Enn Kanmani Thamarai

by Balakumaran

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312 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 20, 2018

About the author

Balakumaran was born in Pazhamarneri village near Thirukattupalli in Thanjavur district in 1946. As a child, he was highly inspired by his mother, who was a Tamil scholar and a Siromani in Sanskrit, used verses of Sangam and other ancient literature to motivate him when ever he was emotionally down. This created a deep interest in Tamil literature which made literature his passion. His first stories were published in a literary magazine called ‘Ka-Sa-Da-Tha-Pa-Ra’ and for which he was also a founding member, a self-anointed militant literary journal that had been launched with a mission to blaze new trails in modernist literature.

He has also contributed to Tamil periodicals such as Kalki, Ananda Vikatan, Saavi and Kumudam. Later he became a famous Tamil writer, author of over 200 novels, 100 short stories, and dialogue/screenplay writer for over 14 films. His writings are noted for a distinct philosophical and religious tone. He is fondly called 'Ezhuthu Sithar' by his fans. He is a disciple of "Sri Yogi Ram Surath Kumar".

In his many novels he shows immense interest in enlightenment. He is considered as "Maanasiga Guru" for many individuals, who are in search of the formless almighty. His lucid but powerful expressions of man-woman relationship and human-God union is a tribute to mankind.

Reviews

[Kavitha Sivakumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book title is so misleading. This book is about Abhirami Battar who authored Abhirami Anthathi. When King Sarabhoji asked Battar what day that was, Battar told pournami when it was amavaasai. The goddess showed a miracle by making the day as pournami by throwing her earring to the sky. This story could be considered historical fiction as the land that was given by King Sarabhoji to Abhirami Battar was true.

This book reflects the usual Balakumaran style with so much analysis on inner reflections and spiritual philosophy.

[Akila · Rating 2 out of 5]

அபிராமி பட்டரின் கதை.

Reason for rating 2 - this book is not for everyone. While reading the book felt longer than necessary, if you want to know how abirami battar wrote the andhadhi feel free to jump directly to chapter 5 ie the 5th n last chapter of the book. The rest of the 4 are just longer more n more details about இறை அனுபவம். It was hard to process n connect.

Definitely moving when abirami battar goes on the உரி + நிலவு உதித்த தருணம் where the author uses verses from abirami andhadhi.

அபிராமி அந்தாதி படிக்க ஊக்குவிக்கும் கதை.

[Subrahmaniam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Divine Experience

Bala is a blessed soul, he has portrayed the life of Abiramibattar very well and immerses us in the divine experience. Excellent read

[Rajan Jesuraj · Rating 5 out of 5]

awesome read

A transcendental trip ! An awesome amalgamation of history, spirutuality, self discovery and engaging writing. Thanks a ton to writer Balakumaran

[Perama Veeran]

En kanni thamarai

[Ashwin B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful Narration of Abhirami Andhadhi

[Dinesh Prabhu Ram]

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[John Bosco Thanaraj · Rating 4 out of 5]

This replicates good revolutionary thoughts about life...