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