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Hello, I came across some new books on the poetry and art of the Indian saint Karaikkalammaiyar.

 

I bought the book on the poetry and it is very good.

 

I paste a description:

Poems for Śiva contains the complete work of the female Śaiva saint and poet Kāraikkālammaiyār. The South Indian poet Kāraikkālammaiyār is probably to be dated to the 7th century and she is one of the 63 nāyanmār or Śaiva saints. In this book the complete work ascribed to Kāraikkālammaiyār is translated.

 

A very detailed description is given of one of the most famous depictions in Indian art, namely the dancing Śiva Naţarāja. Besides this, Kāraikkālammaiyār wrote some very detailed verses on her own appearance and many other gods, minor deities and Hindu myths. These descriptions are illustrated with many (colour) plates. For this a selection of some Hindu masterpieces is made from India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.

 

This work is interesting for scholars and specialists of South Indian art and culture but also is an excellent work to those interested in Hindu culture and the expression of devotion to the Hindu god Śiva. Because of the focus of the poet on the dancing Śiva, many aspects of this book are related to current classical Indian dances as Bharat Nātyam.

 

 

Urmilla, GB