Dear Sri, G, Krupa & others, At last the long silence is broken.. As rightly Sri pointed good to see activities.
Re woman committing suicide in Thiruvalangadu : It was PAZHAYANOOR NEELI kathai - reproduced in KARAIYELLAM SENBAGAPPOO by Writer Sujatha (Rangarajan) more than two decades ago. Kadellam Pichippoo - Karaiyella Senbagappoo... naattuppadal is reproduced in several movies afterwards.. He got a recognition for Nattuppadal those days - when Pudhukkavidhai (Mu Metha - Abdul Rahman & co were budding)- mid 70s. Father is Bharathi - of course. In Pazhayanoor even today a red soil is avl where it is believed that for giving a wrong verdict 70 villages - including headmen - committed suicide !
Thiruvalangau is a place where Siva & Kali danced for the exclusive benefit of Karaikkalammayar .. There is rahasyam in this temple also. Karaikkalammayar tried to reach Kailasam walking head-downwards..
SO, WHEN APPAR, SUNDARAR & SAMBANDAR came to worship this place, they stood at Pazhayanoor (one mile away) and sang their hymns - not to keep their feet on the soil on which Karaikkalammayar ket her head- downards! Thiruvalangadu is still a vaippusthalam!
Our famous Thiruvalangadu cheepedugal were found here only - describing the heirachy of Chozhas!.
> NEELI kathai - reproduced in KARAIYELLAM SENBAGAPPOO by Writer > Sujatha (Rangarajan) more than two decades ago.
Dear SB This novel you are talking about is a thriller and has nothing to do with Pazhiyanoor neeli. I read it quite recently. To my knowledge Balakumaran's novel is the only story available. (Purusha vadham) Not a great story though - not to bala's standards.
--Dear Gokul, I read Sujatha's Karaiyellam Senbagappoo atleast twenty years back. I remeber to have read a murder scenorio - in the back drop of which - Pazhayanoor Neeli Villuppattu text was given/played. In Anandavikadan when it was published, this was composed by different fonts - if I remember correct. Please go through the book if you and confirm if I am wrong.
Incidentally, 'Kaadellam pichippoo' is sung in Thevar Magan - when Kamal & Gowthami enter the village ....
Sujatha did use the Pazhaiyanoor Neeli legend in the novel.On one hand Vasanth tries to proove that the female figure is Neeli Ganesh prooves that it actually is holography induced image....
Thank you. But no one has put Pazhayanoor Neeli story in our group for the benefit of others who do not know. It is a pathetic & painful story:
A youth (vanigan) going to Kasi with his beloved wife - killing her on the way. While returning a ghost resembling wife joins him. They come to Thiruvalangadu together. The youth avoids going with her. She insists she is his wife. He tells the village headman that she is a ghost. He does not take it serious. He stands guarantee for their wel-being and purshes him inside the room to be with his wife. Next morning the head man finds the youth dead. She has crushed him with such a vengence. The headman and the panchayat people commit suicide enmass.
Even today (in the year 2004) one can feel the place haunted..!
No evidence for occurances.. but hear say for generations..
> Sujatha did use the Pazhaiyanoor Neeli legend in the novel.On one hand Vasanth tries to proove that the female figure is Neeli Ganesh prooves that it actually is holography induced image....
Sri, I think you got your novels mixed up:-). SB's talking about 'Karaiyellaam Shenbagappoo' - in which the Pazhaiyanoor Neeli story forms a beautiful backdrop.
Your novel - involving Ganesh and Vasanth- is 'Kolaiyuthir Kaalam'. Another great novel.