| She prayed
ardently to the Lord and expressed her desire to see the dance. That night, as the
dances commenced, as though in a trance, the dancers made their way to the Pookathillam
and danced to the joy of theold woman. This practice continued although the Brahmin
houses are no longer there today. All the same people see divinity in this dance and
they liken it to the dance Krishna danced on the serpent Kaliya or the Rasalila performed
in Brindavan. As we leave Trichambaram let-us recall the graphic description of Sri
Krishna in Cherusseri Nambudiri's famous poem, Krishna Gatha, which tells the story of the
Lord from birth to ascension: Dark as a dark
rain-cloud,
his hair beautifully knotted,
a flute in his hand
an anklet on his foot,
and a thread across his chest,
his clothes the color of yellow turmeric,
Krishna, the nonpareil, sheds lights about him. *
* A Survey of Malayalam Literature by K. M.
George. |
