Poems on Chennai - Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music

Poetry on Chennai-7

This instalment of the Poetry on Chennai series looks as the second verse of the Poompavai Pathigam, composed on a festival during the monsoons.

This episode in my series on Poetry on Chennai looks at a naughty Tamil verse composed on the women of Mamallapuram.

Beginning a new series on poems on Chennai. The first features Peyazhwar’s verse on Thiruvallikeni