Radhe Krishna All,
Veda is the very breath of
the Lord. Mahaperiyaval spent his lifetime
for the preservation of the Vedas. Experts in various fields felt that
Mahaperiyaval's knowledge was far greater than their own in their area
of expertise."
"The noted Bharatanatyam dancer, Ms. Padma Subramaniam, while doing
her doctorate at Annamalai University, claimed to have found some new
mudras and showed her thesis papers to Mahaperiyaval. But, Mahaperiyaval
directed her to Nellaiappar Temple in Tirunelveli to check the
sculptures in the Gopuram (temple tower) where the very same mudras
already existed."
"What is surprising is that Mahaperiyaval traversed the length and
the breadth of the country by foot, which meant that he must have
visited any particular place only once in his lifetime. Wherever he went
people thronged to have a glimpse of him, not to mention those who came
up to him for solutions to their various problems. Amidst such tight
schedule Mahaperiyaval must have had just a brief glance at the gopuram.
But to have observed, registered and much later recollected the mudras
is indeed astounding."
"Nagasami, an archeologist, sought Mahaperiyaval's help in reading a
stone inscription and Mahaperiyaval very easily read the inscription
which this expert was unable to decipher."
"M.M.Ismail, an exponent of Kamba Ramayanam, was once asked by
Mahaperiyaval about a verse which had the 'uvamaanam' (simile) but not
the 'uvameyam'. Mahaperiyaval himself pointed to Sri Ismail that it was
to be found fifty-five verses later."
"Once in Mahabalipuram, Mahaperiyaval was looking at the famous
Pallava sculptures. Pointing to the 'Arjuna tapas', he appreciated the
sculptor's subtle way of indicating the time of the 'tapas' as noon by
showing the Sun right over a brahmin performing his anushtanam. Such was
Mahaperiyaval's eye for finer details in art."
"Mahaperiyaval also greatly appreciated folk-arts. Once, after
waiting for Sri Kachhapeshwarar procession in Kanchipuram till late in
the night Mahaperiyaval retired to his private quarters. Next morning he
enquired of the Manager the details of the procession.
When the details
of the folk-art held in the procession were ignored Mahaperiyaval
pointed out that this particular art - POIKAL KUDIRAI - has been
mentioned in Sri Rudram.
In Tamil language 'Poikal' means false legs and Kudirai
means horse
A horse with false legs. A man gets into the legless wooden
horse and uses his own two legs to dance around.
In Sri Rudram it is
said 'aswebyo namah; aswapathibyaschyo namah; which means HE is the
horse as also the ONE who rides it."
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