Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

Paripadal

19th song:

Piligrims are going to Thirupparamkundram.A few devotees get into an art gallery on the way and gather around different paintings displayed there and discuss spiritedly among themselves about what is portrayed in the paintings. This is rathi, That is manmda. A particular painting has the image of a cat, a woman, a sage in rage and a rock. The devotees comment, ‘Indhiran poosai’ This cat ( poosai) is Indra. ‘ival agaligai,’ This is Ahalya. ‘ivan sendra kavudhaman,’ This sage is Gautama, who was away (at that time). ‘sinan ura, kal uru ondriya padi idhu,’ And this rock is (nothing but) Ahalya transformed by the curse of the sage. This painting shows how she was transformed into a rock.

Refer the Link (Line 50 onwards)

http://www.chennailibrary.com/ettuthogai/paripadal25.html

Now we know that Indra first came as a cock. What is this cat? There is a reference for this in katacharitra sagar. refer link.
http://lalitalarking.blogspot.com/2007/11/impossible-virgin.html

These three sangam poems show that the ancient tamils knew Ramayan well and it was part of their life.
Next let us see kappiyums.














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