She looks like a goddess! – Ainkurunooru 76 #shadesoflove #karkanirka #tamillove
Tag: Palaniapan vairam sarathy
To taste and smell his lips – Nachiyar Thirumozhi 7.1
Andal’s desire for her Krishna’s red lips comes out as beautiful love poem in Tamil lyric. #shadesoflove #karkanirka #andal
Dance Duel and its divine origins – Story of Goddess in Tamil Nadu
If you have seen Tamil movies surely you would have seen of an arrogant heroine challenged by hero to a dance duel. Hero wins it either fairly or by hook and crook. Heroine arrogance is subdued and she become a fit subordinate women from an independent arrogant one. These themes have origins in many Tamil religious traditions. These are storied of Goddess who lose their independent self to become subordinate Goddess to the Male deity. This is post to throw light on Goddess who lost their space to male counter part and story of local deities losing space to deities of organized religion. #karkanirka
How the Great God got his Blue Neck – Dedication to Iravatham Mahadevan – 12 years of Karka Nirka
How did Lord Shiva get his blue neck? How does the ancient God of Indus still remain in Indian religions?
A visual summary of Iravatham Mahadevan’s paper. 12 years of Karka Nirka
Hearts that are tied – Seetha meets Rama part 6
Rama sees Seetha for the first time. The famous Annalum Nokkinar Avalaum Nokkinal episode part 6.
Eye arrows that pierced – Seetha meets Rama part 5
Rama sees Seetha for the first time. The famous Annalum Nokkinar Avalaum Nokkinal episode part 5.
He looked and She looked – Analam nokinaan avalum nokinal – Seetha meets Rama part 4
Rama sees Seetha for the first time. The famous Annalum Nokkinar Avalaum Nokinal episode part 4.
Even ornaments gained beauty – Seetha meets Rama – 3
Rama sees Seetha for the first time. The famous Annalum Nokkinar Avalaum Nokinal episode part 3.
How would she appear? – Kamba Ramayanam – Seetha meets Rama – 2
Rama sees Seetha for the first time. The famous Annalum Nokkinar Avalaum Nokinal episode part 2. #karkanirka #rama #seetha #kamban
How to describe her eyes – Kamba Ramayanam – Seeta meets Rama – 1
Rama meets Seetha for first time. The famous Annalum Nokkinar Avalaum Nokinal episode. Part 1.
10 years of Karka Nirka
Karka Nirka’s 10th anniversary. A thank you note and 10 of my favorite blogs over the years. Share your favorite blog as comment.
Flood of Passion – Kurunthokai 99
Another gem from Auvviyar of Sangam age. A poet par excellence, most of us know her songs on Adhigaman Neduman Anci. In way some of her poems were prelude to hero build up songs in Tamil cinema. But the side most of us don’t know is the sensitive and mostly aggressive love poems. This a poem from a lover lorn Thalaivan’s point of view.