; jpUkiy
Xtpaq;fs; rpy A+fq;fis Kd;itf;fpd;wd. cjhuzkhf> njd;dff;
flw;gazk; vd;gJ JUtel;rj;jpuj;ijtpl njd;df thdpy; kpfj; njspthfj;
njupAk; kpUfrPup\k; vDk; el;rj;jpuf; $l;lj;ijNa topfhl;bahf vLj;Jf;
nfhz;lJ. ghy;tj
P papd; ikag;gFjpapy; mikAk; Xupad; vDk; ,k;kz;lyk;
cyfpd; vg;gFjpapy; gazg;gl;lhYk; njupAk;. jkpou;fs;> njd;dhrpah>
J}uf;fpof;F ehLfSf;Fg; gazg;glntz;Lnkdpy; kpUfrPup\Nk gpujhdk;.
mitthdpd; fpof;Nf [_iy Kjy; Mf];L tiu khiy NtisapYk;>
brk;gu; -[dtup khjq;fspy; mjpfhiyapYk; njupAk;. flNyhb eura;ah
jUk; Fwpg;GfspypUe;J ijkhjk;gpwe;J MUj;uh juprdk; Mfptpby; fpof;Nf
gazg;gl VJthd gUtf;fhw;W cUthfptpLtjhy;> njhiyJ}ug; gazk;
nfhs;Sk; tpahghupfsplk; ij gpwe;jhy; top gpwf;Fk; vDk; gonkhop
cUthfp ,Ug;gjhfj; njupfpwJ. ,e;jr; R+oy; Qhdk; vd;gJ njhd;W
njhl;Lf; fw;fhyf; fyhrhuj;jpNyNa ,Ue;jpUf;f tha;g;Gs;sJ. Vnddpy;
jpUkiy fw;ghiw Xtpaq;fs; kpfj;njspthf Xupad; thd;kz;lyk; ekf;Ff;
fhl;Lk; kpUfrpuk; (kpUfrPup\k;) vDk; glj;ij ek; fz; Kd;Nd itf;fpwJ.
fpNuf;fj; njhd;kj;jpy; $l ths; J}f;fpa tPud; xUtupd; Njhw;wj;ijNa
,k;kz;lyk; epidTWj;Jtjhff; nfhs;tu;. mt;tifapy; ghu;f;Fk; NghJ
xUifia NkNyJ}f;fp> ,d;ndhUifia ky;Yf;Ff; fhl;LtJ Nghy;
mikAk; ,t;Nthtpak; Xupad; el;rj;jpuf;FOit fhl;LtJ Nghy; ,Uf;f
tha;g;Gz;L. VjhtJ Kf;fpaj;Jtk; ,y;iynadpy; Ntiy nkdf;nfl;L
kiyNky; Vwp> kpfTk; fbdkhd ruptpy;> rhuk;fl;b fhyj;ij ntd;W
epw;ff;$ba tz;zr;rhwpy; ,t;Nthtpaq;fis tiue;jpUf;f khl;lhu;fs;.
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
<kr; rpd;dq;fs;
jpUkiyapd; tlfpof;fpy; rw;Wj; njhiytpy; ehkD}H vDk;
rpw;W}H cs;sJ. mt;t+h; ehkdpf;fz;khapd; tlf;Ff; fiur; rhptpy;
Vwf;Fiwa %d;W Vf;fH epyj;jpy; Ik;gjpw;Fk; Nkw;gl;l ngUq;fw;fhyf;
fy;tl;lq;fs; fz;lwpag;gl;Ls;sd.
fy; t l; l q; f s; vd; g J ngUq; f w; f hyf; <kr; r pd; d q; f spy;
xUtifahFk; . rtf; F opap; d ; Nkw; g Fjp milf; f g; g l; L r; rpwpaJk;
nghpaJkhd fw;fs; tl;lkhf mLf;fg;gl;bUf;Fk;.. ,we;NjhH epidthfg;
ngUq;fw;fisf;nfhz;L fy;yiw vOg;gp mij tzq;Fk; tof;fk;
njd;dpe;jpahtpy; fp.K. 1000 Mz;Lfs; Kjy;; tof;fj;jpy; ,Ue;J
te;Js;sJ vd;gH (f.,uhrd;> jpdkzp jkpo;kzp> eLfy;Yk; ngUq;fw;fhyg;
gz;ghLk;> g.2). ,we;jtHfisj; jhopapypl;Lg; Gijf;Fk; tof;fj;ijr;
rq;f ,yf;fpag; ghly;fs; Fwpj;Js;sd (Gweh. 238:1-5> ew;. 27:11-12>
gjpw;. 44:22-23). ngUq;fw;fhyj;ij ,Uk;Gf;fhyk; vd;Wk; miog;gH.
,jd; fhytuk;G Vwf;Fiwa fp.K.1000 Kjy; fp.gp.500 tiu vdf;
nfhs;tH khHbkH tPyH (fh. FU%Hj;jp> njhy;nghUs; Ma;Tk; jkpoH
gz;ghLk;>g.25). gpuk;kfphpap;y; (fHehlfh) ele;j mfoha;it mbg;gilahff;
nfhz;L njd;dfj;jpYs;s Vida ngUq;fw;fhyr; rpd;dq;fSk; fp.K.
3 Mk; E}w; w hz; i lr; rhHe; j it vd; g H (R. Venkataraman, Indian
Archaeology (A Survey), P. 129). ,q;Ff; fhzg;gLk; fy;tl;lq;fspd;
fhyj;ijf; fp.K.5 Mk; E}w;whz;L Kjy; fp.K.3 Mk; E}w;whz;L tiuf;
nfhs;syhk; vd;fpwhH R. fz;zd; (jpUkiy jytuyhW> g.13). ,e;j
<kr;rpd;dq;fis ,g;gFjp kf;fs; kjkjf;fr;rhiy vd;Wk; nts;sf;fy;
nghl;ly; vd;Wk; miof;fpd;wdH. GJf;Nfhl;il khtl;lj;jpy; KJkf;fs;
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
Njhz;bnaLg;gjw;F kpfTk; fbdg;gl;ljhfj; njhptpf;fpwhH ,t;T+Hf;
fpU~;zf;Nfhd; mtHfs;. njhy;ypay; Ma;thsHfs; KJkf;fs; jhopapd;
mikg;Gfisf;$wp ,J Nghd;W ,e;j Chpy; vq;NfahtJ ghHj;Js;sHP fsh?
vd;W Nfl;ldH.
gyUk; gy ,lq;fisf; fhz;gpj;jdH.
Mdhy;
mq;nfy;yhk; ,j;jhop fpilf;ftpy;iy. ,Wjpapy; fz;kha;f;Fs; mjpf
mstpy; fw;fs; fhzg;gLk; xU gFjp ,Uf;fpwJ.
mjid te;J
ghUq; f s; vd; N whk; .
mt; t plj; i j mile; j Ma; t hsH kpFe; j
kfpo;rr
; paile;jhH. ,JNt ehk; NjbaJ vd;Wiuj;jhH. gpwF Kiwahf
mjpfhhpfs; tutiof;fg;gl;L ,q;fpUe;j ,e;jj; jhop
Njhz;bnaLf;fg;gl;lJ vd;whH. mUq;fhl;rpafj;jpy; vLj;j KJkf;fs;
jhopapd; glj;ij mthplk; fhz;gpj;j nghOJ nghpJk; kfpo;rr
; paile;jtH>
,J jhd; jk;gp ehq;fs; Njhz;bnaLj;jJ vd;W ngUiknghq;ff;
$wpf;nfhz;lhH.
RLkz; nghk; i kfs
kfs;
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
nrJf;fpAs;sdH.
,t;tha;f;fhy; kio ePH gLf;iff;Fs; CHe;J
te;Jtplhky; jLf;fpwJ. NkNy cs;s ghiwfspy; ,Ue;J jz;zPHr;
nrhl;Lfs; fPNo tpohky; ,Uf;f Nky; ghiwapd; tpspk;Gfspy; xU
nfhLq;if Nghd;w rpd;d tisT ntl;lg;gl;Ls;sJ.
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rkzg;gLf;iffs; mike;Js;s
Fifj;jsj;Jg; ghiwfspd;
Nky;gFjpapy; nfhLq;if Nghy;
ntl;lg;gl;bUg;gijf; fhz;f.
Rt]; j pf;
jpUkiyapy; rkzH gLf;iffs; fhzg;gLk; ,lj;jpw;F Nky;
Rt];jpf; vdg;gLk; Kj;jpiu ghiwapy; nrJf;fg;gl;Ls;sJ. ,k;Kj;jpiu
jkpofj;Js; NtW vq;Fk; fhzg;glhj mhpa rpwg;ghFk;.
,jid Swastika sign incised on a jain bed, not found in other Jain
sites in the State vd;gH (http://www.hindu.com /2010/01/09/stories )
Rt];jpf; Kj;jpiuapy; NkNy ,Uf;Fk; fpilf;NfhL Nehf;Fk; jpirapd;
mbg;gilapy; tyk; Nehf;F> ,lk; Nehf;F vd;gd jPu;khdpf;fg;gLfpd;wd.
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
,f;NfhL ghu;gg
; tu;fspd; tyg;gf;fk; Nehf;fpapUe;jhy; mJ tyk; Nehf;fpa
Rt];jpfh. ,lg;Gwk; Nehf;fpapUe;jhy; mJ ,lk; Nehf;fpa Rt];jpfh
thFk;. ,q;Ff; fhzg;gLk; Rt];jpf; Kj;jpiu tyk; Nehf;fpa Rt];jpf;
MFk;. ,J ,e;jpar; rkaq;fshd ,e;J> ngsj;jk;> rkzk; Mfpatw;wpy;
gutyhfg; gad;gLj;jg;gl;Ls;sJ. vdpDk; ,q;Ff; fhzg;gLk; Rt];jpf;
Kj;jpiu rkzg;gLf;iffSld; fhzg;gLtjhy; ,J rkz rkaj;jtuhy;
gad;gLj;jg;gl;ljw;fhd rhd;whf mikfpd;wJ.
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KidtH j. fz;zd;
Filtiu
kiyf; n fhOe; j P R tu; NfhapYf; F s; nrd; w Tld; tlf; F
Nehf;fpathW Filtiu xd;W cs;sJ. ,f;Filtiu Kw;fhyg;
ghz;baHfhyf; FiltiuahFk;.
jkpoff; Filtiufspd; tuyhw; w py; ghz; b aHfSf; F j; ;
jdpg;ngUikAz;L.
jkpofj;Js; Filtiufis Kjd;Kjyhfj;
Njhw;Wtpj;jtHfs; ghz;baHfNs MtH. ,jid> Some Scholars say
that this cave art was practiced by the Pallavas and then followed
by the Pantiyas. The first rock-cut temple was excavated by Mamalla
in the 7th century A.D. But the date of the Pillaiyarpatti is 5-6th
century A.D according to the Brahmi inscriptions in the art at first
in Tamil Nadu. These are rock-cut temple in Aralipparai,
Pillaiyarpatti, Mahipalanpatti, Kunrakudi, Tirumalai, Sevalpatti,
Pallimatam, and Muvarai venram vd;W Fwpg;gH v];. nyl;Rkzd;
(The Temple of Ramanathapuram District, P.21). ,jdhy; gy;ytHfSf;F
Kd;G jkpofj;jpy; Filtiufis Kjd;Kjyhfj; Njhw;Wtpj;jtHfs;
ghz; b aHfNs vd; g Jk; mf; F iltiufs; fp.gp.5 Kjy; 6 Mk;
E}w;whz;lstpy; Njhw;Wtpf;fg;gl;ld vd;gJk; ghz;baHfSf;Fg; gpwF
fp.gp.7 Mk; E}w;whz;by;jhd; gy;ytHfs; Filtiuiaj; Njhw;Wtpj;jdH
vd;gJk; tpsq;Fk;.
gps;isahHgl;bf; FiltiuAk; jpUkiyf; FiltiuAk; ghz;ba
kd;dHfshy; Njhw;Wtpf;fg;gl;Ls;sijAk; ,f;Filtiufspd; fhyq;fs;
fp.gp 5 Kjy; 6 Mk; E}w;whz;ilr; rhHe;jit vd;gijAk; mwpaKbfpwJ.
Filtiur; rpw; g q; f s;
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fw; w sp
gpw;fhyg;; ghz;baHfspd; fw;wspfshf kiyf;nfhOe;jPRtuH
ghfk;gphpahs; jpUf;Nfhapy; mike;Js;sJ.
,jDs; ghz;baHfhyf;
fiyg;ghzpfisAk; ghz;baHfspd; fy;ntl;Lf;fisAk; fhzKbfpwJ.
