But she explained that she was simply following the national education policy which she was mandated to do and nothing could be changed. Susil and I even met the Principal, Sirancee Gunawardana, with a request to change the segregation. The reason we didn’t move them back to Ladies’ College was because, like all national schools, albeit even the private ones, classes were segregated by language, limiting interaction between cultures, religions and ethnicity. They both schooled first at Ladies’ College but after the ’83 rilots, I moved them to Colombo International School (CIS), which had by then been founded as a pioneering international school by Elizabeth Moir, an educationist par excellence. We both took immense interest In their school work, being present at their extracurricular activities and making sure our Sinhala Buddhist culture remained centric to everything we did as a family.
Home was always well grounded, with their safety being paramount at all times. N.Through riots and insurgencies, business and politics, Susil and I made sure our girls lived their lives with as little upheaval as possible. Hence it will be appropriate to build temple only for Avinayar and not Bharathamunivar, Dr.R.Madhivanan wrote.ĭravida Peravai appeals to Tamil scholars particularly to Eelam Tamil women who are spreading the Tamil dance tradition across the continents to clearly correct the distortion in history and state that Tamil dance must be renamed as Avinayam, and Bharatha natyam originated from Kashmir is not the first to originate but a borrowed version of Tamil dance. Bharathamunivar belongs to 4 th or 5 th century, the days of Pallava rule. It is acknow ledged in literary sources that along with Tholkappiyar, Avinayar was also one among the 12 disciples of Agathiar. Though the Avinayam of Tholkappiyar’s days is not available today, during Sangam period Sathanar’s Koothanool, Arivanar’s Panjamarabu, Mathivanar’s Nadakatamizh were following the tradition of Avinayar’s Naatiya Nannool. The Natya sastra of Bharathamunivar is just the translation of the Natya nannoolmentioned by Ilangoadigal, author of Tamil epic Silapathigaram. Koothar, viraliyar,kodiyar,vayiriyar,paanar were the group of people who were practicing and propagating dance much before the Sangam age.
But the Brahminical Chief Minister was not aware that there existed a Tamil book for dance which is known as Avinayam written by Avinayar. Tamilnadu then Chief Minister J.J had admitted in the floor of Tamilnadu assembly that dancing art originated from Tamilnadu. Madhivanan argues that if Thandu had taught dance to Bharathamunivar, temple should be constructed to Thandu and not Bharathar.
Thandu taught to Bharathamunivar, who in turn wrote “ Natyasastra” in Sanskrit, says puranas. As per the request of Brahma, Lord Siva taught dance to a Saint called “Thandu”. Pulavar K.Subramanian, President of Bangalore Tamil Sangam wrote in a Tamil literary monthly Thelitamizh that in the Arangetru Kathai of Tamil epic Silapathigaram it is stated that Madhavi learnt “ Naatiya Nannool”, which proves Tamils had their own original books on Dance.ĭr.R.Madhivanan raised a pertinent question in the literary monthly Thelitamizh in which he asked ” Who is the father of Dancing Art ? Bharathar ? or Avinayar ?.According to Madhivanan, Sivaperuman had performed the 108 thandavas of dancing art. This claim needs to be countered and some scholars have done it. She had also successfully impressed upon the then Tamilnadu Chief Minister to allocate 5 acres of land to construct a temple for Bharathamunivar. Dr.Padma Subramaniam has been stressing that dance known as Bharatha Natyam had its inception in Kashmir and Bharathar, a saint is its founder.
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