"Oor Aadal Kathai"-An Evening of Dance Drama
“We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams!” –Authour Unknown
“Oor Aadal Kathai”- Dance Drama was a New Year treat to the dance lovers of Colombo. The performance was beautifully choreographed by the reputed dancer Vel Ananthan. Beautifully drawn different sets were used for different scenes to depict the situation. The dance drama was based on “Thiruvilaiyaadalpuraanam ”.
“Oor Aadal Kathai”- Dance Drama was performed by the students of Ramanathan Hindu Ladies’ College in Bambalapitty. The performance took place at Kathiresan Hall in Bambalapitty on April 18th 2010 at dusk. Two shows have taken place on the same day amidst hot weather during the first show and heavy downpour during the second show. The event was organized by the School Development Society.
This legend was first written by Perumbatrapuliyur Nambi in 1400 AD. Later, the epic was written in Tamil by a Tamil scholar Paranjothi Munivar in 16th Century. Thurvilaiyaadalpuraanam reigns supreme in popular imagination and religious discourses. This Puraanam is one unique, which is of a different calibre. It is also known as the national Puraanam of Paandiya Naadu in India. He was a native of Vethaaranyam in Thanjavur district. He earlier wrote the Vethaaranyam Puraanam in Tamil, which was originated from Sanskrit.People of Madurai liked him very much and humbly requested Paranajothi Munivar to compose a Puraanam depicting 64 divine sports by Lord Siva. He sang 3363 songs.
The school was founded on 19th of January 1981. It used to function at Hindu College premises before the school got its own premises in 1981.It was raised o the National school on 09th of December 1994. Ramanathan Hindu ladies’ College is the only National school for Hindu girls in Western Province.The school currently has 1,900 students and 79 teachers. The funds collected through the ballet will go towards repairing and upgrading the Pulendran Hall of Ramanathan Hindu Ladies’ College.
The Thiruvilaiyaadalpuraanam covers the following 64 chapters:-
Madurai Kaandam
1.Curing the curse of Indran
2. Curing the curse of white elephant
3.Making of Madurai city
4.Birth of Goddess Meenaakshi
5.Chokkar weds Meenaakshi
6.The dance in the silver hall
7.Feeding Gundoran
8.Bringing food trench and Vaigai river
9.Calling out the seven oceans
10.Invocation of Malayadhwajan
11.Birth of Ukkirakumaran
12.Ukkirakumaran receiving spear, ring and stick
13.Drying the ocean with the spear
14.Throwing the ring on Indran's crown
15.Whipping the mount Meru with the stick
16.Explaining the Vedas
17.Selling gems
18.Drying the ocean sent by Varunan
Koodal Kaandam
19.Becoming an Anmadakkoodal
20.Omni potent sidha
21.Giving sugar cane to stone elephant
22.Falling from the elephant
23.Appearing as old, youth and child
24. Dancing with the other foot
25.Fearing the blame
26.Purifying the worst sin
27.Cutting the body to pieces
28.Piercing the snake
29. Torturing the witch cow
30.The parade
31.Never shrinking bag of gold
32.Selling the bangles
33. Intuiting eight great powers
34. Sealing with bull symbol
35.Putting water shelter
36.Alchemist
37.Falling Chozha in the lake
38.Never reducing grain-stack
39.Uncle comes to court
40. Showing the Sivalogam to Varagunapaandiyan
41.Selling firewood
42.Letter from the Lord
43.Stool for sweet music
44.Wining the battle of music
45.Feeding the piglets
46. Making the piglets the ministers
47.Intuiting black-sparrow
48.Liberating the crane
Thirvaalavaay Kaandam
49.Becoming Thirvaalavaay
50.Launching the magnificent Sunthara arrow
51.Stool for scholars
52.Presenting the bag of gold to Tharumi
53.Rescuing kIran
54.Teaching grammar to the Thamizh scholar
55.Settling the issue among the scholars
56.Reconciling Idakkadar
57.Fishing the shark
58.Intuiting Maanikkavaasagar
59.Transforming foxes to horses
60.Transforming horses to foxes
61.Carrying sand for puttu
62.Curing the fever of the king
63.Prosecution of the wrong-doers
64.Producing the tree, well and Lingam
Kolam made of coloured rice welcomes the dance lovers