,f;Nfhapy; kf;fspd; Fiwfisj; jPHj;J itf;Fk; jykhfj; jpfo;fpwJ.
KidtH j. fz;zd;
Njhw;wKk; tsHr;rpAk;
,aw;ifapd; vopy;kpf;f ,lq;fs; kdpjHfspd; cs;sq;fisf;
ftHe;jd. ,aw;ifaofpy; jk; cs;sq;fisg; gwpnfhLj;j gz;ilj;
jkpo;kf;fs; mt;tplq;fisf; flTspd; ,Ug;gplkhff; nfhz;ldH.
,aw;ifapypUe;J topghLk; topghl;blq;fSk; Njhd;wpd. mt;tifapy;
Kjd; K jypy; jpUf; N fhapy; f s; kuj; j bapy; Njhd; w pd.
mit
fhyg;Nghf;fpy; nfhbf;$lk;> fhtzk;> Fby;> kz;jsp> RLkz;jsp>
kug;gyiffshy; mike;j mk;gyk;> Filtiu> xw;iwf;fw;wsp> fw;Nfhapy;
(fl;Lkhdf;Nfhapy;) vd tsuj;njhlq;fpd. Filtiu> xw;iwf;fw;wsp>
fw;Nfhapy; Mfpa %d;iwAk; jtpug; gpw Nfhapy;fs;
gz;ilf;fhyj;jpypUe;J kiwe;jd vd;gij kz;lfg;gl;Lf; fy;ntl;L
njhptpf;fpwJ.
jpUkiyj; jpUf;Nfhapy; Filtiu> fw;wsp vDk; ,Utiff;
Nfhapy;fspd; tsHr;rpia cilaJ. jpUkiyapy; ngUq;fw;fhy kdpjd;
tho;e;jjw;fhd milahsq;fshfg; ghiw Xtpaq;fs;> ngUq;fw;fhyf;
fy; t l; l q; f s; > RLkz; nghk; i kfs; fpilj; J s; s d.
,tw; w hy;
ngUq;f
; w;fhyj;jpy; ,q;F ,aw;if topghL ele;jpUf;f Ntz;Lk; vd;gij
mwpaKbfpd;wJ. ngUq;fw;fhy kdpjid mLj;Jr; rkzHfs; topgl;l
,lkhfTk; ,j; j yk; mikfpwJ. ,jw; F ,q; F f; fpilf; F k;
rkzg; g Lf; i ffs; > R]; j pf; > jkpo; g ; g puhkpf; fy; n tl; L f; f s; vd; g d
rhd;WfshFk;.; ,t;thW ngUq;fw;fhyk; Kjy; kuG topahfj; jpUkiyapy;
topghL eilngw;W te;Js;sij mwpaKbfpwJ. ,j;jyk; topghl;Lj;
jykhf ,Ug;gijf; fz;l Kw;fhyg;ghz;baHfs; ,q;Ff; Filtiuiaf;
Filtpj;J mf;Filtiuapy; ,iwtd; ,iwtpaiu epWtp ,f;Nfhapiyf;
fp.gp. 5-6 Mk; E}w;whz;by; Njhw;Wtpj;Js;sdH. mjidj; njhlHe;J
fp.gp. 13 Mk; E}w;whz;by; fl;Lkhdf; Nfhapy; fl;lg;gl;Ls;sJ. fl;Lkhdf;
Nfhapypd; tsHr;rpiaj; njhlHe;J ,d;WtiuAk; jpUg;gzpfs; eilngw;W
tUfpd;wd.
(neLey;.15-16)
Fd;
Fd;W Fapd;wd;d me;jzH gs;spAk; (kJ. fhQ;. 474)
60
KidtH j. fz;zd;
61
62
Filtiuapd; fhyk;
KidtH j. fz;zd;
63
64
KidtH j. fz;zd;
kiyf; n fhOe; j P R tuH jpUf; N fhapy; fy; n tl; L f; f spy; fhzg; g Lk;
rilatHk guhf; f puk ghz; b ad; my; y J jphpGtdr; rf; f utHj; j p
NfhNdhpkha; nfhz;lhd; vDk; kd;dHfshy; fl;lg;ngw;wpUf;f Ntz;Lk;.
fl;bl mikg;gpd;gb Filtiuapd; tlf;F milg;Gr;RtUk; RtUld;
,izj;Jf; fl;lg;gl;Ls;s Kd; kz;lgKk; xNu fhyfl;lj; jpUg;gzpahFk;.
vdpDk; milg;Gr;Rthpy; cs;s fy;rd;dy; gpw;fhyj;jpy;
milf;fg;gl;Ls;sJ. rd;dy; itf;fg;gl;l NghJ mjd; gad;ghL fUjp
itf;fg;gl;L> gpwF mjid mLj;j fl;lj;jpUg;gzpapy; milj;Js;sdH
vd;gJ tpsq;Fk;.
65
66
KidtH j. fz;zd;
fw;wspapd; Njhw;wk;
- nrtptopr; nra;jpfs;
jpUg; g zpfs;
ngUq; f w; f hyk; Kjy; ; topghl; b y; rpwe; J tpsq; F k;
,j;jpUj;jyj;jpw;Fg; gy;NtW fhyfl;lq;fspy; jpUg;gzpfs; nra;ag;gl;L
tUfpd;wd. mtw;Ws; ,uz;L Fk;ghgpNrfq;fs; elj;jg;ngw;w nra;jpfis
mwpaKbfpd;wJ (fhz;f: gpd;dpizg;G - glk;: 21> 22).
67
68
69
KidtH j. fz;zd;
fl;lg;gl;Ls;sJ. 2006 tiuapy; ntspapy; cs;s rpj;jp tpehafUf;F
tpkhdk; ,y;iy vd;gJ Fwpg;gplj;jFe;jjhFk;. ,t;tpkhdj;ij nyl;Rkp
mk;khs; Kj;Juhkypq;fk; Mr;rhhp epidthf ky;ypfh itj;jpaypq;fk;
Mr;rhhpahH (];jgjp) fl;bj;je;Js;shH vd;gij ,q;Fs;s fy;nyOj;J
top mwpaKbfpwJ.
,f;Fk;ghgpN~fg; G+irfs; 07.07.2006 Mk; ehs;
njhlq;fg;gl;L 13.07.2006 Mk; ehspy; KbTw;Ws;sd.
,f;Fk;ghgpNrf miog;gpjopy; Nrhokd;dHfspd; kj;jpa Ml;rpf;
fhyj;jpy; nghpa tpahghuj; jykhf tpsq;fpaJk; fp.gp.610 Kjy;; 640
tiu Ml;rp nra;j kNfe;jputHk gy;ytdhy; jpUg;gzp nra;ag;gl;l
Filtiuf; Nfhapiyf; nfhz; l Jkhd jpUkiyapy; vOe; j Usp
mUs; g hypf; F k; mUs; k pF = ghfk; g phpahs; mk; g hs; ]Nkj
kiyf;nfhOe;jPRtuH... vd;W Fwpg;gpLfpwJ (13.07.2006 - Fk;ghgpNrf
miog;gpjo;). ,f;Nfhapy; 2000 Mz;LfSf;F Kd; gy;;ytH fhyj;jpy;
fl; l g; g l; l Filtiuf; N fhapyhFk; vd; W Fwpf; f pd; w J jpdkzp
ehNsL(ehs;: 07.01.2010). ,tw;iwg;; ghHf;Fk; NghJ ,j;jpUj;jyj;jpd;
ngUikfSk; tuyhWk; ed;F czug;glhky; ,Ug;gJ ngwg;gLfpd;wJ.
,q;Fs;s Filtiufisj; Njhw;Wtpj;jtHfs; ghz;baHfs;. mjidj;
njhlHe;J fl;Lkhdf; Nfhapy;fisj; Njhw;Wtpj;jtHfs; ghz;baHfs;.
,jw; F ,j; j pUf; N fhapw; fiyg; g hzpAk; ,q; F f; fpilf; F k;
fy;ntl;Lf;fSk; rhd;Wfs;. vdNt> ,j;jpUj;jyj;Js; gy;ytHfSf;fhd
jpUg; g zpfs; vd; W nrhy; t jw; f hd tha; g ; G fs; ,y; i y vd; g ij
czuNtz;Lk;.
70
KidtH j. fz;zd;
Rw; W yhj; j yk;
,j;jyj;jpidr; Rw;Wyhj; jykhfj; jkpof muR mwptpj;Js;sJ.
,j;jyj;jpd; Nkk;ghl;bw;fhfj; jkpof muR epjp xJf;fpAs;sJ. (jpdkyu;
r> 14 [d.> 2012). ,jdhy; ,j;jpUf;Nfhapypd; ngUikAk; njhd;ikAk;
murpd; jdpf;ftdj;jpw;F cl;gl;L tsHr;rpngw;W tUtij mwpaKbAk;.
jkpof muR toq; f pAs; s epjpapy; ,Ue; J > kiyapy;
Vwpr; n ry; t jw; f hd ifg; g pbf; fk; g pfSk; gazpaw; epow; F ilAk;
Vw;gLj;jg;gl;Ls;sd. mLj;j fl;lkhfj; Njitg;gLk; fl;blg;gzpfs;
njhlq;fg;gl;L eilngw;W tUfpd;wd.
*****************
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72
KidtH j. fz;zd;
Filtiu Filag; g l; l tpjk;
jpUf;Nfhapy; mikg;G
,iwtopghL kuj;jbfspYk; Mw;wq;fiuapYk; kiyAr;rpapYk;
njhlq;fpAs;sJ.
ehsiltpy; kz;zhYk; kuj;jhYk; Nfhapy;fs;
fl;lg;ngw;wd.
kz; NfhapYk; kuf; NfhapYk;; fhyNthl;lj;jpy;
mopnta; j pd. mjd; g pwF> ghiwfisf; File; J Filtiufs;
mikj;jdH.
gpd; KOg;ghiwiaNa cs;Sk; GwKk; nrJf;fpf;
Nfhapy;fs; mikj;jdH. mjidj; njhlHe;J fl;Lkhdf; Nfhapy;fs;
cUthfpd. fl;Lkhdg; gzpfs; fy;yhYk; RijahYk; mikayhapd.
jpUkiyj; jpUf;Nfhapy; Filtiuf;Nfhapy;> fl;Lkhdf;Nfhapy;
vd ,U mikg; G fs;
,ize; J tsHr; r pngw; w NfhapyhFk; .
jiuj;jsj;jpy; ,Ue;J RkhH 30 mb cauj;jpy; kiyr;rhptpy; ,f;Nfhapy;
mike;Js;sJ. Filtiuf;Nfhapy; ntl;lg;gl;l NghJ Vwpr;nry;tjw;Fg;
gbfs; ghiwfspy; ntl;lg;gl;Ls;sd. fl;Lkhdf; Nfhapy; fl;lg;gl;l
gpwF gbfs; fl;Lkhdq;fshf cUthf;fg;gl;Ls;sd. ,d;W jiuapypUe;J
kiyapy; cs;s ,f; Nfhapiyr; nrd;wilar; RkhH 50 gbfs;
fl;lg;gl;Ls;sd.
73
Filtiu
Filtiuf; fl;Lkhdg;gzpfshy; tsHr;rpailtjw;F Kd;G
kiyapd; fPNo ,Ue;J ghHj;jhy; ,uz;L KOj;J}z;fSk; ,uz;L
miuj; J }z; f Skhd Kfg; G j; Njhw; w j; i jf; fhzf; $bajhf
,Ue;Js;sJ.
Kfg;gpd; ,lJGwk; mjhtJ Filtiu Kfg;gpd; fpof;Fg;
gFjpapy; tlf; F Nehf; f pa tpehafH Gilg; G r; rpw; g khff;
fhl;rpaspj;Js;shH. Eiothapiy miltjw;F kiyapd; fPopUe;J
nry;Yk; gbfs; ntl;lg;gl;Ls;sd. Filtiuapd; Kfg;gpy; fpof;Nf
cs;s miuj;J}zpw;Fk; mjid mLj;J Nkw;Nf cs;s KOj;J}zpw;Fk;
,ilNa Vwpr;nry;Ytjw;F VWgbfs; ntl;lg;gl;Ls;sd. ,e;jg;gbfs;
fpof;fpy; ,Ue;Jk; Nkw;fpy; ,Ue;Jk; VWk; gbahf ,Ue;Js;sd.
