Thiruvilayadal (1965 film)

Thiruvilaiyadal English The Divine Game is a 1965 Indian Tamil Hindu devotional film written, directed, produced, and distributed by A. P. Nagarajan. The film features Sivaji Ganesan, Savitri, and K. B. Sundarambal in the lead roles with T. S. Balaiah, R. Muthuraman, Nagesh, T. R. Mahalingam, S. V. Sahasranamam, Devika, Manorama, and Nagarajan himself playing pivotal roles. The films soundtrack and score were composed by K. V. Mahadevan, while the lyrics of the songs were written by Kannadasan, Ka. Mu. Sharif and Sankaradas Swamigal.

Lord Shiva gives a sacred fruit, brought by the sage Narada, to his elder son Vinayaka as a prize for outsmarting his younger brother Muruga in a competition to win it. Angered by his fathers decision, Muruga, dressed as a hermit, goes to Palani, despite Avvaiyars attempts to convince him to return to Mount Kailash. His mother, goddess Parvati, arrives there and narrates the stories of four of Shivas divine games to calm Muruga.The first story is about the opening of Shivas third eye when he visits Madurai, the capital city of the Pandya Kingdom, ruled at that time by Shenbagapandian. Shenbagapandian wants to find the answer to a question posed by his wife whether the fragrance from a womans hair is natural or artificial and announces a reward of 1000gold coins to anyone who can come up with the answer. A poor poet named Dharumi desperately wants the reward and starts to break down in the Meenakshi Amman Temple. Shiva, hearing his cries, takes the form of a poet and gives Dharumi a poem containing the answer. Overjoyed, Dharumi takes the poem to Shenbagapandians court and recites it, but Nakkeerar, the courts head poet, claims the poems meaning is incorrect. On hearing this, Shiva argues with Nakkeerar about the poems accuracy, burning him to ashes when he refuses to relent. Later, Shiva revives Nakkeerar, and says that he only wanted to test his knowledge. Nakkeerar asks the king to give the reward to Dharumi. ........

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