Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam
The Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam is a collection of sixty-four 16th-century Shaivite devotional epic stories by Paranjothi Munivar. They describe the actions (and antics) of Shiva on Earth in a number of disguises to test his devotees.
Stories
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There are sixty-four stories in the Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam.[1][2]
Adaptations
The 1956 Tamil film Naan Petra Selvam includes a play within a film based on the story where the poet Nakkeerar confronts Shiva over an error in his poem, exaggerating his sensitivity to right and wrong.[3] The 1965 film Thiruvilaiyadal depicts four stories from the source material,[1] including the Nakkeerar episode.[3] A 64-episode TV series also titled Thiruvilaiyadal, created by Raadhika, premiered in 2008 and adapted all 64 stories of the Puranam.[4]
References
- ^ a b Nainar, Nahla (31 August 2018). "Tinsel-edged memories: glory days of Central Talkies in Tiruchi". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ Thiagarajan 1965, p. xviii.
- ^ a b Guy 1997, pp. 280–281.
- ^ "Radhika's mega serial goes on air". The Times of India. 28 April 2008. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
Bibliography
- Guy, Randor (1997). Starlight, Starbright: The Early Tamil Cinema. Amra Publishers.
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