Choreographed by Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale (1962)
Music composed by Shri. Papanasam Sivan
Kuravanjis are Tamil dramas composed in a traditional way, portraying symbolically and dramatically, the devotion of the soul aspiring to merge' with God.
"Kannappar Kuravanji" is a beautiful and dramatic story of a hunter finding illumination through his devotion. Though born to a lowly life, he becomes purified, so that he becomes a Saiva Saint.
The language is a mixture of Classical and Colloquial Tamil, purposely written so by the author. The music styles are also equally a mixture of the Folk and the Classical styles according to the spirit of the play. The story of Kannappar is well-known in South India and the Temple where he worshipped Lord Shiva in Kalahasti in Andhra Pradesh, is a place of pilgrimage.
Thinnappar who is the son of hunter king Nagaraja, becomes the crown prince. While he goes on a hunting expedition, he sees the shrine of Lord Siva at Kalahasti and becomes enthralled by the deity. From that moment he forgets and forsakes everything else.
Not knowing anything about the rituals connected with formal worship. Thinnappar shows his devotion in his own way.
Sivagochariar, a Brahmin priest who worships the deity is shocked by the pollution- created in the holy precincts as a result of Thinnappar's actions.
Lord Siva reveals the extent of Thinnappar's devotion and love for him to Sivagochariar by letting blood ooze first from one eye and then the other on the lingam. Having replaced the first wounded eye with his own, Thinnappar prepares to remove his remaining eye. At that moment Lord Siva manifests himself and stops him in time.
Choreographed by Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale (1962)
Music composed by Shri. Papanasam Sivan
Kuravanjis are Tamil dramas composed in a traditional way, portraying symbolically and dramatically, the devotion of the soul aspiring to merge' with God.
"Kannappar Kuravanji" is a beautiful and dramatic story of a hunter finding illumination through his devotion. Though born to a lowly life, he becomes purified, so that he becomes a Saiva Saint.
The language is a mixture of Classical and Colloquial Tamil, purposely written so by the author. The music styles are also equally a mixture of the Folk and the Classical styles according to the spirit of the play. The story of Kannappar is well-known in South India and the Temple where he worshipped Lord Shiva in Kalahasti in Andhra Pradesh, is a place of pilgrimage.
Thinnappar who is the son of hunter king Nagaraja, becomes the crown prince. While he goes on a hunting expedition, he sees the shrine of Lord Siva at Kalahasti and becomes enthralled by the deity. From that moment he forgets and forsakes everything else.
Not knowing anything about the rituals connected with formal worship. Thinnappar shows his devotion in his own way.
Sivagochariar, a Brahmin priest who worships the deity is shocked by the pollution- created in the holy precincts as a result of Thinnappar's actions.
Lord Siva reveals the extent of Thinnappar's devotion and love for him to Sivagochariar by letting blood ooze first from one eye and then the other on the lingam. Having replaced the first wounded eye with his own, Thinnappar prepares to remove his remaining eye. At that moment Lord Siva manifests himself and stops him in time.
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