Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam

The Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam[1] is a collection of sixty-four 16th-century Shaivite devotional epic stories by Paranjothi Munivar. They describe the actions (and antics) of Shiva on Earth in a number of disguises to test his devotees.

Stories

There are sixty-four stories in the Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam.[2][3]

Adaptations

The 1956 Tamil film Naan Petra Selvam includes a play within a film based on the story where the poet Nakkeerar confronts Shiva over an error in his poem, exaggerating his sensitivity to right and wrong.[4] The 1965 film Thiruvilaiyadal depicts four stories from the source material,[2] including the Nakkeerar episode.[4] A 64-episode TV series also titled Thiruvilaiyadal, created by Raadhika, premiered in 2008 and adapted all 64 stories of the Puranam.[5]

References
  1. Rajarajan, R. K. K.; Jeyapriya Rajarajan (2013). Mīṇakṣī-Sundareśvara: ‘Tiruviḷaiyāṭaṟ Purāṇam’ in Letters, Design and Art. New Delhi: Sharada Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-926983-2-8.
  2. Nainar, Nahla (31 August 2018). "Tinsel-edged memories: glory days of Central Talkies in Tiruchi". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. Thiagarajan 1965, p. xviii.
  4. Guy 1997, pp. 280–281.
  5. "Radhika's mega serial goes on air". The Times of India. 28 April 2008. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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