74
KidtH j. fz;zd;
Filtiuf; fUtiw
Filtiu KUfd;
njd;dpe;jpar; rpwg;Gtha;ej
; KUfdpd; Gilg;Gr;rpw;gk; Filtiuapd;
njd;Gwr; Rthpy; fhzg;gLfpwJ. tlf;FNehf;fpa ,k;KUfdpd; tyg;Gwk;
xU NrtfDk; ,lg;Gwk; xU mbahUk; Nrtfdpd; gpd;Gwj;jpy; xU
J}zpd; NkNy NrtYk; fhzg;gLtjhy; ,J xU rpw;gj; njhFjpahff;
fhl;rpaspf;fpwJ. ,r;rpw;gj; njhFjpapd; fPNo KUfDf;Fhpa thfdkhd
MLk; kapYk; nrJf;fg;gl;Ls;sd. ,e;j thfdq;fs; xd;iw xd;W
ghHj;Jf; nfhs;tJ Nghy; vjpH vjpNu Nehf;fpagb mikf;fg;gl;Ls;sd.
,tw;Wf;fpilapy; xU G+e;njhl;b xd;Wk; nrJf;fg;gl;Ls;sJ.
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76
Kd; k z; l gk;
Filtiuf; Nfhapypd; Kd; G ghiwapy; Gilg; g hfr;
nrJf;fg;gl;l VWgbfisAk; jpwe;jpUe;j Filtiuapd; Kd;gFjpiaAk;
kiwj; J f; fl; l g; g l; b Uf; f pwJ ,k; Kd; k z; l gk; . ,k; k z; l gf;
fl;Lkhdg;gzpAld; vOg;gg;gl;l tlf;Fr;R
; tH Filtiuapd; jpwe;jpUe;j
tlf;Fntspapid milj;Js;sJ. ,jpy; Gjpa thapy; xd;Wk; mjd;
Kd; xU rpwpa Kd;kz;lgKk; mikf;fg;gl;Ls;sJ. ,k; kz;lgk; ,uz;L
J}z; f Sld; mofpa Ntiyg; g hLfSld; fhzg; g Lfpd; w J. ,J
Filtiuapd; cauj;jpw;F Vw;whHNghy kiyapd; jiuj;jsj;jpy; ,Ue;J
caukhfNt fl;lg;gl;Ls;sJ. ,k;kz;lgj;jpidr; nrd;wiltjw;fhd
gbfs; fpof;fpy; ,Ue;J nry;fpd;wd.
KidtH j. fz;zd;
Filtiu Filag;gl;l NghJ xH mikg;ghfTk; gpd;G fl;Lkhdg;
gzpfshy;; gy;NtW khw;wq;fs; ngw;w mikg;ghfTk; ,Ug;gJ tpsq;Fk;.
fw; w spapd; fl; L khdg; gzpfSk; gy; N tW fhyfl; l q; f spy;
epfo;e;Js;sij mwpa Kbfpd;wJ (fhz;f: Filtiuapd; tlf;Nf
Filtiug; ghiwAld; xl;bf; fl;lg;gl;Ls;s RtH glk;: 06).
%ytH fUtiw
77
78
KidtH j. fz;zd;
mk;kd; fUtiw
ghfk;gphpahs; mk;kd; fUtiw ,iwtd; fUtiwapd; tlfpof;F
%iyapy; njw;F Nehf;fp mike;Js;sJ. ,f;fUtiwAk; mHj;j
kz;lgj;Jld; ,ize;Js;sJ. fUtiw 11.3 X 11.3 vd;w rkrJu tbtpy;
,Uf;f mHj;jkz;lgk; fpof;F Nkw;F mstpy; 1.4 mb cs;slq;fpajhf
cs;sJ.
mjd;gb mHj;jkz;lgk; 8.5 X 9.11 vd;wstpy; cs;sJ.
RtHfspy; NjtNfhl;lr; rpw;gq;fs; ,y;iy. Rthpy; cs;s thpkhdq;fspd;
Ntiyg;ghL ,iwtd; fUtiwapy; ,Ue;J khWgLfpwJ. ,jd; RtHfs;
kpfTk; rpije;j epiyapy; cs;sd. RtHfisf; fhf;Fk; nghUl;Lr;
RtHfspy; rpnkz;l; fyitfs; G+rg;gl;Ls;sd. ,jdhy;; mr;RtHfspy;
cs;s fy;ntl;Lf;fs; kiwe;Js;sd. ,f;fUtiwapy; mk;kd; epd;w
epiyapy; cs;shs;. Jthughyfpfspd; rpw;gq;fNsh mHj;j kz;lgj;jpd;
kPJ f[nyl;RkpNah fhzg;ngwtpy;iy.
tpkhdq; f s
s;
%ytH fUtiw kw;Wk; mk;kd; fUtiwfspd; Nky; ,Ujs
ehfutifapidr; rhHe;j tpkhdq;fs; cs;sd.
,t;tpkhdq;fspy;
Ntjpif> fOj; J > rpfuk; > ]; J }gp vDk; cWg; G fs; moFld;
mikf;fg;gl;Ls;sd (fhz;f: gpd;dpizg;G - glk;: 32> 33).
%ytH
tpkhdj;jpy; fz;zg;g ehadhHGuhzk; VfghjH> jpUkhy; mtjhuq;fspy;
eurpk;k mtjhuk;> thkd mtjhuk;> kr;rhtjhuk; Kjypa rpw;gq;fs;
cs;sd. mk;kd; tpkhdj;jpy; mk;kdpd; tbtq;fNs ,lk; ngw;Ws;sd
(fhz;f: gpd;dpizg;G - glk;: 60 - 67).
Kd; k z; l gk;
Nfhapypd; Kf;fpakhd gFjpfs; kz;lgq;fs;. ,it gj;J my;;yJ
gjpNdhuhk; E}w;whz;Lfspy; nghpa mstpy; fl;lg;gl;ld. xw;iwf;fhy;
kz;lgk;> gjpdhWfhy; kz;lgk;> E}w;Wf;fhy; kz;lgk;> Mapuq;fhy; kz;lgk;>
vd;W kz;lgq;fs; gytifapd. fy;tpiaAk; fiyiaAk; tsHf;Fk;
79
jpUr; R w; W
nghJthfj; jpUf;Nfhapypd; jpUr;Rw;Wf;fs; %ytH fUtiwapid
ikakhff; nfhz;L mikAk;. Mdhy; ,f;Nfhapy; Kd;gpUe;j Filtiuf;
Nfhapypid xl;b XH xl;Lf; Nfhapyhff; fl;lg;gl;ljhy; ,t;tikg;gpy;
khWgl;Ls;sJ. %ytH fUtiwapid ikakhff; nfhz;L fpof;Fj;
jpUr;Rw;Wr; RtUk; Nkw;Fj; jpUr;Rw;Wr; RtUk; mikf;fg;gl;Ls;sd.
Mdhy; njw;F kw;Wk; tlf;Fg; gpufhuq;fs; fUtiwapid ikakhff;
nfhz;L mikatpy;iy. fUtiwapy; ,Ue;J tlf;Fg; gpufhuj; jsq;fs;
mjpfkhfTk; njw;Fg; gpufhuj; jsq;fs; FiwthfTk; cs;sd. njw;Fj;
jpUr;Rw;Wr;RtH ,d;iwa ,lj;jpy; ,Ue;J RkhH 5 mb tlf;Nf js;sp
mikg;gjw;Fj; jpl;lkplg;gl;Lg; gpwF mj;jpl;lk; iftplg;gl;Ls;sJ. ,jid
tlf;Fj; jpUr;Rw;Wf;fhfg; ghiwapy; ntl;lg;gl;Ls;s m];jpthuk;
fhl;LfpwJ.
fpof;Fj; jpUr;Rw;Wr; RtH kfhkz;lgk;
fl;Ltjw;F Kd;G fUtiwapid
ikakpl;ljhfTk; ,iwtd; fUtiwia
Nehf;fpa xU thapypid cilajhfTk;
,Ue;Js;sJ. ,g;gioa jpUr;Rw;W ,d;W
kfhkz;lgj;jpDs; ,Uf;fpd;wJ. 2011 Mk;
jpUg;gzpfSf;Fg; gpwF kfhkz;lgj;jpd;
fpof;Fr; RtH ,j;jpUf;Nfhapypd; fpof;Fj;
jpUr;Rw;Wr; Rtuhff; fhl;rpaspf;fpwJ.
Gjpjhff; fl;lg;gl;l fpof;Fj; jpUr;Rw;Wr;
Rthpy; ,uz;L thapy;fs; cs;sd.
%ytH fUtiw> njw;F tlf;Fg;
gpufhuq;
f Sf; F ikakhf mikahj
tlf;Fj; jpUr;Rw;Wr; Rthpid xl;b
RkhH 5 mb js;sp tlf;Fj;
fhuzj;jhy; fpof;Fj; jpUr;Rw;Wr; Rthpy;
jpUr;Rw;Wr; RtH fl;Ltjw;fhfg;
mikf;fg;gl;l thapYk; mj;jpUr;Rw;Wr;
ghiwapy; Njhz;lg;gl;l m];jpthuk;.
Rthpd; ikag; gFjpapy; mikahky;
njd;ghfk; FiwthfTk; tlghfk;
80
KidtH j. fz;zd;
jpUr;Rw;W kz;lgk;
jpUr;Rw;wpd; cl;Gwj;Nj fpof;F Nkw;F tlf;F Mfpa %d;W gFjpfspy;
jpUr;Rw;W kz;lgk; cs;sJ. njw;Nf Filtiu cs;sjhYk; ,ilntsp
FWfpAs;sjhYk; njd;gFjpapy; jpUr;Rw;W kz;lgk; mikf;fg;ngwtpy;iy.
jpUr;Rw;W kz;lgj;jpd; mbj;jsk; Nkil Nghy; Nfhapypd; mbj;jsj;jpy;
,Ue;J RkhH 3 mb caukha; cs;sJ. jpUr;Rw;W kz;lgj;jpd; fpof;Fg;
gFjpapy; #hpah;> re;jpuH ,iwtid Nehf;fpAs;sdH. #hpadpd; vjpNu
kz;lgj;jpd; mUfpy; khtPuh; fUtghz;bad; tlf;F Nehf;fpAs;shH.
81
MWKfd; rd;djp
jpUf;Nfhapypd; tlNkw;F %iyapy; fpof;F Nehf;fpa rd;djpapy;
MWKfd; cs;shH. MWKfd;rd;djpf;Fk; tpehafHrd;djpf;Fk; ,ilNa
klg;gs;sp cs;sJ. jpUf;Nfhapypy; cs;s ,l mstpidf; fUj;jpy;
nfhz;L ,t;tplj;jpy; klg;gs;sp mikf;fg;gl;Ls;sJ. Nfhapypd; rhpahd
gFjpapy; klg;gs;sp mikf;f Kaw;rpfs; eilngw;Wf; nfhz;bUf;fpd;wd
vd;W $Wfpd;whH FUf;fs; (fs Ma;tpd; NghJ jpU. uhk. Kj;Jr;rhkpf;
FUf;fs; $wpaJ).
igutH rd; d jp
jpUr; R w; w pd; tlfpof; F %iyapy; igutHrd; d jpAs; s J.
,r;rd;djpapy; igutH Nkw;F Nehf;fpAs;shH. nghJthfg; igutHrd;djp
njw;F Nehf;fp mikf;fg;gLk;. vd;gH (fs Ma;tpd; NghJ jpU. Nj.
nrhf;fypq;fk; $wpaJ).
82
KidtH j. fz;zd;
kiyf;nfhOe;jR
P tuH Kd;kz;lgj;jpYk;> jpUr;Rw;W kz;lgj;jpYk;
fhzg;ngWk; J}z;fs; rJuk; - vl;Lg;gl;il rJuk; - vl;Lg;gl;il
rJuk; - mjd;Nky; Ntiyg;ghL kpFjpaw;w Nghjpif vd cs;sd.
Kd;kz;lgj;Js; fhzg;ngWk; ehd;F mzpnthl;bj; J}z;fs; ePs; rJu
tbtpy; cs; s d.
,j; J }z; f spd; ; mikg; i gg; ghHf; F k; NghJ
,j; J }z; f Sld; gy Ntiyg; g hLfs; kpf; f J}z; f s; xl; l g; g Lk;
Nehf;fj;Jld; mikf;fg;gl;ljhfj; njhpfpwJ.
83
84
kfhkz; l gk;
KidtH j. fz;zd;
G+f;fl;Lk; ,lk;
85
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86
jpUTUt mikjp
jkpoHfs; fiyAzHtpy; vtHf; F k; gpd; j q; f hjtHfs; .
vj;jidNah fiyfspy; <Lk; vLg;Gk; ,y;yhky; Xq;fp epw;Fk; jkpofk;
rpw;gf;fiyapYk; jd;NdH ,y;yhj; jdpg;ngUik gilj;J tpsq;FfpwJ.
mj;jkpoff; Nfhapy;fSs; xd;whfj; jpfOk; jpUkiyj; jpUf;Nfhapy;
njd;dpe;jpar; rpw;gf;fiyfSs; Fwpg;gpLk; mstpy; rpwg;Gw;Ws;sJ.