The Principal of Ramanathan Ladies' College Kothai Nagularajah lights the oil lamp
Niraikudam, Kuththu Vilakka and Colourful Twin Peacock Kolam at the main entrance of the venue
Through the main gate to the hall
The gracious dance of the God filled the hearts of the sages and those who ardently seek Him
The students gave out their best and brought laurels to their Guru
Siva means "Auspicious One"
Lord Siva is the cosmic dancer
Dance is the ecstasy and bliss of being united with the Divine
It is believed that Paranjothi Munivar has lived for 350 years by singing the praises of the Lord Siva
Glorious dance by Lord Siva and his wife Meenaakshi
The saints hear and see the dance of the Lord by invoking the Kundalini shakti
Many scriptures say Shakthi is sole responsible for Lord Siva's movements
An episode of the divine ballet
Saint during the the show
Paranjyothiyaar was a blessed child right from the time of birth
Devotion and dedication enrich a performance
Lord Siva dances during the creation, protection and destruction of the worlds, though the kind of His dance varies with respect to the action
Lord Siva whispers to the Goddess
Great performance by Mayuri Vimalachandran
The performance revelled both artistic and aesthetic elements of the dance form
Excellent expression by Lakshana Mahendran
Dance competition is underway between the God and the Goddess
Goddess is the divine mother of the universe
Thirisoolam and Udukku in Mount Kailash
Thiruvilaiyaadalpuraanam has beautiful verses
Lord Siva in Mountain Kailash
Lord Siva has rare forms
A baby is being taken care of
Vivid performance by the students
Fishermen in the sea
Wife mourns, when she heard the news her husband was killed by a shark
There are 18 major Puraanams in Hinduism
Challenge is being given
Challenge is given to fish the shark
Challenge is being met
Eternal bliss is being shared
Certain chapters involve the history of Saint Maanikkavaasagar
Fishermen are seen mending the net
Paranjothi Munivar was a multi-faceted person
Lord Siva and his wife Meenakshi Amma again on stage
Performance by the fishermen
Blessings are being showered
Fisherfolk worship the Lord Siva and his wife Meenakshi Amma
All performers on stage
“Oor Aadal Kathai”- Dance Drama was a New Year treat to the dance lovers of Colombo. The performance was beautifully choreographed by the reputed dancer Vel Ananthan. Beautifully drawn different sets were used for different scenes to depict the situation. The dance drama was based on “Thiruvilaiyaadalpuraanam ”.
“Oor Aadal Kathai”- Dance Drama was performed by the students of Ramanathan Hindu Ladies’ College in Bambalapitty. The performance took place at Kathiresan Hall in Bambalapitty on April 18th 2010 at dusk. Two shows have taken place on the same day amidst hot weather during the first show and heavy downpour during the second show. The event was organized by the School Development Society.
This legend was first written by Perumbatrapuliyur Nambi in 1400 AD. Later, the epic was written in Tamil by a Tamil scholar Paranjothi Munivar in 16th Century. Thurvilaiyaadalpuraanam reigns supreme in popular imagination and religious discourses. This Puraanam is one unique, which is of a different calibre. It is also known as the national Puraanam of Paandiya Naadu in India. He was a native of Vethaaranyam in Thanjavur district. He earlier wrote the Vethaaranyam Puraanam in Tamil, which was originated from Sanskrit.People of Madurai liked him very much and humbly requested Paranajothi Munivar to compose a Puraanam depicting 64 divine sports by Lord Siva. He sang 3363 songs.
The school was founded on 19th of January 1981. It used to function at Hindu College premises before the school got its own premises in 1981.It was raised o the National school on 09th of December 1994. Ramanathan Hindu ladies’ College is the only National school for Hindu girls in Western Province.The school currently has 1,900 students and 79 teachers. The funds collected through the ballet will go towards repairing and upgrading the Pulendran Hall of Ramanathan Hindu Ladies’ College.
