Day or
Night?
Apart from other factors, lighting is the
primary criteria distinguishing the day from the night. The natural sunlight
does not have any replacemnet and this phenomenon gives the daylight a
distinct mark over the night.
Earlier days did not have power generation
systems nor grids for generaion, transmission or distribution of power. ( No I
am neither talking of ntpc or potential problem of California State) .
The divya-dhEsam thiru-veLLiyan-kuDi
boasted of sparkling lights even in the night. The lights radiated throughout
making it difficult to comprehend that it is indeed night time and not the
daytime helped by the sun rays. '
What was then the source of light? It is
said the Singapore airport is illuminated brightly and passengers on transit
stay thorughout the night and also the day enroute to other destinations. These
are of-course made possible by the modern electrial gadgets.
Today being the thriunakshathiram of sri
thriu-k-kachi nambigaL, the pUvirundhavalli kOil is illuminated bright on all
sides with blinking lights and what not.
Coming back to the subject, the source of
light then, there, was bright and precious stones. These varied from pearl,
ruby, emerald and so on and were embedded on the pillars and like structures in
thriu-veLLiyan-kuDi making it abstruse to conclude that it was indeed night and
not bright sunny day.
". padi idai mAdathu
adi idaith thUnil paditha paN maNigaLin oLiyAl,.vidi
pagal-iravu enRu aRivu aridhAya thriu-veLLiyankuDi adhuvEa"
4-10-8
dAsan
vanamamalai
padmanabhan
azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
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