Topic started by Ramanan (@ spinoza.tgix.com) on Tue Aug 1 12:39:45 .
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Does anybody know what Barathi had in mind when singing
'Palli Thalam Anaithum Koil Seiguvom'?

It has been argued by a friend of mine.., that
it means 'Build Temples on Mosques'..
And I argued, vehemently against it.. 'Palli' can mean various things...
village, school, a jain or buddhist temple.. and I do not know if it
meant mosque tooo.. but not according to the tamil lexicon...
http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/indologie/tamil/otl_search.html
Enter 'palli' in the search box in the above site..

It is my gut feeling that, in that time 1910 (?) or so
if anybody sang against the mosques.. he might have been
ostracized.. becoz the freedom movement was at its peak and
no known animosity betn.. Muslim & Hindu
and even otherwise, Barathi would have never sang with an ulterior
sense..

any clarification appreciated..

"Which thing whoverver said that thing's
deeper meaning seeking is wisdom " -Triv Allen

"Epporul Yaar Yaar Vaikketpinum Apporul
Meipporul Kanbatharivu" -Tiruvalluvan

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• From: aruLaracan (@ psiphi.umsl.edu) on: Mon Aug 7 12:34:22 EDT 2000
  
  
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• From: senthil kumaran (@ 62-6-211-199.btconnect.com) on: Wed Aug 23 11:07:29 EDT 2000
  
  
  Dear Bharathi rasikas,
  
  I also need some clarifications on Bharathi.
  
  1. In Kuyil Pattu - The characters Madan, Kurangan Kuyil represents what? Who is that girl?
  
  2. Who is Kannamma? Pls refer to his poems ( Kannan paattu - theritha thiraikadalil nin mugam kanden; thiritha nuraiyidai nin mugam kanden.... ) - One easy answer is to say kannamma is sri krishna.
  
  Here comes a philosophy diviation. Sri Krishna is Iswara ( Purusha) and every thing else is prakriti. In all rasas from vatsalya, santa, maduraya, sahkya, dasya sri krishna maintains his masculin nature. No alwars have changed sri krishna to women.
  
  I also have another doubt, In barathi's suya saridhai - who is that girl he fell in love and finally he got married to sellammal?
  
  Is kuyil pattu a barathis dream of his lost love? His forms of Kannamma is his dreams???
  
  
  I have no authority to qstn barahi and I am trying to understand him better.
  
  
  Pls reply
  
  
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