The Thiruvilaiyaadalpuraanam covers the following 64 chapters:-
Madurai Kaandam
1.Curing the curse of Indran
2. Curing the curse of white elephant
3.Making of Madurai city
4.Birth of Goddess Meenaakshi
5.Chokkar weds Meenaakshi
6.The dance in the silver hall
7.Feeding Gundoran
8.Bringing food trench and Vaigai river
9.Calling out the seven oceans
10.Invocation of Malayadhwajan
11.Birth of Ukkirakumaran
12.Ukkirakumaran receiving spear, ring and stick
13.Drying the ocean with the spear
14.Throwing the ring on Indran's crown
15.Whipping the mount Meru with the stick
16.Explaining the Vedas
17.Selling gems
18.Drying the ocean sent by Varunan
Koodal Kaandam
19.Becoming an Anmadakkoodal
20.Omni potent sidha
21.Giving sugar cane to stone elephant
22.Falling from the elephant
23.Appearing as old, youth and child
24. Dancing with the other foot
25.Fearing the blame
26.Purifying the worst sin
27.Cutting the body to pieces
28.Piercing the snake
29. Torturing the witch cow
30.The parade
31.Never shrinking bag of gold
32.Selling the bangles
33. Intuiting eight great powers
34. Sealing with bull symbol
35.Putting water shelter
36.Alchemist
37.Falling Chozha in the lake
38.Never reducing grain-stack
39.Uncle comes to court
40. Showing the Sivalogam to Varagunapaandiyan
41.Selling firewood
42.Letter from the Lord
43.Stool for sweet music
44.Wining the battle of music
45.Feeding the piglets
46. Making the piglets the ministers
47.Intuiting black-sparrow
48.Liberating the crane
Thirvaalavaay Kaandam
49.Becoming Thirvaalavaay
50.Launching the magnificent Sunthara arrow
51.Stool for scholars
52.Presenting the bag of gold to Tharumi
53.Rescuing kIran
54.Teaching grammar to the Thamizh scholar
55.Settling the issue among the scholars
56.Reconciling Idakkadar
57.Fishing the shark
58.Intuiting Maanikkavaasagar
59.Transforming foxes to horses
60.Transforming horses to foxes
61.Carrying sand for puttu
62.Curing the fever of the king
63.Prosecution of the wrong-doers
64.Producing the tree, well and Lingam
Kolam made of coloured rice welcomes the dance lovers
The Principal of Ramanathan Ladies' College Kothai Nagularajah lights the oil lamp
Niraikudam, Kuththu Vilakka and Colourful Twin Peacock Kolam at the main entrance of the venue
Through the main gate to the hall
The gracious dance of the God filled the hearts of the sages and those who ardently seek Him
The students gave out their best and brought laurels to their Guru
Siva means "Auspicious One"
Lord Siva is the cosmic dancer
Dance is the ecstasy and bliss of being united with the Divine
It is believed that Paranjothi Munivar has lived for 350 years by singing the praises of the Lord Siva
Glorious dance by Lord Siva and his wife Meenaakshi
The saints hear and see the dance of the Lord by invoking the Kundalini shakti
Many scriptures say Shakthi is sole responsible for Lord Siva's movements
An episode of the divine ballet
Saint during the the show
Paranjyothiyaar was a blessed child right from the time of birth
Devotion and dedication enrich a performance
Lord Siva dances during the creation, protection and destruction of the worlds, though the kind of His dance varies with respect to the action
Lord Siva whispers to the Goddess
Great performance by Mayuri Vimalachandran
The performance revelled both artistic and aesthetic elements of the dance form
Excellent expression by Lakshana Mahendran
Dance competition is underway between the God and the Goddess
Goddess is the divine mother of the universe
Thirisoolam and Udukku in Mount Kailash
Thiruvilaiyaadalpuraanam has beautiful verses
Lord Siva in Mountain Kailash
Lord Siva has rare forms
A baby is being taken care of
Vivid performance by the students
Fishermen in the sea
Wife mourns, when she heard the news her husband was killed by a shark
There are 18 major Puraanams in Hinduism
Challenge is being given
Challenge is given to fish the shark
Challenge is being met
Eternal bliss is being shared
Certain chapters involve the history of Saint Maanikkavaasagar
Fishermen are seen mending the net
Paranjothi Munivar was a multi-faceted person
Lord Siva and his wife Meenakshi Amma again on stage
Performance by the fishermen
Blessings are being showered
Fisherfolk worship the Lord Siva and his wife Meenakshi Amma
All performers on stage
posted by DushiYanthini at 9:07 AM
3 Comments:
The Passion Parade by Ramanathan Hindu Ladies Colege Colombo had been well presnted and reported
the Dance of Lord Siva & Meenachi
is very beautiful as seen in the facial expressions in the pictures.
If this story was annexed with a short Viedo it would have been more lively Congratulations to The students who participated The Dance Teacher, staff & the Photo Jurnalist for an excellent job
Santhi
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