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Why Tamil Hindus put Pillayar Suzhi on top of the letter?
Why Tamil Hindus put Pillayar Suzhi on top of the letter?
Lord Ganesha is called as 'Ekadhantar'- has one tusk. The story behind this is that Ganesha removed one of his tusks to kill a demon who had earlier obtained a boon that he could not be killed by any weapon like sword, bow and arrow etc. There is another story which says that Ganesha removed one of his tusks and gave it to Vyasa Maharishi for using it as a pen in response to his prayer to help him to write Mahabharata. Ganesha came to be known as 'Ekadhantha' after this episode.
Without the grace of Sri Ganesha and His help, nothing whatsoever can be achieved. No action can be undertaken without His support, grace or blessing.
During Aksharabhyasa (teaching of the alphabets), the child is initiated into His Mantra of Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah in Maharashtra and other places. Then only the alphabet is taught.
Legend has it that the Devas, forgot to worship Lord Ganesha before starting to churn the "Paarkadal" (Ksheera Saagaram). Hence, they were only able to get the Alakala Poison out of it.
Later Indra, the king of Devas realized that, it was because they did not worship Ganesha before starting their mission.
Lord Indra created this idol out of the foam (Kadal Nurai) that was generated from the milky ocean (Ksheera Saagaram) churned by them, in their quest for the celestial nectar Amrudham.
After they worshipped this idol made of foam (Nurai in Tamil), they were able to take out the Amrudham from the Ocean.
If this is the plight of Devas themselves, we ordinary Humans needs to pray Sri Ganesha for success of our any job undertaken by us even if it is writing a small list.
We have been told repeatedly by our elders that pillayar suzhi is
something related to pillayar and doing it bestows success in writing
that piece.
But is that so? What does pillayar suzhi consist of, a small
circle, a small curve, a horizontal line and a dot. Now think about it.
Before the generation of paper usage, people used papyrus and stylus
was used to write on it (actually slowly carve it). So the first thing
the writers tested for is the whether the papyrus was worth to be carved
i.e. soft enough but not too brittle so that it would break.
The basic movements in writing were circle, curve, dot and lines. Pillayar suzhi
(or the series of movements) helped the writers to improve their writing skill.
http://www.pathirikai.com/2014/Vinayagar.pdf
Old is Gold - Wonder of World: Why ?Pillaiyar Suzhi ?before we start writing anything?
Why Tamil Hindus put Pillayar Suzhi on top of the letter?
Lord Ganesha is called as 'Ekadhantar'- has one tusk. The story behind this is that Ganesha removed one of his tusks to kill a demon who had earlier obtained a boon that he could not be killed by any weapon like sword, bow and arrow etc. There is another story which says that Ganesha removed one of his tusks and gave it to Vyasa Maharishi for using it as a pen in response to his prayer to help him to write Mahabharata. Ganesha came to be known as 'Ekadhantha' after this episode.
Without the grace of Sri Ganesha and His help, nothing whatsoever can be achieved. No action can be undertaken without His support, grace or blessing.
During Aksharabhyasa (teaching of the alphabets), the child is initiated into His Mantra of Om Sri Ganeshaya Namah in Maharashtra and other places. Then only the alphabet is taught.
Legend has it that the Devas, forgot to worship Lord Ganesha before starting to churn the "Paarkadal" (Ksheera Saagaram). Hence, they were only able to get the Alakala Poison out of it.
Later Indra, the king of Devas realized that, it was because they did not worship Ganesha before starting their mission.
Lord Indra created this idol out of the foam (Kadal Nurai) that was generated from the milky ocean (Ksheera Saagaram) churned by them, in their quest for the celestial nectar Amrudham.
After they worshipped this idol made of foam (Nurai in Tamil), they were able to take out the Amrudham from the Ocean.
If this is the plight of Devas themselves, we ordinary Humans needs to pray Sri Ganesha for success of our any job undertaken by us even if it is writing a small list.
We have been told repeatedly by our elders that pillayar suzhi is
something related to pillayar and doing it bestows success in writing
that piece.
But is that so? What does pillayar suzhi consist of, a small
circle, a small curve, a horizontal line and a dot. Now think about it.
Before the generation of paper usage, people used papyrus and stylus
was used to write on it (actually slowly carve it). So the first thing
the writers tested for is the whether the papyrus was worth to be carved
i.e. soft enough but not too brittle so that it would break.
The basic movements in writing were circle, curve, dot and lines. Pillayar suzhi
(or the series of movements) helped the writers to improve their writing skill.
http://www.pathirikai.com/2014/Vinayagar.pdf
Old is Gold - Wonder of World: Why ?Pillaiyar Suzhi ?before we start writing anything?