Amarar Kalki's Sivagamiyin Sabadham
Kalki a.k.a R Krishnamurthy is an icon in Tamil literature. His Sivagamiyin Sabatham and Ponniyin selvan novels are revered as works of a genius.
Sivagamiyin Sabatham is set in the Pallava era, portraying the life and love of Sivagami, the dancer. Kalki paints the ancient landscape with vivid images of the Pallava times and soon we are on time travel going back to the 7th century. Kalki’s words paint a thousand pictures with the central themes of love, honor and friendship woven around the central character Sivagami.
The novel was written in 1944 and was originally serialized in the weekly Kalki for 12 years.
In this podcast I too aim to capture some of the magic of Kalki’s words and convey the emotions of the characters.
The novel is divided into 4 parts:
- Paranjothi's Journey
- The seige of Kanchi
- The monk's love
- The Shattered Dream
I hope you enjoy the podcast as much as I enjoyed creating it.
Let’s go back in time…
Episodes
In this chapter titled "Kalvaro Neer?", Sivagami dances in the village temple and the villagers are awestruck by her dance.
In this chapter titled "Nandhi Medai", Gundodharan describes to the people of Mandabapattu village, how Mamallar fought in the battle of Pullalur
In this chapter titled "varaverpu" (Welcome), Gundodharan introduces Aayanar and Sivagami to the people of the village where they were washed ashore after the floods and introduces Mamallar as Aayanar...
In this chapter titled "mottu vedithdhu" (blossoming of the bud), Sivagami reflects back on the past. She recollects her first meeting with Mamallar as a young girl and how naive she was at that time ...
In this chapter titled "Magizha Marathadiyil", prince Mamalla and Sivagami catch a few moments alone under a tree in the island on to which they were washed ashore. They talk about Sivagami's childhoo...
In this chapter titled "Mamallar Oogam" (Mamallar's guess), we see that all the passengers of the pot raft safely reach shore after the raft broke into peices on hitting the rocks and throwing all of ...
In this chapter titled "Paanai Theppam" (pot raft), Mamallar and Gundodharan rescue Sivagami and co from the flood using a pot raft. However, when the pot approaches an island, it crashes against the ...
In this chapter titled "Sugarishiyin Varaverpu" (Welcome by Sugarishi), the old monk in the monastery in Asokapuram tries to convince Aayanar and Sivagami to leave Asokapuram. However they refuse. In ...
In this chapter titled "Mamallar Engae" (Where is Mamallar), we get to know about the battle where the Pallava army defeated Dhurvineedhan. King Mahendravarma sends a letter to Dhurvineedhan that he c...
In this chapter titled "Irulil oru kural" (A voice in the dark), Gundodharan tries to plug the breech that was caused by Naganandhi. At the same time the budhist monk tries to stop him. A fight ensues...
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