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Centuries before the dawn of common era, the commoners of ancient Tamil folks, thriving at Southernmost tip of the Indian subcontinent witnessed breathtaking rains in its forests, scenic sunsets at its coasts, melodious tweeting of the birds over their paddy fields, amorous romances of youth on its mountain tops, pining hearts of parting couples in its wildernesses. These scenes drove the common villagers, citizens, merchants, and farmers to pen them all, in poems composed of the most beautiful and passionate wordings that our fortunate souls can savor today, in the collection of poems called Sangam Literature!
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In this series, we aim to present the beauty of Sangam literature, its variety, its chief themes, and its expression of human emotions. We have woven five stories, each around the main theme of Sangam Literature, called thinais. Each Thinai is set in a different landscape, has a different emotional context, and takes place in a different season. Plus, we are also presenting a separate introductory video that acquaints the audience with Sangam Literature and its uniqueness.
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Although Sangam Literature is amongst the most revered pieces of literature in South India, rest of the Indians seem to be out of touch with it. It is unfortunate that such a beautiful and unique collection of poems is not admired by larger audiences. Most of the ancient poetry is composed around religion or a patron king. But Sangam Literature is uniquely personal. It is about the daily lives of commoners dealing with relatable emotional conflicts that we can relate to even today!
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We have studied all the hundred poems from each of the five thinais and made one story for it from the few chosen verses from them. This story aims to capture the essence of these thinais and present it in as beautiful a form as we can manage to match with the original anthologies.
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Although there have been renditions of Sangam poems, we are perhaps among the very few who shall be making animated stories around them.
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Sangam Literature is a window to the ancient Indian Past. It makes us realize how, even after two thousand years, despite the drastic change in how we see and live in the world, human worries, concerns, emotional upheavals, the facets of its relations have remained the same!
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Sangam Literature is the most ancient Tamil Literature and is among the oldest compositions ever written in India. This series aims to help the audience know ancient India and the lives of its commoners better.
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When we speak of ancient Indian Literature, Sanskrit, Pali & Prakrit material comes to our mind. This is largely due to the lack of awareness about the Tamil works composed contemporary to the other oldest Indian Literature. It’s important to study the Tamil Sangam to widen the perspective about ancient India amongst the general audience.