,iwaUisg;ngw ,d;wpaikahjitahf mikAk; jpUTUtq;fisr;
nra;tjw;F Vw;w gj;Jg; nghUl;fisg; gpq;fy epfz;L>
fy; Y k; cNyhfKk; nrq; f y; Y k; kuKk;
rpw; g q; f s;
nghJthfr; rpw;gq;fis tifg;gLj;Jk; NghJ mtw;iw %yg;gbkq;fs;>
ghpthug; gbkq; f s; > cw; r tg; gbkq; f s; vd %tifg; g Lj; J tH.
jpUkiyapy; %yg; g bkq; f Sk; ghpthug; g bkq; f Sk; cs; s d.
cw;rtg;gbkq;fs; ,j;jpUj;jyj;jpy; ,y;iy.
KidtH j. fz;zd;
igutH> #hpaH> re;jpuH> jr;rpzh%Hj;jp> JHf;if> rz;bNfRtuH>
JthutpehafH> jz;lhAjghzp> rpj;jptpehafH> etf;fpufq;fs;> ee;jpgypgPlk;> khtPuH fUttPughz;bad; vd;gdTk;. tpkhdj;jpUTUtq;fSk;
,lk;ngw;Ws;sd. ,itad;wp kfplhRukHj;jpdp> fd;dpkhHfs; ;rpiyAk;
cs;sd.
rpj; j ptpehafH
ptpehafH;
%yKjw;nghUshk; tpehafg;ngUkhid topgl;lgpd;Ng gpw
jpUTUtq;fis topgl Ntz;Lk;. ve;jnthU nraiyr; nra;tjhdhYk;
Kjypy; tpehafg; ngUkhid tzq;f Ntz;Lk;. ,q;Ff; Filtiu
Filag;gl;l NghJ Kjd;Kjypy; topgLjw;F Vw;whHNghy; ghiwapy;
tpehafg; ngUkhd; Gilg;Gr;rpw;gkhfr; nrJf;fg;gl;Ls;shh;. fl;Lkhdf;
Nfhapy; fl;lg;gl;l epiyapy; fpof;Fj; jpUr;Rw;Wr; Rthpd; Kd;G
rpj;jptpehafH epWtg;gl;Ls;shH.
fpof;F Nehf;fpathW jdpr;rpW
fUtiwapy; tpehafUf;Fhpa nghJ mikjpAld; cs;shH (fhz;f:
gpd;dpizg;G - glk;: 68).
ckhrfpj%Hj; j p
Filtiuf; Nfhapypd; fUtiwapy; Nkw;F cl;Gwr; Rthpy;; fpof;F
Nehf;fpathW rptDk; cikAk; Gilg;Gr; rpw;gkhfr; nrJf;fg;gl;Ls;sdH.
,j;Njhw;wj;ij kf;fs; fy;ahzRe;ju %Hj;jp vd;wiof;fpd;wdH. ,q;Ff;
fhzg; g Lk; ,j; j pUTUtpidg; Nghd; W gpuhd; k iyf; Filtiuf;
NfhapypYk; Midkiy yhld; NfhapypYk; fhzg;ngWfpwJvd;gH(The
beautiful state of kalyanasundarar may be compared with that piranmalai and
anamalai ladan kovil S.V. Subramanian G.Rajendran HERITAGE OF THE
TAMILS TEMPLE ARTS.P.22).
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88
jpUkiyapd; jpUTUtq; f s;
Filtiuapy; ckhrfpj%Hj;jp %yj;jpUTUtkhf ,lk;ngw
KUfDk; tpehafUk; ghpthuj; nja;tq;fshfr; nrJf;fg;gl;Ls;sdH.
Filtiuj; jpUTUtq;fs; ahTk; ghiwapy; Gilg;ghfr;
nrJf;fg;gl;ldthFk;.
KidtH j. fz;zd;
Filtiu tpehafH
Filtiuiar; rhHe;j tpehafH Filtiuapd; fpof;Fg;gFjpapy;
;cs;s ghiwapy; Gilg;Gr; rpw;gkhfr;; nrJf;fg;gl;Ls;shH (fhz;f:
gpd;dpizg;G - glk;: 41). ,t;tpehafiu ,d;W vspjpy; topgl KbahJ.
,t;tpehafH fw;wspapd; njd;fpof;F %iyapy; cs;s klg;gs;spAs;
kiwe;Js;shH.
,t;tpehafH gps;isahHgl;b tpehafiug; Nghd;W
topghl;Lr;rpwg;gpw;FhpatH. ,t;tpehafH epd;wepiyapy;
tlf; F Nehf; f pAs; s hH.
ehd; F jpUf; f uq; f Sld; fhzg; g LfpwhH.
Nkw;fuq;fs; ,uz;by; tyjpy; kyHr;nrz;Lk; ,ljpy; ghrf;fapWk; cs;sd.
fP o ; f ; f uq; f s; ,uz; b y; ; x d; W mgaKj; j piuahfTk; kw; n whd; W
Nkhjfj;ijg; gw;wpathWk; cs;sd.
Filtiuapy; gpw; f hyj; j py; epWtg; n gw; w tpehafiuAk;
fhzKbfpwJ. ,t;tpehafH Filtiuf; fUtiwapd; Kd;Gs;s mHj;j
kz;lg Nkilapd; Nky; tlf;F Nehf;fpAs;shH. ,tH tpehafUf;Fhpa
nghJ mikjpAld; yypjhq;fhrdj;jpy; cs;shH (fhz;f gpd;dpizg;G:
glk;: 42).
Filtiu KUfd
KUfd;
89
90
KidtH j. fz;zd;
ghfk; g phpahs;
MWKfd;
igutH
rpthyaq;fspy; mikf;fg;gLk; gpufhuj; nja;tq;fspy; igutUk; xUtH.
,tH rptfzq;fspy; Nrj;jpuf;fhty; GhpgtH. igutiur; rptd>; jd;id
,fo; e ; j gpukdJ jiyiaf; nfha; a j; Njhw; W tpj; j hd; vd; f pwJ
fe; j Guhzk; (jp. ,uhrkhzpf; f k; > njd; d pe; j par; rpw; g q; f Sk;
Nfhapy;fSk;>g.41).
,g;igutH Nkw;F Nehf;fp epd;w epiyapy; cs;shH.
Nkw;F
Nehf;fpAs;s igutNu rpwg;gpw;FhpatH.
iguthpd; mWgj;J ehd;F
tbtq;fis Mfkq;fs; $Wfpd;wd. ,g;igutH fhy;fis NeNu Cd;wp
ehd;F jpUf;fuq;fSld; Milapd;wp cs;shH.
91
92
KidtH j. fz;zd;
jl; r pzh%Hj; j p
rptngUkhdpd; Ie;J tif tbtq;fSs; Nyhfj;ijAk; Qhdj;ijAk;
,iriaAk; fw;gpf;Fk; MykH nry;td; tbtKk; xd;whFk;.
,J
kNfRtu tbtq;fs; ,Ugj;ije;jpy; xd;W.
,tH NjtNfhl;lj;jpy;
njd;Kfkha; mikf;fg;gLtjhy; jl;rpzh%Hj;jp> njd;Kff;flTs;
vdg;gLfpwhH. jl;rpzk; vd;why; njw;F vd;W nghUs;. jl;rpzh%Hj;jp
tbtpy; ehd;F tifAz;L. mtw;Ws; ,tH tpahf;ahdj; jl;rzh%Hj;jp
MthH.
mkHe;j epiyapy; tyJ fhiy klf;fpj; njhq;ftpl;Lf; fPNo Cd;wpAk;
,lJ fhiy klf;fp tyJ fhypd; Nky; tpiug;ghf ePlb
; g; gLf;ff;fplj;jpAk;
cliyr; rkepiyapy; nfhz;L NeNu epkpHj;jp ,uh[ Nehf;FlDk; cs;shH.
,thpd; ,t;thrdj;ij tPuhrdk; vd;gH. iffs; ehd;F. Nkw;if ,uz;by;
ghk; G k; #yKk; fhzg; g Lfpd; w d.
fP o ; f ; i f ,uz; b y; xUif
rpd;Kj;jpiuAlDk; kw;nwhU if FWf;Nf ePl;ba ,lJ fhypd; kPJk;
cs;sd.
gjp> gR. ghrk; vDk; irt rpj;jhe;jj;ij czHj;Jk;
rpd;Kj;jpiuapid tpahf;ahd `];jk; vd;Wk; tpjHf;f Kj;jpiu vd;Wk;
miog; g H.
rpd; K j; j piu fhl; b As; s tyJ ifapy; mf; f khiy
fhzg;gLfpwJ (fhz;f: gpd;dpizg;G - glk;: 70).
etf; f pufq; f s;
xt;nthU kdpjDk; etf;fpufq;fis topgl;lhy; Nkd;ikailayhk;.
etf;fpufq;fspd; nray;ghLfs; rptdpd; ghHit Kd; mika Ntz;Lk;
vDk; fhuzj;;jhy; mtw;iwr; rptd; Nfhtpy;fspy; gpujpl;il nra;tH.
,f;fpufq;fs; ,q;F xNu gPlj;jpd; kPJ rk msTs;s rpw;gq;fshf
mikf;fg;ngw;Ws;sd (fhz;f: gpd;dpizg;G - glk;: 75 - 83).
tlf;F
Jh; f ; i f
kfprd; vDk; muf; f dhy; Jd; g g; g l; l NjtHfs; rptidAk;
tp~;ZitAk; mile;J jq;fspd; Jd;gq;fis vLj;Jiuj;jdH. mijf;
Nfl;l rptDk; tp~;ZTk; kpfTk; tUe;jpdH. gpd;G tp~;Ztpd; Kfj;jpy;
,Ue;Jk; gpw NjtHfspd; Kfj;jpypUe;Jk; xspg;gpok;Gfs; ntspg;gl;ld.
mg;gpok;Gfs; xd;W $b xU ngz;ZUtk; nfhz;lJ. mg;ngz; cUtNk
JHf;if Mths;. kfprid mopf;fg; gilf;fg;gl;l JHf;fh NjtpNa
vUikj;jiy muf;fdhd kfpridf; nfhd;whs;. ,j;jpUf;Nfhapypd;
JHf;if mk;kfprdpd; vUikj; jiykPJ epd;w epiyapy; cs;shs;.
fhy;fs; rkepiyapy; Cd;wpapUg;gpDk; tyJ fhypd; ghjk; rw;W
Kd;Ndhf;fp ,lJ ghjj;ijtplr; rw;Wg; nghpajhfTk; cs;sJ (fhz;f:
93
Gjd;
Rf;fpud;
re;jpud;
tpahod;
#hpad;
nrt;tha;
uhF
rdp]t
; ud;
NfJ
njw;F
Nkw;F
#hpad;
etf;fpufq;fspy; Kjd;ik ngWgtH #hpad;. ,tH fhrpag Kdpthpd;
Gj;jpuH MthH. ,q;F ehd;F iffSld; fpof;F Kfkha; cs;shH.
Nky; ,U fuq;fspy; kyHfs; fhzg;gl fPo; ,U fuq;fs; mga tujkha;
cs;sd.
94
KidtH j. fz;zd;
re; j pud;
,uhF
NfJ
nrt; t ha;
,tH tPugj;jpuhpd; mk;rk; MthH. njd; Kfkhfj; jpfOk; ,tUf;F
ehd; F iffs; tyf; f uq; f s; ,uz; b y; #yKk; fj; j pAk; ,Uf; f
,lf;fuq;fspy; xd;W #yj;JlDk; kw;nwhd;W Cd;wpa jz;lj;jpd;
kPJk; fhzg;gLfpd;wd.
Gjd;
re;jpu fpufj;jpd; FkhuH Gjd; MthH. ,tH ehd;F fuq;fSld;
fpof;F Nehf;fpAs;shH. Nkw;iffs; MAjj;JlDk; fPo;f;iffs; mga
tujkhfTk; fhzg;ngWfpd;wd.
FU (tpahod; )
NjtFU ,tNuahthH. tlf;fpid Nehf;fpAs;s ,tUf;F ehd;F
jpUf;fuq;fs; NkNy MAjq;fSk; fPNo cs;sit mga tujj;JlDk;
cs;sd.
Rf; f pud;
fpof;F Nehf;fpAs;s ,tuJ ehd;F fuq;fspy; NkNyAs;sit
MAjq; f SlDk; fP N oAs; s it mga tuj Kj; j piuAlDk;
fhzg;ngWfpd;wd.
rdp
,tH #hpadpd; Fkhuh; MthH. tyJ fhypid klf;fp fhf;if
thfdj;jpd; kPJ itj;Js;shH.
