Thoughts of Awakening by Sivavakkiyar

Abstract

Intellectual thoughts and memories have existed in Tamil literary contexts from the very beginning. Moreover, the Siddha literature is full of criticism of superstitions, physical realism, anti-idolatry, anti-Manu, anti-false rituals, and encouragement of virtuous deeds. For the sake of simplicity, this article can analyze the rational ideas embodied in Sivavakkiyar's poems within the three categories of thought, word, and deed. The word "Dravidian" and its principles are not intended to scratch the feelings of the individual. It is a denunciation of slavery, the concentration of power, and superstitions. Such qualities can be seen in the spiritual box, as a form of rationalism, as an anti-caste and anti-religious key, as a woman's reverence, as the peeling sun of false ascetics, and as the saffron that celebrates the body and mind.