Spgm 023 - Festival Of Indran In The Town Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

(This episode covers the layout of Pugar,
the inhabitants of the town, their
celebration of Indran festival. Both husbands
and wives participate in this festival
hilariously. Kannagi's left eye and
Madhavi's right eye are twitching.)

THE APPEARANCE OF THE SUN.

The Mother Earth's dress is the Ocean.
Her breasts are the mountains.
The rivers are her ornaments.
The rain clouds are her hairs.

The land is her broad body.
The darkness covered her body.
The rising sun lifted this dark blanket.
O'er her he spread his bright light.

MARUVARPAKKAM.

The roofless moonshine courtyards,
Finely decorated halls and yards,
Tall mansions with cross ventilators,
That was the place of Yavanars.

They earned their riches thru' boats,
For this they took abroad their lots.
Foreigners mixed with local men
And lived in the shore house then.

Colorful mixtures, chalk powders,
Cool scented pastes, fine flowers,
Incense sticks, grains and sweets
The traders sold them in the streets.

A settlement of weavers in the town,
They made fabrics of silk and cotton.
A street was there to sell Silk, Coral,
Sandalwood, incense, Gold and pearl.

General stores, Sweet, wine, fish shops,
White salt, betel leaves, meat, oil shops,
Brass, copper vessels, wooden shops,
Goldsmith, artists, sculptures, tailors shops,

Leather, cloth-wooden dolls shops
Busy were always all these shops.
Musicians, veena, flute players,
And small scale manufacturers,

Maruvurpakkam in Pugar,
Thus it became so popular
For the people, to work in harmony
With no crime, to live peacefully.

PATTINAPAKKAM.

Next to the big royal street,
There was a Flagged Rath Street,
Besides a long shops street,
In addition to big traders street.

Pundits, farmers, Ayurvedic Doctors,
Astrologers, Bangle manufacturers,
Cheaters, gamblers, Timekeepers,
Beauty parlors, small laborers,

Dancing girls, prostitutes, domestic servants,
Traditional workers, players of instruments,
Clowns, horse and elephant drivers,
Chariot drivers, cart drivers,

These settlers in Pattinapakkam,
To Pugar town, they brought fame.
This remained always a busy place,
With no criminal activities to trace.