Liturgical Traditions in Kalithogai

Abstract

All human beings around the world live by accepting some philosophical theory. Tamil people are also following some kind of philosophical theory in their life since ancient period. Thus Tholkkapiyar in Tholkaapiyam explains the five types of landforms and the gods worshiped there. The first volume of the book Primitive Culture published by the English anthropologist Edward Burnett Tyler (1831-1917) in the 19th century, explains about the primitive culture in first volume and about primitive religion in second volume. This article analyses the songs sung by five poets, Perungadungo who sang paalaikali, Kapilan who sang kurinchikali, Marutanilanaganar who sang maruthakalip, and Nallundhuvanar who sang neithalkalip. It also explains about the gods and worship traditions of the people living in the five landforms.