,lJ fhiyf; fPNo gPlj;jpd; kPJ
Cd;wpAs;shH.
ehd;F iffs; cs;sd.
Nkw;iffspy; mq;FrKk;
ghrKk; fhzg;gl fPo;f; iffSs; tyJ if klf;fpa fhy;njhilapd;
kPJk; ,lJ if Cd;wpa fhy;njhilapd; kPJk; fhzg;ngWfpd;wd.
,tH Nkw;F Kfkha; cs;shH.
95
ee; j p
gpuNjhr tuyhw;wpy; cik rptdplk; ee;jpapd; rpwg;igf; Nfl;f
rptd; ee;jp Njtd; gf;jpahy; vd;id epfh;jj
; td;. mehjpaha;g; gpwe;jtd;.
jHktbtpdd;. ehd;F Ntjq;fSk; ghjq;fshfg; ngw;wtd;. vd;idr;
Rkg;gjhy; vdf;F xg;ghdtd;.
Ntjq;fs; Nghw;Wk; caHe;j &gd;.
vdNt mtid tzq;FgtHfSf;F ehd; rfy nrsghf;fpaq;fisAk;
mspj;J tUfpNwd; vd;W $wpdhh; vd;gH (v. ,uhN[e;jpud;> gpuNjh~
G+i[Ak; gyd;fSk; gf;. 32>33).
rptdpd; thfdkhd ee;jp Njtd;
rptid Nehf;fpg; gLj;jpUf;fpwhH.
,thpd; %d;Wfhy;fs; klf;fpAk;
xUfhy; ePl;b Cd;wpAk; cs;sd. ,uz;L Fl;ilahd nfhk;GfSk;
jpuz;l jpkpYk; mofha; cs;sd. fOj;jpid ,uz;L kzpkhiyfSk;
gpw mzpfSk; moF nra;fpd;w
; d. Kfj;jpy; %f;Ff;fapW fhzg;gLfpwJ
(fhz;f: gpd;dpizg;G - glk;: 87).
rz; b NfRtuh
NfRtuh;
rz;lk; vd;why; Nfhgk; vd;W nghUs;gLk;. rz;bf; FzKilatH.
cUj;jpu%Hj;jpapd; Nfhghf;fpdpapy; cjpj;jtH. rptG+irapd; Kbtpy;
,tiu tzq;f Ntz;Lk;. ,tH tyJ fhiyr; rw;W tyJ Gwkhfr;
rha;j;J klf;fpf; fPNo Cd;wpAs;shH.
,lJ fhiy tyJ fhypd;
njhilia Nehf;fpathW klf;fp ePl;bg; gPlj;jpd; kPJ itj;Js;shH.
,tUf; F ,uz; L iffs; cs; s d.
tyJ ifapy; nrz; b id
Ve;jpAs;shH. ,lJ ifia klf;fp ,lJ fhypd; kPJ itj;J ePlb
; athW
cs;shH (fhz;f: gpd;dpizg;G - glk;: 68).
96
KidtH j. fz;zd;
#hpad;
re; j puH
fpof;Fj; jpUr;Rw;W kz;lgj;jpy; Eiothapypd; tlgFjpapy;
kiyf;nfhOe;jPRtuiu Nehf;fpathW cs;shH. ,tH epd;w epiyapy;
tyJ fhiy Neuhf Cd;wpAk; ,lJ fhiyr; rw;W klf;fp Cd;wpAk;
cs;shH. ,tUf;Ff; iffs; ehd;F. mtw;Ws>; Nkw;iffs; kyUlDk;
fPo;f;iffs; mga> tuj Kj;jpiuAlDk; fhzg;gLfpd;wd. re;jpuUf;Fhpa
gPlk; jhkiukyiug; Nghy; cs;sJ (fhz;f: gpd;dpizg;G - glk;: 57).
kfplhRukHj; j pdp
jpUTUt mikjpapy; JHifiaAk; kfplhRukHj;jpdpiaAk;
NtWgLj;JtH. kfplhRukHj;jpdp ngUk;ghYk; vUikj; jiyapd; kPJ
MAjq;fSld; $ba vl;Lj; jpUf;fuq;fSld; mikf;fg;gLths;.
Jthu tpehafH
kiyf;nfhOe;jPRtuH mHj;jkz;lgj;jpd; Kd;G tyJGwj;jpy;
fpof;F Nehf;fpathW JthutpehafH cs;shH.
,tH yypjhrdkha;
ehd; F iffSld; cs; s hH.
Nkw; i ffspy; mq; F rKk; ghrKk;
fhzg;gLfpd;wd. fPo;f;iffspy; xd;wpy; xbj;j je;jKk; kw;nwhd;wpy;
NkhjfKk; cs;sd. ,thpd; fz;fs; gpJq;fpa epiyapy; G+kpapid
Nehf;Ftd Nghd;Ws;sd. jiyapidf; fuz;l kFlk; mzpnra;fpd;wJ.
,thpd; tyJGwk; ehfH rpiyfs; cs;sd (fhz;f gpd;dpizg;G: glk;:
52).
97
98
fd; d pkhH
gpuhkp> rhKz;B];tup> kNf];thp> ehuhazp> nfskhHp> ,e;jpuhzp>
tuhfp vd VO fd;dpaH xNu fy;ypy; nrJf;fgl;Ls;sdH. ,tHfs;
xt;nthUtUf;Fk; iffs; ,uz;;L cs;sd (fhz;f: gpd;dpizg;G glk;: 51).
KidtH j. fz;zd;
Vf ghjH> fz;zg;g ehadhH Guhzk;, mHj;j ehhPRtuh;> eurpk;khtjhuk;
thkd mtjhuk;>
Vf ghjH
rptd;> jpUkhy;> gpuk;kh vDk; %tUk; xU jpUTUtkhf xNu
fhypy; epw;Fk; Vf ghjH rpw;gj;ij ,q;Ff; fz;L kfpoKbAk;.
eurpk; k htjhuk;
kiyf;nfhOe;jPRtuH tpkhdj;jpd; Nkw;Fg;gFjpapy; eurpk;khtjhug;
Guhzr;rpw;gk; fhzg;gLfpwJ. eurpk;kH mkHe;j epiyapy;; ehd;F iffSld;
fhzg;gLfpwhH. ,thpd; ,lJ fhy; njhilapd; kPJ> Njtp mkHe;Js;shH.
Njtpapid eurpk;kH xUifapy; gpbj;Js;shH.
Nkw;iffs; rq;F
rf;fuj;JlDk; fPo;f;ifapy; xd;W fhypd; kPJk; cs;sJ.
Njtpf;F
,uz;L iffs; cs;sd.
thkd mtjhuk;
99
100
KidtH j. fz;zd;
kr; r htjhuk;
kd;dHfSk; fy;ntl;Lf;fSk;
kPdhl;rp Re;jNuRtuH:
KUfd;:
kapypd;kPJ fhl;rpjUfpwhH.
Filtiuapd; fl;Lkhd
fUtiwapd; Eiothapypy;
G+jq; f Sk; Filtiuj;
(fhz;f: gpd;dpizg;G -
ghHtjp jpUkzk;:
*****************
101
jpUkiy kiyf;nfhOe;jR
P tuH Nfhapypy; gpw;fhyg; ghz;baHfspd;
fy;ntl;Lf;fs; 31 fhzg;gLfpd;wd (fhz;f: gpd;dpizg;G - fy;ntl;L
tpsf;fq;fs;).
,f;fy;ntl;Lfspy; ,Ue;J ngwg;gLk; nra;jpfshy;
,j;jpUf;Nfhapypd; tsHr;rpiaAk; mf;fhyr; rKjha epiyiaAk; mwpa
Kbfpd;wJ.
ghz; b aHfs;
jpUkiyf; Nfhapypy; ;fpilf;Fk; gpuhkpf; fy;ntl;ilaLj;J
gpw;fhyg; ghz;baHfspd; fy;ntl;Lf;fs; fpilf;fpd;wd.
gpw;fhyg;
ghz;baHfspd; fy;;ntl;Lf;fs; Fwpg;gpLk; ghz;ba kd;dHfs;>
jphpGtdrf;futHj;jpd; NfhNdhpd;kha;nfhz;lhd;
102
KidtH j. fz;zd;
103
104
KidtH j. fz;zd;
105
106
KidtH j. fz;zd;
107
108
KidtH j. fz;zd;
109
110
KidtH j. fz;zd;
111
112
KidtH j. fz;zd;
113
114
KidtH j. fz;zd;
115
muR mYtyHfs;
gy fy;ntl;Lfs; tpw;gid Mtzq;fshfTk; mur
MizfshfTk; cs;sikahy; ghz;ba kd;dHfspd; fPo;g; gzpahw;wpa
caH mYtyHfspd; ngaHfSk; gy;NtW gzpepiyfspy; ,Ue;j gpw
mYtyHfspd; ngaHfSk; fpilj;Js;sd. rilatHkH FyNrfuH
Ml;rpapd; NghJ FyNrfu %Nte;j NtshH> mofpa ghz;ba %Nte;j
NtshhH< FkzuhaH> Vofg;ngUkhs;> fypq;fj;JiuaH> tpsj;J{Hf; fpotd;>
gl;lhyfdhdh FUFyj;jiuaH>Mlty;yhd; Mjpj;jNjtdhd g+opad;>
FyNrfu gpukkhuaH> mofpa kPfhk gpukkhuhaH ,tHfs; caHepiy
mYtyHfshf tpsq;fpdH (ARE 1924:19>30)
g+kUtpa jpUkhJk; nka; f ; f P H j; j pf; F upa rilatHkH
tPughz;baupd; Ml;rpf;fhyj;jpy; jpUke;jpu Xiyfshfr; nrt;t+UilahH
tP u ghz; b aUk; FkzuhaUk; mike; j dH. GuTtupj; jpizf; f s
ehafq;fshf miuad; =ty;ytdhd FUFyuhad;> Nre;jek;gpahd
tPughz;ba %Nte;j Ntshd;> tapuhjuhad;> Nre;jd; =ty;ytdhd
,uhrehuhaz tpOg;giuad;> rq;fuehuhazd; Re;juj; NjhSilahdhd
nfhq;fuhad; MfpNahH gzpapypUe;jdH(ARE 1924:23) njhz;ilkhd;>
gy; y thz; l hH> goe; j P g uhaH vd; g hH ghz; b aH Ml; r papy; caH
mYtyHfshf tpsq;fpdH(ARE 1924:12)
ngUk;ghyhd fy;ntl;Lfspy; ,lk;ngw;Ws;s fstop ehlhs;thHfs;
tlfstopehl;ilj; jk; MSifapy; nfhz;bUe;j FWepy murHfshfyhk;.
,uz;L fy;ntl;Lfs; ehlhs;thH xUtupd; Miz XiyfshfNt
mike; J s; s d(ARE 1924:27>32) mtw; W s; xd; W [aq; n fhz; l hH
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Ngw;wpid ,t;tpiwtd; ,iwtpaiu Ntz;bf; Foe;ijg;; ghf;fpak; ngw;w
kf; f Sk; jq; f s; Foe; i japd; fhjzptpohtpid ,f; N fhapypy;
epfo;j;Jfpd;wdH.
jpUkz tpoh
1. xt;nthU Mz;Lk; Mz;bw;F xUKiwahtJ VNjh xU ey;y
ehspy; NfhapYf;F te;J ,iwtid topgl Ntz;Lk; vd;gijj;
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142
KidtH j. fz;zd;
one of these sessions, the youngsters turned their attention to preserving the
hill and protecting it from vandals. They began by planting trees along the
base of the hill and constructed a borewell to supply drinking water to pilgrims
and visitors. They also installed lamp posts at two different points on the
hilltop without damaging the rock. With the help of the Department of
Archaeology and the local media, the youth were able to spread awareness
about the areas historical significance and also draw the attention of the
State. In a recent development, official sources in the Department of
Archaeology said that they were working to make Tirumalai a protected
site. As it is a dry area and the local economy is based on agriculture, this
move may help draw tourists, which would in turn generate some employment
for the youth said, Nagavalli Deivamani, Panchayat president. vd;Wiuf;fpwJ
,izajsk;
(http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/nxg/
article82954.ece).
