23-VEDHANAYAGAM PILLAI
1-10-2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Vedanayagam_Pillai
Vedanayagam Pillai was born in Thanjavur on October 11, 1826 to Savarimuthu Pillai and Arockia Mariammal. His father was his first tutor and later he learned Tamil and English under a tutor named Thayagaraja Pillai. On completing his education, Vedanayagam joined the judicial court of Trichinopoly as record keeper and soon was elevated as a translator.He learnt Sanskrit, French and Latin during his tenure and then cleared his law exams.
GNB -HINDOLAM-
karuNalaya Nidhiye
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DKPattammal
Nimaipathathu eppothu menje
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXr4zqBavXM
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source
http://inikkumtamizhisai.blogspot.com/2016/07/thamizh-songs-in-carnatic-music10.html
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MVP was a secular universalist but his poems expressed divinity in a religious mode which was not restrictive. He used the words, “ayyan”, “samayam” and other religious words without confining to a particular god of a particular religion. One can call him a secular religionist or an eclectic Unitarian. In every poem MVP conveyed a special philosophical message. He rejected atheism and believed in the existence of a creator of the universe. He used Sanskrit words liberally in his Thamizh poems which added some luster and also a touch of realism. His adherence to the grammar structure of “etugai” and “mOnai” in his poems is phenomenal.
Other songs of MVP that are thought-provoking and melodious are: cittam eppadiyO (nAdanAmakkriyA), manamE nI (kuntalavarALi), ennai azhiya (dharbAr), paramE aDiyAr, and tiruttaNi vAzhum (kAmbhoji), UrukkellAm (kalyANi), and uyyum varai (sankarAbharaNam)