Piligrims are going to Thirupparamkundram.A few devotees get into an art gallery on the way and gather around different paintings displayed there and discuss spiritedly among themselves about what is portrayed in the paintings. This is rathi, That is manmda. A particular painting has the image of a cat, a woman, a sage in rage and a rock. The devotees comment, ‘Indhiran poosai’ This cat ( poosai) is Indra. ‘ival agaligai,’ This is Ahalya. ‘ivan sendra kavudhaman,’ This sage is Gautama, who was away (at that time). ‘sinan ura, kal uru ondriya padi idhu,’ And this rock is (nothing but) Ahalya transformed by the curse of the sage. This painting shows how she was transformed into a rock.
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" ... A few devotees get into an art gallery on the way and gather around different paintings displayed there and discuss spiritedly among themselves about what is portrayed in the paintings... "
Reminds me of Thiruchithirakoodam at Thiruchitrambalam !!
. . . is Poosai, really a name meaning 'CAT' in Tamil? That's very interesting, because one of the common pet names for 'CAT' in English is Pussy, as in " here -- Pussy, Pussy, Pussy", a way to call any cat. "Pussy" has, also, a very naughty meaning. kathie