,isQHfspd; gq; F
,t;T+H ,isQHfspd; gq;F tpaf;Fk; tifapy; cs;sJ. ,q;Fs;s
Xtpq;fs; fhf;fg;gl Ntz;Lk;> ,q;Fs;s tuyhw;Wr; rpwg;Gfs; fhf;fg;gl
Ntz;Lk;> Md;kpfg; gzpAld; ,j;jpUj;jyj;jpd; GdpjKk; goikAk;
fl;bf;fhf;fg;gl Ntz;Lk; vd;W mauhJ cioj;J tUk; ,isQHfisAk;
mtHfSf;Fj; Njhs; nfhLj;J Jizepw;Fk; nghpatHfisAk; ,q;Ff;
fhzKbfpwJ.
kuk; tsHj;jy;> tpsf;Ffs; mikj;jy;> tpopg;GzHT Vw;gLj;jy;
vd ,q;Fs;s ,isQHfs; Mw;wptUk; gzpfisg; gy;NtW ehNsLfSk;>
,izajsq;fSk; Fwpg;gpLfpd;wd. ,e;j ,isQHfspd; gq;fspg;ig>
In 2006, the village formed the Dr. Abdul Kalam Youth Welfare Association,
now headed by Ayyanar, and were working to empower local communities by
establishing reading clubs and helping poor students complete their education.
These reading clubs store a variety of newspapers and magazines so that the
youngsters stay abreast of events and also share views and discuss various
topics. Learning of Tirumalais historical significance through a magazine in
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144
KidtH j. fz;zd;
jytuyhWfSk; gz;ghl;Lr; rpd;dq;fSk; g.337). tpLjiyf;Fg; gpd;
rptfq;if rkPd; jq;fs; Ml;rp chpikia ,e;jpa murplk; xg;gilj;jJ.
Mdhy; jq;fs; tl;lhuj;jpy; ,Ue;j jpUf;Nfhapy;fis kl;Lk; jq;fs;
nghWg; g pNyNa itj; J f; nfhz; l J.
rptfq; i f rk]; j hdk;
Njt];jhdj;jpd; fPo; E}w;Wf;Fk; Nkw;gl;l Nfhapy;fs; ,aq;fptUfpd;wd.
Njt];jhdg; nghWg;Gfisf; ftdpj;Jf;nfhs;s jdp mYtyHfs;
gzpGhpfpd;wdH. ,t;tikg;gpd; epUthfj; jiytuhf mur kugpdNu
,Ue;J tUfpd;wdH.
epUthfKk; gzpahsUk;
epUthf Kiw
,f;Nfhapiyr; rptfq;if Njt];jhdk; rk];jhdk; epUtfpj;J
tUfpwJ. ,jid> rptfq;if ,uhkehjGuk; NrJgjpfspd; Ml;rpapd;
fPo; ,Ue;J
,g;gFjpia Mz;l tp[auFehj NrJgjpapd; Ml;rpf;
fhyj;jpy; (1710 - 1720) mtuJ Mjutpdhy; rptfq;if vd;w Gjpa
rk]; j hdk; mikf; f g; g l; l J vd; g h; (tp. fe; j rhkp> jkpo; e hl; b d;
145
146
KidtH j. fz;zd;
Nfhd; : jpUg;gs;spnaOr;rpf;Fj; Njitahd japH toq;FtJ. jPghtsp>
Rak; g hfk; :
Kj;jpiuf; fzf;F:
jpUf;Nfhapw; fzf;Ffisr; rhpghh;j;J mtw;wpd; mwpf;ifapy;
Kj;jpiuapl;Lf; nfhLg;gJ Kj;jpiuf; fzf;fhpd; gzpahFk;.
1.
];jhdpf mHr;rdhghfk;. 2.
4.
8.
NghJ
Njrhe; j hp:
147
148
KidtH j. fz;zd;
JizE}w; gl;bay;
,d; i wa gzpahsHfs; :
Njt];jhdg; gjpNtl;by; $wg;gl;Ls;s gjpide;J
gzpahsHfspd; gzpfSk; ,d;W xUthW nra;ag;gLfpd;wd. Mdhy;
mjidr; nra;Ak; gzpahsHfspd; vz;zpf;if kl;Lk; FiwTgl;Ls;sJ.
gjpide;J egHfsp;d; gzpapid ,d;W Ie;J egHfNs nra;fpd;wdH.
gzpahsHfspd; guk; g iufs;
,d; W tphpTgl; L s; s jhy;
mtHfSf;Fs; xU Kiwapid tFj;Jf; nfhz;L gzpapidAk;
tUthapidAk; gfpHe;J nfhs;fpd;wdH.
mUzhr;ryk;. g
g> irt rkak; XH mwpKfk;
Nkw;F ,uhktHkGuk;> ehfHNfhapy;.
mk; i g kzptz; z d; > Nfhapy; Ma; T k; newpKiwfSk; >
n[.n[ gg;spNf~d;];> 29 fw;gf tpehafH tzpf tshfk;>
kJiu 07> 2000.
Mj;jpabahh;. mu> rptdUl; Nfhyq;fs;> NrfH gjpg;gfk;
godp.
,uhrkhzpf;fk;. jp> njd;dpe;jpar;rpw;gq;fSk; Nfhapy;fSk;>
mg;gH mr;rfk;> nrd;id.
FUf; f s;
,f;Nfhapypd; ];jhdPf mHr;rdhghfk; jhdfHzk; Rak;ghfk;
vDk; %d;W gzpfisj; FUf;fNs nra;J nfhz;L Kj;jpiuf; fzf;F
efwh tz;zhd; Njrhe;jhp vDk; gzpfisf; $ypahl;fis epakpj;Jr;
nra;J tUfpwhH.
vdNt ,d;W ,thpd; nghWg;gpy; VO gzpfs;
cs;sd.
gz; l huk;
149
Nfhapy; f s; >
150
KidtH j. fz;zd;
Mq; f py E}y;
mofg;gh gy;fiyf;fofk;>
jpUtz;zhkiy Mjpdk;> Fd;wf;Fb rptnewpf; fofk;> gps;isahHgl;b.
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151
152
gpd;dpizg;Gfs;
gpd;dpizg;Gfs; I fy;ntl;Lf;fs;:
jpUkiyapy; gpuhkpf; f y; n tl; L f; f Sk; gpw; f hyg; ghz; b aH
fy; n tl; L f; f Sk; gpw; f hyj; i ja fy; n yOj; J f; f Sk; Fk; g hgpNrff;
fy;ntl;Lf;fSk; cs;sd.
153
KidtH j. fz;zd;
vd;wiof;fg;gLfpd;w xU kz;lgk; ,Ue;Js;sJ. ,k;kz;lgj;jpy; gy;NtW rhjpiar;
rhHe;j kf;fs; xd;W $b tzpfg;nghUl;fSf;F thpfisj; jPHkhdpj;Js;sdH.
mt;thp ,f;Nfhapypd; gad;ghl;bw;Fg; gad;gLj;jg;gl;Ls;sJ.
A.R.E.No: 11 of 1923 24.
fhzg;gLk; ,lk;: kiyf;nfhOe;jR
P tuH fw;wspapd; Kd;Gs;s kz;lgj;jpy; cs;s
J}z;fspy; fhzg;gLfpwJ.
rlhtHkd; vd;w jphpGtd rf;futHj;jpd; tPughz;baNjt
Fwpf;fg;gl;Ls;s kd;dd;: r
Ml;rpahz;L: 22 + 2 Mk; Ml;rpahz;L hprg 11.
fy;ntl;by; ngwg;gLk; nra;jpfs;: ,f;fy;ntl;L ,t;T+iu msfkhefhpy; cs;s
Fd;wj;J}H vdr;Rl;LfpwJ. ,j;jpUf;Nfhapy; ,iwtidj; jpUkiyg; ngUkhs;
vd;W Fwpf;fpd;wJ.
,j;jpUkiyg; ngUkhs; Nfhapypd; jho;thuf; $iu
mikg;gjw;fhf ,j;jpUf;Nfhapy; chpikahsHfshy; epyk; kw;Wk; Vhpia epyfq;fuhad;
jhapy; ey;yngUkhs; vd;w eurpq;fNjt vd;gtUf;F tpw;wijf; Fwpf;fpd;wJ.
A.R.E.No: 12 of 1923 24.
fhzg;gLk; ,lk;: kiyf;nfhOe;jR
P tuH fw;wspapd; Kd;Gs;s kz;lgj;jpy; cs;s
kw;nwhU J}zpy; fhzg;gLfpwJ.
Fwpf;fg;gl;Ls;s kd;dd;: jphpGtdrf;futHj;jpd; NfhNdhpkha;nfhz;lhd;
Ml;rpahz;L: 13 Mk; Ml;rpahz;L kw;Wk; 342 Mk; ehs;.
fy;ntl;by; ngwg;gLk; nra;jpfs;: ,f;fy;ntl;L jpUkiyngUkhs;> fz;Zila
<];tuKilahH vDk; Nfhapy;fisr; Rl;LfpwJ. jpUkiyngUkhs; Nfhapy; cl;gl
%d;W Nfhapy;fspd; Njtjhd epyq;fSf;F thptpyf;F toq;fg;gl;lijf; Fwpf;fpwJ.
jphpGtdrf;futh;jj
; pd; NfhNdhpkha; nfhz;lhdpd; gjpNdhuhtJ Ml;rpahz;L Kjy;
,e;j thptpyf;F toq;fg;gl;Ls;sijf; Fwpg;gpLfpwJ.
A.R.E.No: 13 of 1923 24.
fhzg;gLk; ,lk;: kiyf;nfhOe;jR
P tuH fw;wspapd; Kd;Gs;s kz;lgj;jpy; cs;s
%d;whtJ J}zpy; fhzg;gLfpwJ.
Fwpf; f g; g l; L s; s kd; d d; : khwtHkd; vd; w jphpGtd rf; f utHj; j pd;
Re;jughz;baNjt
Ml;rpahz;L: 17 tJ Ml;rpahz;L kw;Wk; 342 tJ ehs;
fy;ntl;by; ngwg;gLk; nra;jpfs;: ,f;fy;ntl;by; Nrhopaew;goq;fhR gw;wpa
Fwpg;G fhzg;gLfpwJ. gs;sKilahd; Mlty;yhd; Mjpr;rNjt vd;w g+opahliuaH
vd;gtuhy; Ie;J Nrhopaew;goq;fhRfs; ,f;Nfhapypd; ee;jh tpsf;F vwpg;gjw;fhf
toq;fg;gl;lijf; Fwpg;gpLfpwJ.
154
KidtH j. fz;zd;
155
156
KidtH j. fz;zd;
157
158
KidtH j. fz;zd;
fy; n tl; b y; ngwg; g Lk; nra; j pfs; : ,f; f y; n tl; L Kw; W g; n gwhky;
cs;sJ. G+tpd; fpoj;jp vd;W njhlq;FfpwJ. epyq;fisf; Nfhapyplk;
,Ue;J thq;fpatuhy; kPz;Lk; NfhapYf;Nf me;epyq;fs; jhdkhf
toq; f g; g l; l ij ,f; f y; n tl; l hy; mwpaKbfpwJ.
,f; f y; n tl; L
fhspq;fuhad; vd;wiof;fg;gl;l mur ,Uf;if kJiuapy; ,Ue;jijAk;
Rl;LfpwJ.
159
160
KidtH j. fz;zd;
ghz;ba Njt
Ml;rpahz;L: mwpaKbatpy;iy.
fy;ntl;by; ngwg;gLk; nra;jpfs;: msfkhefH cilahH NfhapYf;F Mw;W}H
vDk; fpuhkj;ijj; Njtjhdkhf toq;fpaijf; Fwpg;gpLfpwJ.
A.R.E.No: 39 of 1923 24.
fhzg;gLk; ,lk;: tlf;Fg; gpufhur; RtHfspy; fhzg;gLfpwJ.
Fwpf;fg;gl;Ls;s kd;dd;: rhlhtHkd; vd;w jphpGtd rf;futHj;jpd; guhf;fpuk
ghz;ba Njt
Ml;rpahz;L: 10 Mk; Ml;rpahz;L (hprgk;) grpl;lkp> QhapW> jpUNthzk;
fy;ntl;by; ngwg;gLk; nra;jpfs;: fPo;fs $w;wj;J kdg;gil tPl;ilr;
rhHe;j ,uz;L rNfhjuHfSf;Ff; Nfhapy; epyq;fspd; fhuhz;ik chpikiaf;
Nfhapy; chpikahsHfshy; tpw;fg;gl;lijf; Fwpg;gpLfpwJ. ,e;epfo;T
kd;dd; Kd;dpiyapy; eilngw;Ws;sJ. ,e;j tpw;gidapd; %yk; ngwg;gl;l
njhifiag; gps;isahH> ehadhH kw;Wk; jpUthjT+uH ehadhH (khzpf;fthrfH)
jpUTUtq;fis ,j;jpUj;jyj;jpy; epWTtjw;Fg; gad;gLj;jg;gl;Ls;sJ.
