In Sanskrit-marriage there is a mantra which says that the bride has been a spouse to three others before one after another viz.
There are many rituals in Sanskrit-marriage which are insipid, irrational, immoral, obscene and objectionable such as Kasi-yathrai, Namakaranam, Jathakarma, Annaprasanam, Suda-karma and mathubargam etc whereas in Tamil rituals there are no smacks of them. >More over in Sanskrit-marriage, the mantrams chanted are neither understandable to us nor to those chanting them, for Sanskrit is a dead language, whereas Tamil mantrams are understandable and explicable even to plebian making the marriage ritual meaningful. Hence Tamil marriage is rather holier and theistic than Sanskrit-marriage which is totally atheistic. In Thirumurai Thirumanam, the rituals are conducted invoking the presence of the Almighty (Ammai-Appar) and under His blessings through Velvi, the sacrifice and Kalasams whereas in case of Sanskrit-marriage there is no place for Lord at all but for Devas instead. abducting a girl for purpose of marriage, which act, needless to say, is barbarian. Whereas the Sanskrit word ‘vivaha’ means to abduct, i.e. ‘Thiru’ in Tamil means divinity and ‘Manam’ the fragrance of flower. Just as fragrance of a flower is ingrained constituently, not-known in its stage of bud, but becomes known while blossoming, so the link between the bride and the groom determined by the destiny not known until they are bespoken for marriage, becomes known while marriage and hence the term ‘Thirumanam” i.e. The term that goes for marriage in Tamil is Thirumanam which itself is enigmatic carrying in-depth meaning as against the Sanskrit equivalent viz. Thirumanthiram insisted that the great five letters mantra “OM NAMA SHIVAYA” covers the entire universe with love and affection of Lord Shiva.Highlighted by Senthamizh Velvi Chadhurar he explained the presence of Lord Shiva in living and non-living things, blending of spiritualism with psychology, attitude of human beings towards spiritualism. He categorized all these characteristics into science, psychology, spiritualism and exchange of soul from one body to another. In Thirumanthiram, Thirumoolar has mentioned about Shivam, Bhathi, Yoga, Meditation, Shakthi in human physiology, Maya, Prayers, Belief in god, method of worshipping god. The aim of this paper is to tell about spiritualism of Thirumoolar and his extreme belief in the mantra “OM NAMA SHIVAYA” to blend his soul with the supreme power. A review of this book reveals the spiritual faith of Thirumoolar in Lord Shiva. This book includes many divine play of Lord Shiva and divine appearance of god to his devotees. Thirumoolar’s Thirumandhiram (Patham Thirumurai) is a part of Panniru Thirumurai. Through this article, the Principles of the life Style, Yoga, Ethical, and Piety which Thirumoolar illustrates through three thousand songs are researched. The essence of this article is to know the greatness of Siva, Siddhu, Siddhu games through Thirumanthiram.
This article looks at the various street game of the lord through the thirumandra Thiruvarut scenario.