Translation  of Malayalam  Stotras  and Krithis

 

By

P.R.Ramachander

 

  Malayalam is spoken by  people of Kerala  .They all  believe  cleanliness  is next only to Godliness , whatever  their  religion may be

   The Hindus   in Kerala  is spread all over the state  .The major communities  are Brahmins, Ambalavasis, Nairs and Menons, Ezhavas, Panikkara, Ezhuthachans    etc

    Most of them have been trained  to have a morning bath,  go to temple in wet cloths   and wear  sandal wood mark  .They  also have been trained  to daily chant  the names of God in the dusk(sandhya namam)  .Due to this they are  greatly attached  to their temples, You will rarely  find a dilapidated  temple in Kerala .During the local temple festivals , Vishu, and onam festivals  , rivers of  people  would flow to kerala

    The most popular gods   are Lord Guruvayurappan,  Lord ayyappan and various goddesses  (bhagwathi)

   The bakthi movement in Malayalam was possibly started  by Thunjathu Ezhuthachan and carried forward by  Poonthanam and Bilwa mangalathu Samiyar 

     Most  of the keralites  with great devotion chant  the malyalam prayers and get immersed  in them

Being born in Kerala and deicated  to guruvayurappan , I get  immersed in Malayalam Prayers .

 

     Unlike prayers  there are very few Malayalam  Carnatic composers

 

I am presenting          English translations of  4 books,     271       stotras  and 33  krithis   

Among the stotras  translated the ones dedicated to different Gods are

 

General  4 ,  Guru  2, Ayyappa  104, Ganesa   6 Rama 13  . Hanuman 1  , Vishnu , Krishna etc  101.

Mahalakshmi  3, Mangalam 1  , Adhithya 3  , Bhagwathi 15, Saraswathi 6  , Shiva 10 Philosophy 1 and

Malayalam Krithis 33

I have just put my feet in the  Malayalam Stotra Ocean . Large greatly knowledgeable   people would definitely  come in   future  P.R.Ramachander  of Chelakkara now in Bangalore

 

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