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‘RAMAVATARAM’ -
KAMBAN RAMAYANA
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Kamba Ramayanam
The original version of Ramayana was written by Sage
Valmiki. This epic of 24,000 verses tells of a Raghuvamsa
prince, Rama of Ayodhya, whose wife Sita is abducted by
Ravana, a mighty emperor. In Hindu mythology Rama is
considered to be the Seventh incarnation of God Vishnu, one
of the Hindu holy trinity (Brahma and Shiva completing the
trinity).
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Kambar's specialty
Many Tamil poets, statesmen, kings, common people all
have praised Kamban for his Kamba Ramayanam which
has more than 10,000 songs forming a greatest epic of
Tamil. Kamba Ramayanam has more than 45,000 lines of
sweetest phrases and Poems we could ever see. Often poets
would say that, the mill in his house would also sing poem.
Such is his ability to catch minds. Also he is so special in
singing poems under ‘viruthapa’, One of the ‘kurunila paa’ ,
central themes of poem.
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Compilation
As with many historic compilations, it was very difficult to
discard the interpolations and addendum which have been
added over a period of time to the original. This task was
taken up a committee of scholars headed by Prof. T P
Meenakshi Sundaram called the Kamban Kazhagam or
Kamban Academy. The compilation published by this
committee in 1976 is what is used as the standard today.
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Literary Significance
Kamban's use of Virutham (Tempo) and Santham (Tune) in
various verses is effective in bringing out the human
emotion and mood setting for storytelling. He achieves the
Virutham and Santham by effective choice of words.
Religious Significance
Till date, this epic is read by many Hindus during prayers. In
some house holds the entire epic is read once during the
Tamil Month of Aadi. It is also read in Hindu Temples and
other religious associations. This epic is the living proof that
the worship of Rama started in Tamilnadu. On many
occasions, Kamban talks about surrendering to Rama, who is
a manifestation of Vishnu.
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- Kamban
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The epic is quite well known both in Tamil literary world and in
Hindu spiritual world for the color of the poems and their religious
value.
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