,e;epyq;fspd; ikahl;rp chpikAk; tpw;fg;gl;Ls;sJ. ,jd; %yk; fpilj;j
njhif ,j;jpUTUtq;fspd; topghl;bw;Fr; nrytplg;gl;Ls;sJ.
A.R.E.No: 40 of 1923 24.
fhzg;gLk; ,lk;: gpufhuj;jpd; fpof;Fg; gFjpapy; fhzg;gLfpwJ.
Fwpf;fg;gl;Ls;s kd;dd;: jphpGtd rf;futHj;jpd; FyNrfu Njt
Ml;rpahz;L: 13
13+9 Mk; Ml;rpahz;L fy;ntl;by; ngwg;gLk; nra;jpfs;:
fy;ntl;L Kw;Wg; ngwhky; cs;sJ. G+tpd; fpoj;jp vd;W njhlq;FfpwJ.
,j;jpUf;Nfhapypy; jpUtpohf;fs; nfhz;lhLtjw;fhf Nfhapy; epyq;fisg; ngz;
xUtUf;F tpw;wijf; Fwpg;gpLfpwJ.
A.R.E.No: 41 of 1923 24.
fhzg;gLk; ,lk;: fpof;Fg; gpufhuj;jpy; cs;s gpr;rhldH jpUf;Nfhapypd;
cj;jpuq;fspy; fhzg;gLfpwJ. Fwpf;fg;gl;Ls;s kd;dd;: rlhtHkd; jphpGtd
Ml;rpahz;L: 8 Mk; Ml;rpahz;L
rf;futHj;jpd; guhf;fpuk ghz;ba NjtMl;
rpk;kk; 24> jptpl;jpa jpq;fs; Nutjp
fy;ntl;by; ngwg;gLk; nra;jpfs;: Kw;Wg; ngwhky; cs;sJ. ,f;fy;ntl;L
cs;s fw;fs; fhzky; NghAs;sd. jpUf;Nfhapy; epyq;fs; kPjhd fhuhz;ik
chpikia msfkhefiur; rhHe;j rigNahH xU ngz;zpw;Ff; nfhLj;jw;fhd
xg;ge;jj;ijf; $WfpwJ.
161
162
163
Place of
Inscription
On the tiers
round the central shrine in the
Malaikkolundisvara
at
temple
Tirumalai (Same
taluk and same
district)
Place of
Inscription
Date
Remarks
king
Remarks
164
st
Maravarman alias 10+1 ,, ,,
wall of the
Tribhuvanachakravartin
padampiriyal. S u n d a r a Amman
pandyadeva.Who
shrine in the distributed the Chola
same temple.
14 On the east
Date
Maravarma alais 17th year Simba 15 Stones out of order. Seems to record an agreement arrived at
T r i b h u v a n a
by the various communities fixing the taxes to be paid on the
chakravartin Sundara
several articles of merchandise for the benefit of the temple of
Pandya deva Who
Kunrattur Nayanar. Mentions (the hall called) Annurruvan
having taken the
tirukkavanam in the temple where they assembled together
chola country was
for the purpose.
pleased to perform the
anointment of heat
roes..
Mudigondasola
puram
king
No
10
No
Mq;fpy tpsf;fk;
gpd;dpizg;Gfs; I fy;ntl;Lf;fs;:
king
Date
165
.. Do
166
do.
Do.
do.
25 On the rock on (Jatavarman
?)
the south side Tribhuvanachakravartin ......................
of the prakara of
the same temple. Kula(Sekharadeva).
23
Remarks
st
Built in at the beginning. Begins with the introduction
On the east side Maravarman alias 7+1 ,, ,,
of same rock-cut Tribhuvanachakravartin
( V i k r a m a cave.
Pandyadeva).
alias, 2+9 th year 349 th Built in at the right end but the portion thus hidden has
Jatavarman
On the west side
been re-engraved on the cross-wall. Begins with the introof the same Tribhuvanachakravartin day.
duction g+kUtpa jpUkhJk;> etc. Gift of land to jayangondan
vira-Pandyadeva.
rock-cut cave
Srivallabhan alias Kalavali-Nadalvan with the provision that the taxes
5th year ,,
Date
22
Do. do.
king
Place of
Inscription
Seems to be a portion of a big inscription which is almost completely damaged. Seems to record a gift of
land.
21
No
Remarks
Place of
Inscription
17
16
15
No
167
Do
Do
32
33
168
king
(3)+2 nd
vaigai.
,,
Remarks
Damaged. Begins with the same introduction. Records the grant of certain
honours and privileges in the temple to Andapiran alias Tiruvenkattunangai,
a devaradiyar of Alagaimanagar in return for her acts of charity, viz., (1) setting,
up of the image of Chandesvara in the temple of Suradeva-Isvaramudaiyar in
her village and (2) constructing a verandah for the image of Tirunanasambands
in the temple of Kunrattur-Nayanar.
Begins with the same introduction. Gift of land to a private individual who
had to pay the taxes on it to the temple to meet the expenses of the kitchen.
Begins with the introduction g+tpd;fpoj;jp> etc. Gift of land for conducting the
midnight service in the temple.
Date
3+(1)st ,, ,,
3+1st year ,,
Damaged. Records gift of land for a lamp in the temple. with a similar apportionment of the rights on it as in No. 27 above between a certain Devar
Sirivallavan alias Villavarayar and the temple.
Incomplete. Begins with the same introduction. Seems to record a gift of land by purchase.
Built in at the right end. Begins with the same introduction. Records a
similar grant of the village Vannanembal alias Sikarananallur for daily offerings in the temple.
Begins with the introduction g+tpd; fpoj;jp> etc. Records a gifd of land (from
the personal property of the king) for the morning service in the temple at
Kunrattur with the apportionment of karanmai and miyatchi on the lands
between a certain periyan Andapiran alias Tiruvenkattunangai and the god.
40
Jatavarman alias
Tribhuvanachakravartin
ParakaramaPandyadeva.
Much worn out. Seems to record the gift of the village of Arrur as a
devadana to the temple of Alagaimanagar Udaiyar.
13+9th year
Tiruvonam.
pandyadeva.
Tirubhuvanachakravartin
Kulasekhara-deva.
10 th year, (Rishabha), ba
Sunday.
siptaml,
Jatavarmanalias Tribhuvana
chakravartin Parakrama-
41
Do.
Do.
Do.
(anuradha)
Friday, Anilam
13+1st year,(simba),
,,
Damaged. Begins with the introduction g+tpd; f poj; j p> etc Gift of
land in Rajendrasola-chaturvdimangalam in Tenparappu-nadu. by a
certain Tirumarai-Nachchi alias Tirujnanas sambanda-nangai for
worship and offerings to the image of Aludaiya-pillaiyar set up by
her in the temple.
On the side of the west Maravarman alias Tribhuvana
Begins with the introduction g+kyw;wpUTk;> etc. Incomplete and damst
,,
,,
11+1
verandah in the
chakravartin Sundara-Pandyadeva.
aged. Seems to record a sale of land to a native of Malai-mandalam,
same prakara.
9+1+1 st year, mesha Begins with the same introduction. Gift of land for providing water for the sacred bath of god
On the side of the Do.
22, susaptaml, Fri- Kunratturudaiya Nayanar by Kalavali-Nadalvar who apportioned the karanmai and mikatchi
north verandah in
day Punarpusam
rights over it between a certain Sabhapati and the temple.
the same prakara.
th
Much damaged. Begins with the introduction g+tpd; f poj; j p> etc.
same Tribhuvanachakravartin (13)+9 year
the
On
Kulasekhara (deva).
Seems to record a sale of land.
verandha ,,
Place of
Inscription
39
38
37
36
35
No
34
Do
31
Do.
alias
Jatavarman
Tribhuvanachakravartin
Kulasekharadeva.
Do
29
Do
Jatavarman alias
Tribhuvanachakravartin
(Kulase)kharadeva.
Do
28
Do.
alias 3+3rd ,,
Jatavarman
Tribhuvanachakravartin
Kulasekharadeva.
30
Remarks
13+14th year Gift of 2 achchu for burning a twilight lamp in the temple, by a lady residing in
Alagaimanagar in Vadakalavali Nadu.
Date
Do
king
27
26
No
Place of
Inscription
gpd;dpizg;Gfs; II
,jo;fs; kw;Wk; ,izag;;gjpTfs;
jpUkiy njhlHghd nra;jpfspd; gjpTfis ehNsLfs;> ,jo;fs; kw;Wk;
,izajsq;fspy; fhzKbfpwJ.rptfq;if mUNf ehis kiyf;nfhOe;j]
P t
; uH
Nfhtpypy;; fphptyk; vd;w jiyg;gpy; jpdj;je;jp nra;jp ntspapl;Ls;sJ.
rptfq;if mUNf kiyf;nfhOe;jP];tuH Nfhtpypy; ehis fphptyk;
elf;fpwJ. rptfq;if mUNf jpUkiyf; fpuhkj;jpy; rptfq;if rk];jhdk;
Njt];jhdj;jpw;Fr; nrhe;jkhd kiy nfhOe;j]
P t
; uH ghfk;gphpahs; mk;kd; Nfhtpy;
cs;sJ. kpfg; goikahd ,e;jf; Nfhtpy; 13 Mk; E}w;whz;Lf;F Ke;jpajhFk;.
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AR. MEYYAMMAI DC SIVAGANGAI Jan.3: A bunch of youths of picturesque
Tirumalai in sivagangai district is waging a grim battle against heavy odds to save
the archaeologically rich heritage site in their village.
Home to a treasure
trove of Jain beds, Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions of Sangam Age, rock paintings of 5th
century and rock-cut and structural temples of the pandya period, the Tirumalai
hill has fallen on evil times. Lack of professional preservation and vandals
unscrupulous activities have rendered the site an easy target for abuse.
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the walls of the structural Malai Kolundeeswarar Temple maintained by Sivagangai
Devasthanam replete with Tamil-Brahmi scripts have been mindlessly white-washed,
the totally defaced Jaina beds and the rock paintings in red ochre on the rocks
above the temple stand as mere signs of vandalism. But the significance of the
treasure is not lost on the local youths though the panchayat administration does
not care for its preservation. About 30 youngsters of the village have formed Dr
Abdul Kalam Youth Welfare Manram with a mission to put little-known Tirumalai
on the archeological and tourism map of the state. With funds contributed by
their friend Kannadasan, a young engineer of the village who workds in dubai they
have put up compact fluorescent lamps. The hill is a den for antisocial
elements and vandals who have not spaared even a single rock painting and Jaina
bed, says M. Iyyanar. a staff in the clerical section of the Madurai Kamaraj University
who spearheads the manram, showing the scors of graffiti either painted or
chieselled on them. Empty liquor bottles are found strewn all over the plaace.
Another youth Ramesh says These days we take turns to guard the hill from
miscreants
The youngsters helped form NSS in their local school and involved
students to restore the Brahmi inscriptions on the temple walls. The effort did not
bear fruit. We need experts to regain the lost glory, laments Iyyanar. These youths
want the Tamil Nadu government to declare it as a protected monument and provide
adequate security to ward off the vandals.
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THE HINDU 09.01.2010 ehspjopy; Vandalism takes its toll on prehistoric rock
paintings vDk; jiyg;gpy; ntspahd ,r;nra;jpia
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,r;nra;jpahtd> callous: A view of the vandalised rock art at Tirumalai near
Sivaganga district, which is more than 2500 years old.
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THE HINDU January 21, 2010 ehNsl;by; ntspahd ,r;nra;jp (http://
www.thehindu.com/life-and-style) vd;w ,izajsj;jpYk; fhzKbfpwJ.
,r; n ra; j pahdJ> Members of the Dr.Abdul Kalam Youth Welfare
Association, Tirumalai Koneripatti panchayat in Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu
standing in front of the temple which has rare inscriptions and the hill beside has pre
historic rock paintings that were witness to vandalism. A group of youngsters got
together to protect their culture from falling into ruins Given Indias ancient past, it is
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tourists, which would in turn generate some employment for the youth said, Nagavalli
Deivamani, Panchayat president.
Keywords: Dr.Abdul Kalam Youth Welfare Association, Tirumalai Koneripatti
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the kings decided to extend the temple. So a separate structure was neatly merged with
rock hewn temple. The temple came to be known as the Koluntheeswarar temple. The
tower of this structure is a classic example of the architectural beauty of the time. One
side of the temple tower is a delicately etched Vishnu shown in all his Dasavatharams.
The other side of the tower portrays the perfect mingling of Vaishnavite and Shaivaite
form of worship with the portrayal of Brahma-the creator Vishnu-the preserver and
Siva the destroyer. Though the temple is a small intimate shrine, there are umpteen
idols of various gods and goddesses. There is the Mukkuruni Vinayagar idol.
