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 "Sivagami Enge?" (Where is Sivagami?), Aayanar gets to know that king Mahendra Pallava was wounded in the war at Manimangalam. He also gets to know that Prince Narasimha Pallava...
In this chapter titled "Kaatrum Nindradhu", Mamallar & Paranjothi get to know about Pulikesi's betrayal and king Mahendra Pallavar had to leave the Kanchi fort to protect his citizens from Pulikesi's ...
In this chapter titled "Pattikaatu Penn" (The country girl), Mamallar and Paranjothi meet with Paranjothi's family members. Paranjothi's uncle is eager to conduct the wedding between Paranjothi and hi...
In this chapter titled "Vetri Veerar", Narasimha Pallavar and Paranjothi are travelling towards Thiruvenkadu village to see Paranjothi's mother and family. Paranjothi feels bad that he has to come bac...
In this chapter titled "Garva Bangam", Mamallar tells his ministers that it was Naganadhi acting as Pulikesi, who prevented the Vatapi army from destroying the sculptures in Mamallapuram. At that t...
In this chapter titled "Veshadhari" (In disguise), Naganadhi comes to meet Aayanar disguised as Pulikesi. He tells Aayanar that Sivagami is on her way to Vatapi. Aayanar requests him to resuce Sivagam...
In this chapter titled "Attoozhiyam" (Atrocity), Aayanar is beyond belief that a powerful king would order to mutilate artists. When he is about to be dismembered, he hears Pulikesi ordering his soldi...
In this chapter titled "Abaya Pradhanam", Sivagami meets Naganadhi and asks him to save her from the Vatapi forces. He tells her that he will do the needful and asks her to go with the Vatapi Commande...
In this chapter titled "Pulikesi Aagyai" (Pulikesi's order), Pulikesi tells his army to loot the villages surrounding the city of Kanchi and destroy all art and architecture around the city. Aayanar a...
In this chapter titled "Kobagni" ( The fire of anger), Pulikes erupts like a volcano on knowing that he was fooled by Mahendra Pallava. He orders his commanders to attack Kanchi to free Naganadhi. But...
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