A Peep into Periya Thriumozhi 92

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Day or Night?

 

Apart from other factors, lighting is the primary criteria

distinguishing the day from the night. The natural sunlight does not

have any replacemnet and this phenomenon gives the daylight a distinct

mark over the night.

 

Earlier days did not have power generation systems nor grids for

generaion, transmission or distribution of power. ( No I am neither

talking of ntpc or potential problem of California State) .

 

The divya-dhEsam thiru-veLLiyan-kuDi boasted of sparkling lights even

in the night. The lights radiated throughout making it difficult to

comprehend that it is indeed night time and not the daytime helped by

the sun rays. '

 

What was then the source of light? It is said the Singapore airport is

illuminated brightly and passengers on transit stay thorughout the

night and also the day enroute to other destinations. These are

of-course made possible by the modern electrial gadgets.

Today being the thriunakshathiram of sri thriu-k-kachi nambigaL, the

pUvirundhavalli kOil is illuminated bright on all sides with blinking

lights and what not.

 

Coming back to the subject, the source of light then, there, was

bright and precious stones. These varied from pearl, ruby, emerald

and so on and were embedded on the pillars and like structures in

thriu-veLLiyan-kuDi making it abstruse to conclude that it was indeed

night and not bright sunny day.

 

". padi idai mAdathu adi idaith thUnil paditha paN maNigaLin

oLiyAl,.vidi pagal-iravu enRu aRivu aridhAya thriu-veLLiyankuDi

adhuvEa" 4-10-8

 

dAsan

vanamamalai padmanabhan