H ailing from the coastal town of karaikkal in presentday tamil nadu, karaikkal ammaiyar the revered mother of karaikkal is one of the most renowned female devotees of lord siva. Karaikkal ammaiyar is one of the three women saints among the 63 nayanmars, and is considered one of the greatest figures of tamil literature. An exploration and translation of the work of hindu poetsaint, karaikkal ammaiyar. This book looks at issues involved in academically interpreting religious devotion, as well as exploring the interpretations of religious devotion made by a sixth century poet, a twelfth century biographer, and presentday festival publics. E karaikkal ammaiyar lived in what is now known as the state of tamilnadu in south india. Evolution of merchant capitalism in the coromandel, chennai, orient longman, 1999, pp. This is what karaikkal ammaiyar asks lord shiva and is represented beautifully in the words of sekkizhars periya puranam the story of 63 nayanmars. She has composed mainly 3 major poetic works, namely irattaimanimalai, arputattiruvantati and. This current book project the third in a trilogy is an experiment in autoethnography as academic research. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. The alvars and the nayanars were considered as the founder of bhakti movement in southern india. The films soundtrack was composed by kunnakudi vaidyanathan. A history of ancient and early medieval india is the most comprehensive textbook yet for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Karan singh, son of the last maharaja of kashmir and friend of gurudeva sivaya subramuniyaswami, our correspondent and photographer spent a week in the famed city of temples, many of them built by dr.
Bhakti movement is a part of ncert medieval indian history. This composition gave birth to a new literary genre and tamil prose gained recognition. Download cbse class 12 history changes in religious beliefs devotional texts in pdf, questions answers for history, cbse class 12 history changes in religious beliefs devotional texts. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. Karaikkal ammaiyar is a 1973 indian tamil saiva mythological film, written and directed by a. Free download as pdf indian culture quiz questions and answers for upsc and other state public service commission exams or indian culture solved mcqs with answers. The giant, 8foottall stone siva lingam of ranbireshwar temple in jammu graces the cover of our januaryfebruarymarch 2019 issue. It is dedicated to goddess karaikal ammaiyar, one of the 63 nayanmars of shaiva. Karaikal ammaiyar was the wife of a rich merchant of karaikal named paramadatta, endowed with heavenly gifts. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. The bhagvatgeeta, or, dialogues of kreeshna and arjoon by sir charles wilkins published by c.
Karaikkalammaiyar settled in tiruvalankadu, the forest famed as the site where shiva performed his tandava dance in the midst of cremation pyres. The alvars and nayanars led some of the earliest bhakti movements c. An annotated translation of the poetsaints 143 verses is included along with an introduction to the tamil literary tradition. Students can download these worksheets and practice them. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. In sivas demon devotee, elaine craddock provides a historical, literary, and ethnographic exploration of karaikkal ammaiyar and her work. As a normal oratorical speech would start, we cannot start by saying karaikkal ammaiyar needs no introduction.
Karaikkal ammaiyar, the earliest of the tamil saivaite saints ca. The government of india had convened a conference of chief secretaries in november 1996 with an objective. Craddock provides a historical, literary, and ethnographic exploration of karaikkal ammaiyar and her work. Chapter notes theme 6 bhaktisufi traditions, class 12, history edurev notes notes for humanitiesarts is made by best teachers who have written some of the best books of humanitiesarts. Sundarambal, who played the oldage roleas the title characters, with r.
Cbse class 12 history bhakti sufi traditions notes. Karaikal ammaiyar temple simple english wikipedia, the. She was a great devotee of the hindu god shiva, and the author of four poetic works of devotion in the tamil language to him. The concepts should be clear which will help in faster learning. Karaikkal ammaiyar, a devotee of shiva, adopted the path of extreme asceticism in order to attain compilations of devotional literature by the tenth century the compositions of the 12 alvars were compiled in an anthology known as the nalayira divyaprabandham four thousand sacred compositions. This will help them to get better marks in examinations. Learning the important concepts is very important for every student to get better marks in examinations. In the previous post, it was mentioned that mireille benisti published an article on karaikkal ammaiyar in vat baset in the year 1976, based on the book karaikkalammaiyar. Karaikkal ammaiyar, a woman named punithavathi, belonging to the vaishya merchant community, lived in karaikal sometime in the sixth century a. Dharma books, hinduism literature, hinduism books, philosphy books, chants devevotionnels tamouls karaikkalammaiyar traduction par karavelane. Media in category karaikal ammaiyar the following 11 files are in this category, out of 11 total.
