Kali Kauthvam | Navaratri | Devi Swaroopam | Bharatanatyam | Sukanya Kumar

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Concept, Choreography and Performance: Sukanya Kumar
Edit: Gunindu Abeysekara
Filmed: Sumanth Kashyap
Composer: Shri Gangaimuthu Nattuvanar
Music by: ‪@dancerukmini‬
Language: Sanga Tamil

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Lyrics and meaning:
tollai AlangADu tOLAda kALiyuDan
virumbiya patanjali vyAgramar vENDavE
nandi tAtOmena nAradarum pADavE
candirar sUriyar bandham pagarndiDa
bharata vagai nUTReTTu tALa vagai AgavE
duritamuDan ilagu guru pulitamuDan kAkapadam
sESanuDan tanDADa vAnavarum koNDADa
tillai manrADiya tirunilai kauttuvam

This is a poem (kauttuvam) dedicated to the auspicious sumangali (tirunilai) who danced (ADiya) in the hall (manram) of cidambaram (tillai) to the accompaniment of nandi making sounds like (ena) tA and tOm on his mRdangam, and nArada (nAradarum) singing (pADavE), and as the Sun (sUriyar) and the moon (candirar) share (pagarndiDa) their relationship as co-composers (bandham), the 108 (nUTReTTu) types (vagai) of the tALas in dancing (bharatam) come to be (AgavE)– including aspects such as dhrutam (duritam), laghu (ilagu), guru, plutam (pulitam) along with (uDan) kAkapadam, as her anklets (taNDu) dance (ADa) along with (uDan) AdisESa (sESan), and even the gods (vAnavarum) celebrated (koNDADa), when the loving (virumbiya) patanjali and vyAghrapAda (vyAgrama) submitted their request (vENDavE) to the undefeated (tOLAda) kALi (kALiyuDan) in the ancient (tollai) city of AlangADu!

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