With regards to ordeal by fire, there is an interesting debate on www.musicindiaonline.com you will find it in Tamil section. The judge of that paTTi maNDapam brings out beautiful point: when Sri Rama is out to fetch the deer, and the deer shouts out by name lakshmaNa, sita does two things which are quite unfair a) She accuses lakshmaNa's chastity and his devotion to his brother and throws fire like words at him saying he may be having desire for her b) She threatens him that she will make a fire out of the woods nearby and jump into it. At the end of the war Sri Rama reciprocates the same for two reasons, a) to reflect the there are consequences for what you say and do and b) knows that sita herself is feeling guilty and provide her a way to get over it. Interestingly, he asks lakshmaNa to make the fire. These tamil debates are solely based on kamba rAmAyaNam. If you want hear some nice musical rendering of kamba rAmAyaNam, please go to http://67.124.63.151/netjuke/login.php (may not work always) there are 30 or so verses sung by TN Seshagopalan. You can read more on kamba rAmAyaNam at http://www.dhool.com/balaji/kambar/. MSR ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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