Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

I too read this article appeared in ‘The Hindu’. I have some reservation on the points mentioned by Mr. Dr. Baluswami.

Most of researchers have already agreed this is Arjuna Thabas Panel. Let us also go along with them when lot of proofs shown on this.

But his contention on the place of Thabas, i.e. Himalayas, is debatable. I have to seek some details from scholars who known better about Himalayas whether there a hill called Indrakil was there. But at the same time, there were ample proof available with us that Indrakiladhri (Indhrakil hills) is very much in the Southern part of peninsula, and present Vijayawada Hill range is actually called as Indrakilaadhri even now.

Mahakavi Bharavi’s’ Kiraataarjuniyam’ which mentions indrakiladhri hills and srisailam Hills (Shivasaila), clearly shown the place of Arjuna who did thabas and Shiva appeared as Hunter and after brief spat, Shiva appeared before him in original form and blessed him with pasubhathaastra. The places he mentioned suits to southern parts. Srisailam was also recorded as Siva Sailam during Sathavahana, Ikkshvaaku and Pallava times.

Apart from Bharavi’s descriptions, the swayambu Shivalingam at Srisailam was named ‘Mallikarjuna Swamy after Malleshwara and Arjuna, both fought for a varaha (boar). The Malleshwara Swamy (Shiva was worshipped in this name at Vijayawada) along with Arjuna chasing a varaha upto Srisailam Hill range appeared to be a true incident one, if anybody observed the geographically situated places of both Vijayawada Hills and the continuation of Srisailam Hills which form after Krishna parting these ranges in two places in between.

The sthalapurana of Srisailam and Vijayawada confirms of Shiva and Arjuna’s theory, where Arjuna got the Pasubhathaasthra from Shiva.

Apart from Arjuna Thabas at these Hill ranges, there were also proofs that Pandava did stay at these Hills during their ‘sojourn in the forests. During this peiod only Arjuna did penance for pasapathaasthra as per the advise of Srikrishna. And there were many Madhava Temple at present wherever Kunthi stayed and prayed Vishnu and five of the deities were called as ‘Kunthi Madhava’.

One such Kunthi Madhava Temple situated at Padmanabham in the same Eastern Hill range, which is little farther than Indhra Kladhri. Recently I took our Chandra and Sukumaran too to this Temple.

The Hill range near Visakhapatnam was called as Bhimaadhri and later a small portion was named after Simhachala Varaha Narasimhamurthi. A town nearby called as Bheemunipatnam. And Pandava did pray Shivalingas in Central Andhra Hill ranges, one such area was called as Pandavalinga in the forest area of western Godavari district.

I surprise most of times, the historical and puranic incidents happened in northern border of Tamilnadu conveniently forgotten by our researchers. Even in finding roots of Pallava’s history too.


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