One day ammaiyars husband, paramathathan, had sent two mangoes to be kept for him. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Cbse class 12 history changes in religious beliefs. Karaikal ammaiyar one of the three women amongst the 63 nayanmars, is one of the greatest. It introduces students to original sources such as ancient texts, artefacts, inscriptions and coins, illustrating how historians construct history on their basis. He and his dutiful wife prayed to the lord for a child, and the child the lord blessed them with a child they called punithavathy. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in. Cbse class 12 history bhakti sufi traditions class 12 notes history in pdf are available for free download in mycbseguide mobile app. This is a portrait sculpture of the saiva poetsaint karaikkalammaiyar mother of karaikkal. Free download or read online karaikkal ammaiyar tamil book from the category of alphabet k. Mangani festival simple english wikipedia, the free. From her childhood, punithavathy had an intense love. The best app for cbse students now provides bhakti sufi traditions class 12 notes history latest chapter wise notes for quick preparation of cbse board exams and school based annual examinations. The books greatest strength is its systematic and comprehensive.
She was very devout and especially careful to entertain all devotees of lord shiva that came to her door. Prathapa mudaliar charithram was authored by mayuram vedanayagam pillai. Karaikal ammaiyar temple is the hindu temple in karaikal of pondicherry union territory, india. Indian culture questions and answers for competitive exams indian culture solved mcqs set34. Karaikkal ammaiyar was one of the 3 women among the total 63 nayanmars shaivite devotees. This is shown by the variety of emotions displayed alqushairi in his interpretation book. It looks like we dont have any plot summaries for this title yet. She was born at karaikal, south india, and probably lived during the 6th century ad.
Cbse previous year question papers class 12 history 2016. Karaikkal ammaiyar was a shaiva poet and a devotee of lord shiva. Ebook v k agnihotri as pdf download portable document format. Karaikkal ammaiyar, the mother from karaikkal, was the first poet to write. These women renounced their social obligations, but did not join an alternative order or become nuns. Devotion is a category of expression in many of the worlds religious traditions. Followers of shaivaism pay homage to a group of sixtythree great devotees slaves of the lord referred to as nayanmars. However, subsequent online searches revealed that she could be the first scholar to have noticed karaikkal. Their very existence and their compositions posed a challenge to patriarchal norms. Karaikal district has a population of 200,000 and the main town is also called karaikal. The earliest findings of carnatic music poetry were told to be sung by karaikal ammaiyar in praise of lord shiva in thiruvalangadu, a village. Kanakalatha mukund, the trading world of the tamil merchants.
Class 12 history notes chapter 6 bhaktisufi traditions. Karaikkal ammaiyar, meaning the revered mother from karaikkal, is considered as one of the greatest figures of ancient tamil literature. Bhakti movement read about sufism, alwars, nayanars. That day a hungry shaiva devotee lord bikshantar came to her residence. Also refer to other worksheets for the same chapter and other subjects too. Chapter notes theme 6 bhaktisufi traditions, class 12. Class 12 history notes chapter 6 bhaktisufi traditions changes in religious beliefs and devotional texts from 8th18th century bhakti movement, islam and sufi movement played an important role in the history of medieval india. Portable document format pdf file size of karaikkal. The hindu poetsaint karaikkal ammaiyar describes herself as a demon, accompanying the god siva as he dances in. Story of karaikkal ammaiyar the beautiful young lady of excellent love prayed to the god who got a blue throat saving the universe from the poison that this being his decision, let thy grace give me the form of the ghost that praises you always changing my beauty of flesh. Karaikal and the other parts of pondicherry are former french colonial territories in india. Punithavathiar as karaikkal ammaiyar was called, was born in a vaisya family. Search the history of over 433 billion web pages on the internet.
Karaikal district, part of the discontiguous union territory of pondicherry, is a small enclave within tamil nadu. Karaikkalammaiyar spent her days as an emaciated figure singing shivas praise, accompanied only by her hand cymbals. These saints who lived from the sixth through the tenth century, were part of the bhakthi movement. Effective and responsive administration name author.
This festivals history relies on karaikkal ammaiyars life. Directed by a p nagarajan, produced by indhira rajan, written by a. Cbse previous year question papers class 12 history 2016 outside delhi time allowed. Saiva canon, termed tirumurai represents enormous body of heterogeneous literature covering ca. Pdf reading the rhetoric of spiritual poetry in prabhat samgiita. The film stars lakshmi, who played the youngerage punithavathi role, and k. Download cbse class 12 history bhakti sufi traditions notes in pdf, history chapter notes, class notes mind maps formulas revision notes cbse class xii history bhaktisufi traditions. Watch full length tamil movie karaikkal ammaiyar released in the year 1973.
Indian culture questions and answers for competitive exams. This novel is considered as a landmark in tamil literature. Karaikal ammaiyar meaning the revered mother of karaikkal, one of the three women amongst the 63 nayanmars, is one of the greatest figures of early tamil literature. Her compositions were preserved within the nayanar tradition.
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