He suggests that ‘deivams’ were ancestors whom society had come to worship. Vairamuthu positions ‘kadavul’ as something spiritually lower in hierarchy than ‘deivam’. In his speech, Vairamuthu has tried hard to establish that there is a distinction between the worship of ‘deivam’ and ‘kadavul’, two Tamil words used interchangeably to mean ‘god’ in Tamil. Before we look at his more controversial claims about Aandal being a devadasi, let us look at some other claims he has made. In his speech on Aandal, delivered recently at the Srivilliputhur Andal Temple, where he was invited to mark a celebration during the pious month of Margazhi, Vairamuthu made the following remark citing a book: 'Andal was herself a Devadasi who lived and died in the Srirangam Temple.' The lyricist, throughout his speech, attempted to dwell on Aandal’s celebrated Tamil poetry and attempted to narrate the socio-cultural history of Tamil country to the best of his knowledge.īut how much of what Vairamuthu said is correct and historically well established? Has Vairamuthu gone beyond his comfort zone and spoken of things he has very limited knowledge about? Going by facts, it seems, he has indeed over-stepped a little. The well known Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu’s comments on Aandal, a much-revered figure in the Srivaishnavite tradition, have kicked up a controversy. Vairamuthu Kavithaigal With Explanations 9,4/10 7812 votes
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