Sabthakannigal idol and Lord Arumugam with all his six faces. An imposing idol is that
of Mahishasuramathini fiery Durga atop the lion ready to slay Mahishasur. But sadly,
this magnificent piece is losing its sheen due to the vagaries of nature. A sculpture
of Kala Bairava holding his Gadhayutha is also installed there along with the
navagrahas. The navagraha is unique here as Lord Saneeswarar is seen with a crow, a
pose which is very hard to find any other temple.
The temple priest Ramalinga
Guru told Express that the Lingam in the sanctum sanctorum is part of the hill and the
rock juts out of the structure.
According to him, this structural edifice was actually the third one to built. the second temple which was built in the foothills has now
become a part of lost history.Villagers on the warpath to preserve heritage
For the villagers living near this hillock, the temple is not just their presiding
deity but a monument that has to be saved for posterity. These simple and untrained
villagers in their endeavour to preserve the temple, whitewashed the temple in a thick
layer of paint. Thus hiding the various scripts and some of the intricate carvings. The
beautiful stone sculptures carved on the temple wall were pinted in vibrant colours.
Thus the magnificence was hidden behind the veneer of modernity. Thus for years,
the temple remained as just any other village temple dotting the southern landscape.
Two decades age, an archeological team that had come to this site studied the rock
paintings that were painted with a mixture of siol, animal fat and extracts from several
plants. The team to their surprise found that the paintings could have been made
during the megalithic period.
It was then that the villagers began unearthing
their past. They realized that they had made a mistake by painting the walls of the
temple thus obscuring the various engraved writings.According to experts, what is
now needed is a painstaking work to peel off the outer layers so that the script below
can be read and atleast photographed so that it can be studied further.
The villagers, now aware of their rich cultural past are taking all efforts to
preserve the place. They take steps to see that no miscreants reach the hill side and
deface the walls. They have also asked the tourist department to make this site as a
heritage place. So that various financial grants can be obtained to preserve this site.
Ayyanar of Thirumalai village said that a youth club has been formed in the name of
the former president of india, APJ Abdul dalam, and the club not onlyeducates the
villagers regarding this site but has also sponsored solar lighting on the hill top so that
vandals can not use the cover of darkness to create havoc her. The lights are automatically switched on at 6pm The villagers, who are mostly farmers, hope that this site if it
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be comes a tourist attraction, could also generate some additional income to these
families. It is only hoped that the Government, which stands for preserving Tamil
culture, joins hands with the villagers in their endeavour to preserve a dying past.Fading
Brahmi scripts, losing cultural heritage While the state geraars up to hold the world
classical Tamil conference, the Tamil Brahmi scripts carved in the temple her will soon
cease to exist.
Tamil Brahmi inscriptions are classified as Early Tamil Brahmi and
Late Tamil Brahmi It is assumed that travelling Jain monks who had brought this script
from North India had made Thirumalai their home. Much before the artisans recruited
by the pandya kings made their way uup the hill, this plaace was a resting place for the
Jain monks. One can still see the Jain beds carved on the side of the hill some of them
can still be seen with a little niches gouged out on the sides so that the monks were
protected when it rained. These monks had carved out the Brahmi script on the hill
and one of the two scripts, which can be easly read tells how in the first century BC a
chieftain (he is called a Kon) of the village known as Erukattur sculpted the beds of
the Jain monks in the caverns of the hill. In another line, the chief is also called as
KavithiBut like all other historical places that have been failed to garner the attention
of the administration, this site also stnds helpless against the onslaught of nature and
the ever present vandals. Most of the scripts have vanished and many have been
defaced by vandals who seem to gain notoriegy with every passing decade.
According to the nearby villagers this site also housed various pre-historic paintings
but only four have survived. These paintings in ochre colour would have been starting on the dark grey rock surface but now this colour has faded and what one can see
is rusty figures as if heaving their last breath on the rock surface.
What once
would have been feast for the senses is now a faded phase of yore that has to be
peered at by those who visit this temple. A painting in the eastern slope of the hill
depicts a man seated on an animaol. The figure resembles a Udukkai (a traditional drum
used by priests and nomads) thus revealing that the painting was a celebration of life.
The most wonderful part of the painting was it was drawn at a height that could not be
reached without any support.
Another painting on the eastern side depicts two
men facing each other may be a scence replicating the wrestling match in villages.
These two paintings are the one of a top like rock structure. Rock paintings on the
southern sided depicts two men holding their hands and there is an other painting of
a tall man. The painting also depicts a deer portrayed. Maybe it was a scene portraying
a hunting expeditions. All these men were also depicted as Udukkai shapes.
Sources from the Archaeological department told Express that a detailed study on this
site had been undertaken and with these details a proposal to list this site is on the
anvil. They also said that plans are afoot declare the Tamil-brhmi scripts found her
as an archeological site to be preserve.
Asked when these projects would take
shape, the department officaials were mum. What lovers and preservers of history
hope is that these decisions are taken as earyly as possible so that the site is preserved for generations to com.
Cave painting is the germination point of all Indian paintings and it is very visible here as ancient people have tried their hands in
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njhptpj;jdH
YOUTH TRY TO PROTECT THE CAVES ATOP A HILL IN SIVAGANGA vd;w jiyg;gpy;
ntspahd nra;jpahtd (Times of India 01.11.2011)
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The hill may be obscure now but resonates with ancient history. Rock
paintings dating back to the 5th century B.C.; two Tamil-Brahmi
inscriptions of the first century B.C. (Sangam Age); several Jaina beds
(pillow lofts) hewn out of the rock floor of the caverns; a swastika sign
incised on a Jaina bed, not found in other Jaina sites in Tamil Nadu; a
rock-cut temple of the 8th century A.D. of the early Pandya period; and
a structural temple of the 13th century of the later Pandya period are the
highlights of Tirumalai. There are several sites around Madurai where
prehistoric rock paintings, Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions and Jaina beds are
found to coexist. Tirumalais distinction is that the two temples belong to
the continuous chain that links the prehistoric with the medieval times. K.
GANESAN The defaced painting of a man wearing a bird mask. V.
Vedachalam, retired epigraphist of the Tamil Nadu Archaeology
Department, says, Tirumalai is one of its kind.
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members travel all over the country to trade
goods); the tax levied by the administrative
assembly of the nearby trading centre of
Azhagai Managar on salt, paddy, pulses,
pepper and other commodities transported
by the guild; and the use of a portion of the
tax towards maintenance of the temple, among
other things.An inscription
even talks about how the administrative assembly and all the members
of the thisai aiyirathu ainuttruvar met in full quorum, without any
absentees, to decide the quantum of tax to be levied on the commodities
that passed through the commercial town. V.VEDACHALAM A red-ochre
painting, a human image, drawn in triangles in outline. Both have been
vandalised. The Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy, 1924, says that
this inscription seems to record an agreement arrived at by various
communities, fixing the taxes to be paid to several articles of merchandise
for the benefit of the temple at Kunrathur-Nayanar. Vedachalam said,
The inscriptions at once testify to the location of Tirumalai on an ancient
trade route between the Pandya and Chola countries.
Tirumalai was then called
Kunrathur. It fell in the administrative
division called vadakalavazhi
nadu of the Pandya country, he
added.The rock paintings, done in red
ochre, are quite varied. A masterpiece
depicts two men fighting, each trying
to block the other with an outstretched
hand and their other hand raised
fully, with the fingers spread out, as if they are about to slap each other.
The two men are shown with masks resembling birds with prominent beaks.
The men have been painted in solid form. Of the 70-odd rock-art sites
found in Tamil Nadu, only in two other sites (Keezhvalai and Settavarai
in Villupuram district, Kidaripatti near Madurai and Chandrapuram near
Vellore) men have been depicted with bird-like masks. The other paintings
are of human beings, formed out of triangles or lines that resemble a
damaru (a small two-headed drum); a man riding a horse; a man holding
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(kon) of a villagecalled Erukattur was instrumental in sculpting the beds for the
comfort of the Jaina monks. It mentions the village chiefs title as kavithi.Neither
the State Archaeology Department nor the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has
declared Tirumalai a protected monument. The State Department has not declared it a
historically important site under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites
and Remains Act of 1966. The ASI, too, has failed to protect it under its Ancient
Monuments and the Archaeological Sites and Remains Act of 1958. There is not a
single watchman posted to protect the priceless treasures. The temples are administered by the Sivaganga Devasthanam.
Gandhirajan, who is now doing an extensive survey of Tamil-Brahmi sites, said that
among the many monuments in Tamil Nadu that are not a protected, the most important
one is Tirumalai. Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions, he argues, offer the basic evidence that
Tamil is a classical language. However, they have been vandalised at many sites.
The Tirumalai paintings show a high degree
of skill in execution, like those found at
Bhimbetka, according to Gandhirajan.Local
people call the damaru-shaped human beings
udukkai manidhargal (drum-shaped men in
Tamil). All human beings drawn in solid form
there have bird-like masks. This must have a
ritualistic significance or it indicates a clan identity, Gandhirajan explained. The Tirumalai artists belonged to a hunter-gath erer society,
according to him. In 1977-78, Rajagopal,
Santhalingam and Vedachalam disc overed the
shorter Tamil-Brahmi inscription at Tirumalai,
which has been read asvakarandai. Karandai
in Tamil means a cavern or a small hill. It, there
fore, denoted a place where monks lived.The more significant discovery came in
1989 when the trio came across the longer Tamil-Brahmi inscription during their
epigraphical survey of Tirumalai. It was then that Vedachalam discovered the series
of paintings, too.M. Sundararaja gurukkal, the priest of the two temples, recalls
with excitement the discovery of the paintings.He said: Vedachalam was going
round the hill, looking for inscriptions. I went along with him. It was then that he
discovered the painting of the two men with bird-masks. This spurred him on, and he
noticed more paintings on the nearby rocks. Some distance away, he discovered a
Tamil-Brahmi script too. The name Erukattur mentioned in the inscription has a long
history. It finds mention in the Tamil-Brahmi inscription of the first century A.D. at
Tirupparankunram near Madurai and in the Tamil Vatteluttu inscriptions of the sixth
century A.D. at Pillayarpatti in Sivaganga district.
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Vedachalam pointed out that a swastika symbol was found on Jaina beds excavated
by King Kharavela in the Udayagiri hill near Bhubaneswar in Orissa, in the first
century B.C. At a lower elevation of the Tirumalai hill is the rock-cut temple of the 8th
century A.D. It has pillars with taranga podhika capitals, that is, with wavy patterns. (Tarangam in Tamil means wave, and podhikai means capital). It has a bas relief
panel of Siva and Uma. Although the images have been sculpted out of granite, the
reliefs are covered with stucco.
In the front mantapa is a high relief of Murugan. Below him in low relief are two ganas.
One gana holds an umbrella to protect Murugan. The structural temple is also dedicated to Siva and Parvathi with sub-shrines for Ganesa, Murugan, Bhairava and
others. Gandhirajan said: I have surveyed many Tamil-Brahmi/Jaina sites around
Madurai. Neither the ASI nor the Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department has cared to
explain the significance of these histori
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man, and the other hand raised, with all the fingers spread out as if to slap the
other. These two men have bird-like faces, with prominent beaks.
Otherpaintings:
Other paintings at Tirumalai include a cluster of human beings drawn
out of triangles or damaru (small drum) shapes, deer, a man riding a horse,
and so on. The drawings of men, employing triangular shapes, are in outline.
V. Vedachalam, retired senior epigraphist, Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department,
discovered these paintings in 1989.Mr. Gandhirajan said: Tirumalai is the only
place where rock art is available in both solid form and outline, and in red ochre
only. This is rare.Adjacent to the Tirumalai paintings atop the hill are two
Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions on two caverns and a series of Jaina beds on the
floor of the caverns. The inscriptions belong to the 1st century B.C. All the
paintings, the Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions and Jaina beds have been vandalised
with graffiti chiselled into them or painted in bright black, red and white
colours.The painting found at Mudalai Kulam depicts a man rowing a boat.
This rock art work, in a withered condition, is found on the ceiling of a small
cave and there is a Jaina bed on the floor. Nearby is a Tamil-Brahmi inscription
of the 2nd century B.C. that talks about how the assembly of a village called
Vembiloor dug an ayam. In Tamil, ayam or kulam means a pond.At
Keezhavalavu are designs in red ochre of circles, semi-circles and triangles,
and other decorative motifs. At Kongar Puliyankulam are paintings of a man
riding a horse, human beings and animals done in solid form and outline in
white kaolin. Both Keezhavalau and Kongar Puliyankulam have Tamil-Brahmi
inscriptions and a series of Jaina beds.These four discoveries are an important
addition to about 70 rock-art sites in Tamil Nadu, Mr. Gandhirajan said.
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