- a huge controversy.
Violence broke out in
March 2008 when a non-Brahmin
oduvar or
reciter of
Tamil idylls,
empowered by the
Government of
Tamil Nadu, tried...
-
tradition of
storytelling and
religious discourse.
Religious scholars, such as
Oduvars, were
knowledgeable in the
scriptures used for
discourse in
temples and...
- in temple. So, they used to be
called Meikaval (Body god of the God) and
Oduvar (reader).
Desikar is a sub-division of
community known as 'Pandarathar'...
- a
single breath. In
Tamil Nadu,
there is
Tamil Pann,
which is sung by
Oduvars in Temples. They sing the
works of
famous Tamil Poets like Sambandar, etc...
- lack of
infrastructure for learning.
Swami Dayananda had
appointed 35
oduvars in
ancient Siva
temples and paid them
monthly allowance to sing the "Panniru...
-
Rajam Pattinathar V. S. K.
Patham Lotus Pictures C. S.
Sundara Moorthi Oduvar, K. R. Sarathambal,
Kothamangalam Seenu Poornachandran D. R. Doss New Theatres...
- Folk
dancers of Thappattam, Kolattam,
Mayil Attam and
Silambattam and
Oduvars singing Devaram accompanied the chariot. In many
places the
chariots were...
- கோயில்களும் கல்வெட்டு சாசனங்களும், Agaram, Thanjavur, 2020.
Tevara Manbum Oduvar Marabum, தேவார மாண்பும் ஓதுவார் மரபும், Annam,
Thanjavur 2021. Sivalayangalum...
-
Local Legends and oral
folklore (poems of Siva
temple singers called Oduvars) from this
region who sing
songs in the
temple in
various ragas (பண்) of...
