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Sangam Life in Art Form
Sangam literature refers to a body of classical Tamil literature created between the years 300 BC to 300 AD. This collection contains 2381 poems composed by 473 poets, some 102 of whom remain anonymous. The period during which these poems were composed is commonly referred to as the Sangam period. Sangam literature is primarily secular dealing with everyday themes in a Tamilakam context.
The poems belonging to the Sangam literature were composed by Tamil poets, both men and women, from various professions and classes of society. These poems were later collected into various anthologies, edited, and with colophons added by anthologists and annotators around 1000 AD
Aganaanuru
Keerthanna Jothiraman - Kuchipudi - Agananuru - YouTube
Agananuru, a classical Tamil poetic work that comes under the Akam (Subjective, dealing with matters of the heart and human emotions,) category as its subject matter. It contains 400 poems dealing with matters of love and separation. As many as 145 poets are said to have contributed to Akananuru collection.
The song that I portray here describes the longing of the heroine for her lover. The hero has left native to earn wealth in foreign land. The heroine's friend describes the heroine's pain and love sickness. The eyes of the heroine , that were so beautiful like twin flowers in cool pond which was swarmed by bees, have lost their beauty now because she suffers the separation from her lover.
The friend tries to console the heroine by saying that , in the hero's journey , he would see the male elephant which would bend the high trees so that his tender love, female elephant, can eat it and also chase away the bees which swarm her cheeks . On seeing this loving gesture , he will be reminded of you. This act is compared to that of the Krishna who swindled the dresses of the gopikas when they went to bath in Yamuna .
The friend also tells the worrying heroine that her lover , who used to compare the natural beauty of the heroine's back topped with her hair made into knot with the Kuvalai flower present in the pond in the high mountain of Kundram(the seat of Lord Muruga) will certainly not have forgotten her and he will return back to her soon.
Despite hearing her friend's consoling words , the heroine's suffering is so intense that her arms become thin like bamboo stalks as she anxiously awaits the return of her lover from distant land.
Raagam : Ragamalika
Taalam: Adi
Poet: Madurai Maruthan Ilanaagan
Credits
Choreography and Nattuvangam: Guru Smt. Sathya Priya Ramana
Vocal: Uma Shankar
Mridangam: Naagai Narayanan
Flute: P V Ramana
Violin: Balasubramanian
Research: Vairam Palaniappan , Prof. Tamizharasi
Music Composition: Keerthanna Jothirama
Sangam literature refers to a body of classical Tamil literature created between the years 300 BC to 300 AD. This collection contains 2381 poems composed by 473 poets, some 102 of whom remain anonymous. The period during which these poems were composed is commonly referred to as the Sangam period. Sangam literature is primarily secular dealing with everyday themes in a Tamilakam context.
The poems belonging to the Sangam literature were composed by Tamil poets, both men and women, from various professions and classes of society. These poems were later collected into various anthologies, edited, and with colophons added by anthologists and annotators around 1000 AD
Aganaanuru
Keerthanna Jothiraman - Kuchipudi - Agananuru - YouTube
Agananuru, a classical Tamil poetic work that comes under the Akam (Subjective, dealing with matters of the heart and human emotions,) category as its subject matter. It contains 400 poems dealing with matters of love and separation. As many as 145 poets are said to have contributed to Akananuru collection.
The song that I portray here describes the longing of the heroine for her lover. The hero has left native to earn wealth in foreign land. The heroine's friend describes the heroine's pain and love sickness. The eyes of the heroine , that were so beautiful like twin flowers in cool pond which was swarmed by bees, have lost their beauty now because she suffers the separation from her lover.
The friend tries to console the heroine by saying that , in the hero's journey , he would see the male elephant which would bend the high trees so that his tender love, female elephant, can eat it and also chase away the bees which swarm her cheeks . On seeing this loving gesture , he will be reminded of you. This act is compared to that of the Krishna who swindled the dresses of the gopikas when they went to bath in Yamuna .
The friend also tells the worrying heroine that her lover , who used to compare the natural beauty of the heroine's back topped with her hair made into knot with the Kuvalai flower present in the pond in the high mountain of Kundram(the seat of Lord Muruga) will certainly not have forgotten her and he will return back to her soon.
Despite hearing her friend's consoling words , the heroine's suffering is so intense that her arms become thin like bamboo stalks as she anxiously awaits the return of her lover from distant land.
Raagam : Ragamalika
Taalam: Adi
Poet: Madurai Maruthan Ilanaagan
Credits
Choreography and Nattuvangam: Guru Smt. Sathya Priya Ramana
Vocal: Uma Shankar
Mridangam: Naagai Narayanan
Flute: P V Ramana
Violin: Balasubramanian
Research: Vairam Palaniappan , Prof. Tamizharasi
Music Composition: Keerthanna Jothirama
