Paarkadal alai mele
I was watching my old dance videos…..yes… I was a bharathnatyam dancer and I loved it. It meant more than how much music meant to me…somehow…due to so many reasons that was faced out of my life…
But the video got me nostalgic and started looking on the internet for some of the songs for which there were dances.
One of my favorites in the dances was the dasavatharam dance…the song for it was paarkadal alai mele. I wanted that song…and yes…internet is my paradise…I got it..
ShaNmukhapriyA
pArkaDal alai mElE pAmbaNayin mElE
paLLi konDAy raN^ganAthA – undan
padamalar nizhal tEDi paravashamoDu pAdi
gati peravE j~nAnam nI tAn dEva
kEdAragauLa
kAtakanAna oru shOmugan kai konDu
kaDAliDayE oLitta maRai nAN^gum – pinnar
mEdini tAn mILa pAdagan tAn mALa
mInavatAram sheida tirumAlE
sAma
vAnavarum tAnavarum Azhi amudam kaDaiya
mandaragiri tannai tAN^giDavE – oru
kUnuDaiya ODu koNDa kUrmAvatAram ennum
kOlamutRAi pugazh ON^giDavE
aThANA
Inan hiranyAkShan enum paDu pAvi
pAyAi ezhukaDAluL maRainda bhUdEvi avaL
dInarakShakA sakala jIvarakShakA enavE
mAnilattai tUkkiya varAha vaDivAnavanE
mohanam
eN^girukkiRAn hari (avan) eN^girukkiRan enru
hiraNiyan shollai kETTu iDaimaRittE avan piLLai
eN^gum iruppAn avan iN^gumiruppAn –
anda tUNIl iruppAn enRu iyambiyatAl nernda tollai nIN^gavum
pongushina vambandu bUdal uDambum dasai tinre
munda tondiyoDu maNIkuDalum udiram shindavE
nakam koNRu kIrum narasnigamAna
avatAranE shaN^ka cakra dhAranE avatAranE upakAranE
bilahari
mUvaDi maN kETTu vandu maNNaLandu viNNaLandu
mA bali shiramaLanda vAmananE
tandai Aviyai pirittatanAl sUriyakula vairiyAga
amainda parashurAman AnavanE
kAnaDA
dEvargaLai shiraimITTu rAvaNAdi uyirmAitta
dasharatha shrI rAma avatAranE
bhUmi tanilE pugazhyum uzhavOr kalapaidanai
bujam tannil tAN^gi ninra balarAmanE
kApi
AvaNi rohiNiyil aShTamiyilE ardajAma nErattilE avadarittOnE
AyarpAdi yashOda nandalAla patinAyirm gOpiyar paramAnanda lOla
bhUbhAram tIrka bhArata pOr muDitta shIlA
gOpAlak.rShNA AdimUlA paripAla
ra~njani (vijayanAgari)
pa~ncapAtakam vAduDan koDiya va~ncakam mitrabEdakam sheida
a~njiDAdavar ADiDum nATaka mEDai yADiya kaliyugam
azhikkavE dharmam tazhaikkavE – anbu koNDa kalki avatAran
shiN^gAran dashAvatAran nIyE (pArkaDal)
I also found the bharathnatyam dance for this song at http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=z8KkWekEhu0&feature=search_on_watch&search=dasavatharam%20bharathnatyam
the best of all….I found contact details of my dance teacher…she taught me dance 20 years ago…
we were in contact with her about 15 years ago. Now I have got her contact address, phone number and email ID….this is why internet is my paradise:)))
malathi says:
I think it is palkadal alai mele[palazhi];pambinai thanmele pallikondar ranganadha
vidhya says:
Hello malathi,
I am not sure…when it is written in tamil, it is written as paarkadal…
if you listen to the song at http://www.youtube.com/watch?search=dasavatharam+bharathnatyam&gl=US&feature=search_on_watch&hl=hi&v=z8KkWekEhu0 ….
I will keep a look out to check once again….
Thanks for your comments!!
Jared says:
If you must see another amazing rendition of Dasavatharam, the below link is going to blow your mind with the amazing performance by Temple of Fine Arts, Malaysia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsMwiwTBmzQ
(I was actually searching for the lyrics of the song. Thank you very much!)