Although English education was getting popular for employment opportunities in the government from the dawn of the 20th century, there were many Tamil scholars in Coimbatore, who enriched Tamil literature by composing many divine pieces of literature on Perur, Maruthamalai, Bhavani and Avinashi.
Coimbatore: Although English education was getting popular for employment opportunities in the government from the dawn of the 20th century, there were many Tamil scholars in Coimbatore, who enriched Tamil literature by composing many divine pieces of literature on Perur, Maruthamalai, Bhavani and Avinashi.
Vidwan Chandrasekarampillai, who lived in Coimbatore more than a century ago, wrote six 'prabanthams' (A term to mean 96 different forms of verse) on Perur and two on Maruthamalai, besides publishing great literary works like Perur Puranam, Avinashi Puranam, Bhavani Puranam and Karuvur Puranam. Chandrasekarampillai, who was a lawyer, welcomed many Tamil scholars to his home and admired their valuable works. Following him, his son Thiruchitrambalam Pillai also wrote books like Manickavasagar Varalaru and Ananda Madam.
Being an ardent lover of Shaivite theology 'Sivakavimani' C K Subramania Mudhaliar wrote detailed commentaries on Sekizhar's Periya Puranam and penned many other literary works on Shaivite theology. His autobiography ' Oru Pithananin Suya Saritham' transcends generations for its literary value. His father Vidwan Kandhasamy Mudhaliar too composed a great number 'Prabanthams'.
Sabapathi Pillai, a Tamil pandit of Coimbatore College (Now Government Arts College) wrote the divine literary works 'Sowdanayagi Malai ' and ' Thiruperur Anthathi'.
Arunachala Kavirayar of Vadava 'zhi’ (Vadavalli) published a theological literature ' Maruthasala Sathagam'.
Apart from these Tamil scholars, there were a plenty of yesteryear anonymous poets in Coimbatore, who composed a miscellany of valuable Tamil verses. Of those bards, two from Kinathukadavu composed a short poem together on the deity's silence against the injustices in the Kaliyuga (Believed to be an age of calamity). Either of them composed the last line of the verse as ' Silence useless in Kaliyuga' and asked the other to complete the poem.
In the age of Kaliyuga
With even kings turning vile
People too followed them
As there is none to cherish
Your values and wealth,
Oh Lord Shanmuga of Ponmalai,
Silence useless in Kaliyuga !
The composition of this poem was after a reported theft at the Ponmalaisamy Hillock Temple in Kinathukadavu. The people also believed that Coimbatore witnessed adversities like theft and robbery after a magician stole an amulet from the sanctum sanctorum resulting in the silence of the deity. The amulet is said to have contained the magic to control the God, which is known only to the Brahmin priests.
Vidwan Chandrasekarampillai, who lived in Coimbatore more than a century ago, wrote six 'prabanthams' (A term to mean 96 different forms of verse) on Perur and two on Maruthamalai, besides publishing great literary works like Perur Puranam, Avinashi Puranam, Bhavani Puranam and Karuvur Puranam. Chandrasekarampillai, who was a lawyer, welcomed many Tamil scholars to his home and admired their valuable works. Following him, his son Thiruchitrambalam Pillai also wrote books like Manickavasagar Varalaru and Ananda Madam.
Being an ardent lover of Shaivite theology 'Sivakavimani' C K Subramania Mudhaliar wrote detailed commentaries on Sekizhar's Periya Puranam and penned many other literary works on Shaivite theology. His autobiography ' Oru Pithananin Suya Saritham' transcends generations for its literary value. His father Vidwan Kandhasamy Mudhaliar too composed a great number 'Prabanthams'.
Sabapathi Pillai, a Tamil pandit of Coimbatore College (Now Government Arts College) wrote the divine literary works 'Sowdanayagi Malai ' and ' Thiruperur Anthathi'.
Arunachala Kavirayar of Vadava 'zhi’ (Vadavalli) published a theological literature ' Maruthasala Sathagam'.
Apart from these Tamil scholars, there were a plenty of yesteryear anonymous poets in Coimbatore, who composed a miscellany of valuable Tamil verses. Of those bards, two from Kinathukadavu composed a short poem together on the deity's silence against the injustices in the Kaliyuga (Believed to be an age of calamity). Either of them composed the last line of the verse as ' Silence useless in Kaliyuga' and asked the other to complete the poem.
In the age of Kaliyuga
With even kings turning vile
People too followed them
As there is none to cherish
Your values and wealth,
Oh Lord Shanmuga of Ponmalai,
Silence useless in Kaliyuga !
The composition of this poem was after a reported theft at the Ponmalaisamy Hillock Temple in Kinathukadavu. The people also believed that Coimbatore witnessed adversities like theft and robbery after a magician stole an amulet from the sanctum sanctorum resulting in the silence of the deity. The amulet is said to have contained the magic to control the God, which is known only to the Brahmin priests.