Monday, 16 December 2013

காலங்களில் அவள் வசந்தம்
கலைகளிலே அவள் ஓவியம்
மாதங்களில் அவள் மார்கழி
மலர்களிலே அவள் மல்லிகை
Kaalangalil Aval Vasantham.. Kalaigalilae Aval Oaviyam..
Maathangalil Aval Maargazhi.. Malargalilae Aval Malligai..
When a great poet like Kannadasan chose to compare the ideal and perfect woman to the most excellent things, he writes:
 In seasons she is spring,
In arts she is painting;
In months she is “Margazhi”;
In flowers she is Jasmine…

The Tamil month of Margazhi, which is considered to be the best begins today. “Margazhi, Dhanur Maasa (Dec 14th to Jan 14th) is the most pleasurable one. It is the time of the year which is considered significant for those on spiritual path because according to religious texts Lord Krishna has said, “In the months I am Margazhi”.  
For musicians, again, it is a momentous month. Spanning some six weeks, a number of large and small Carnatic music concerts are performed by highly competent musicians. “Music is a world within itself, it’s a language we all understand.”
Shakespeare has eulogized the greatness of music thus:
Let there be no noise made, my gentle friends; 
Unless some dull and favourable hand
Will whisper music to my weary spirit.
(2 Henry IV, 4.5.1-3), Henry IV
Play, music! And you, brides and bridegrooms all,
With measure heap'd in joy, to the measures fall.
(As You Like It, 5.4.174), Duke Senior
Give me some music; music, moody food 
Of us that trade in love. 
(Antony and Cleopatra, 2.5.1-2)
If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it,
(Twelfth Night, 1.1.1-7)
Music is there in the air all through the month. Lets enjoy the month of music and the music of the month.


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