Akananoor – Nature legends in Kapilar Songs

Abstract

Tamils have been living in harmony with nature since thousands of years ago. But today they are trying to destroy nature and make it their own. Globalization, scientific revolution, commercial development, proliferation of technological tools, population growth, urbanization, modernization, our way of life keeps moving. Our forefathers used to interact with nature and recorded their activities with an aesthetic view. They divided the lands into five types and said that they are the source and primary material for all living things to live. They divided these into three main parts namely first, karu and uri. Dividing life into inner and outer life, they emphasize family values and individual morality where the leader and the leader live together in the inner life. They talked about the king's rule, war, bravery and generosity in the outer world. Aesthetically sensitive thoughts, ideas and activities in human life are born in the form of literature. The form expands in various fields like language, art, civilization, natural life, culture and customs. The description reveals the aesthetic theory of  fictionalism, simile, allegory, subtext, authenticity in Sanga literary compositions. In this way, the purpose of this article is to explore and bring out the aesthetic elements in which the poets' imagination and nature are subtly revealed in the internal literature Aganaanuru  songs.