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aruvidangaL pozhil thazhuvi
 
The Vertical Growth
 
If we deeply think on why apartments are  coming up, the obvious answer is shortage of space. In a given place, the structures have spread horizontally and once the place is insufficient, the buildings are being developed vertically. This is one of the tangible transformation of urban centres.
 
These go up,as if scratching the sky and hence termed as 'sky scrapers'.
 
The rich horticultural heritage manifest as various flowers -lotus, senkazhunEr, kaidhai flowers and so on and so forth. They spread horizontally initially and also grow on the ponds hither and thither. Once, these space is filled up, these gardens grow vertically filling up the space in the sky. This vertical growth has been visualised by sri thirumangai AzhwAr in thiru-nAngUr arimEya viNNagaram first pAsuram but not in the context of concrete jungle but in relation to natural vegetation.
 
This is aptly described by sri periya vAchAn piLLai as follows:
 
"... malargaL, migu thAmaraigaL .pUkkaL migundhuLLa thAyaigaL, sen-kazhunEr,thAmaraigaL, ivai parandha poigaigaL dhOrum avagAsangaL dhOrum viLanga,ingu idam illAmaiyAlEa sOlaiyAnadhu parappaiyudaiya idam adaithukoNdu Ongi..."
 
The various flowers like lotus, senkazhunEr kaidhai etc. spread themselves on the various ponds and due to shortage the gardens grow up into the sky and fill up the space displaying splendour and beauty.
 
"...malargaL migu kaidhaigaL sen-kazhunEr thAmaraigaL thadangaL dhorum thigazha, aruvidangaL pozhil thazhuvi ezhil thigazhum nAngUr" 3-10-1;
 
Perhaps the
 
THE HANGING GARDENS of thirunAngUr
 
(to be continued)
vanamamalai padmanabhan
 
 
 
 


azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam




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