Folk Songs & Siddhar Songs
Folk Songs, Siddhar Songs - Thirumoolar, Pattinathar, Sivavakkiyar, Arunagirinathar for TNPSC exams.
Learning Content
📚 Folk Songs & Siddar Songs!
Folk Literature + Gnana Literature🎵
📊 MASTER COMPARISON TABLE
| feature | Folk songs | Siddhar songs |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher | People (Anonymous) | 18 Siddhas |
| language style | Simple speech case | cryptic / cryptic language |
| Meaning | Daily life, love, farming | Wisdom, Yoga, Medicine |
| Music | Folk music | Philosophical music |
| Categories | Lullaby, Oppari, Gummi, etc. | Song, Bhatikam, Venba |
| Purpose | Recreation, labor | Spiritual liberation |
| diffusion | Oral tradition | Prints, texts |
🎯 Advantages of both
🎵 Folk Songs:
- 👨👩👧👦Folk literature
- 🌾 Agricultural life
- 💕 Love, marriage
- 👶 Child rearing
- 😢 Loss, grief
🧘 Siddhar Songs:
- 🙏Wisdom literature
- 💊 Medicine
- 🧪 Alchemy
- 🧘 Yoga
- 🌟 Salvation / Liberation
📚 Quick Memory Table
| title | Remembrance formula |
|---|---|
| Folklore | 🎯NaTo +People= Folk Literature |
| Siddha | 🧘CThe +ThRama = wisdom literature |
| 18 Siddhar | 🔢From Agathiyar to Bokar |
🎵 Folk Songs - Folk Literature!
Oral tradition – passed down from generation to generation
📚 Types of folk songs
| # | Type | Meaning | environment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lullaby | Lullaby | 👶 When putting the baby to sleep |
| 2 | Comparable | Lamentation Song | 😢 Lament song at the time of death |
| 3 | Gummi | Clapping Dance Song | 💃 Hand clapping song |
| 4 | Swing | Swing Song | 🎢 While swinging |
| 5 | Rice threshing song | Paddy Husking Song | 🌾 Rice threshing work |
| 6 | Loading | Water Lifting Song | 💧 When pumping |
| 7 | tumultuous | Stick Dance Song | 🥢 Playing with a goal |
| 8 | Kavadi Indus | Kavadi Song | 🙏 Devotion to Murugan |
| 9 | Archery | Bow Song | 🏹 The art of storytelling |
| 10 | wedding song | Wedding Song | 💒 Marriage Rituals |
🎯 Folk Song Specialties
📝 Language Specialty:
- 🗣️speech case- Simple language
- 🎵Osai Nyam- Add music
- 🔄refrain- Returning Taxes
- 📍Vernacular- Local terms
🏆 Social Excellence:
- 👨👩👧👦Joint lifereflection
- 🌾Agricultural culture
- 💕Women's VoiceA lot
- 🎭Beliefs, Rituals
🔥 Famous Folk Lyrics
🎵 Lullaby:
"Aaror aarararo... sleep sleep my dear..."
🎵 Gummi:
"Gummy foot gummy... roll..."
🎵 Comparison:
"You left me...where did you go..."
👤 Folk literature researchers
| Researcher | Contribution |
|---|---|
| Na. The sky | Father of Folklore Studies |
| K.W. Jagannathan | Collection of folk songs |
| Su. Sakthivel | Study of folk arts |
🧘 Siddha Songs - Wisdom Literature!
18 Siddhas - Wisdom, Medicine, Yoga
👤 18 Siddhas - List
| # | Siddha | Special | Main thread |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agathiyar | The father of Tamil, the first Siddha | Agathiyar Gnanam |
| 2 | Thirumool | Tirumantram teacher | Thirumantram(3000 song) |
| 3 | Poker | Palani Murugan idol | Poker 7000 |
| 4 | Korakar | Yoga Siddha | Korakar Moon Line |
| 5 | A Shiva devotee | Revolution Siddhartha | Sivavakyar song |
| 6 | Starved | Saint Siddha | Pattinathar song |
| 7 | Interframe | Attidian Siddhar | Interlude song |
| 8 | Kamalamuni | - | Kamalamuni Sutra |
| 9 | Punnakeesar | - | - |
| 10 | tiger style | - | Pulipani Remedy |
| 11 | Karuvorar | Tanjore Great Temple | Karuvurar song |
| 12 | Konkanar | - | - |
| 13 | Chataimuni | - | - |
| 14 | Sundarananda | - | - |
| 15 | Ramadeva | - | - |
| 16 | Gutambai | - | - |
| 17 | Machamuni | - | - |
| 18 | Bambatti Siddhar | Snake swing | Bambatti Siddhar song |
🎯 Major Siddhas - Detailed
🙏 1. Thirumoolar - Thirumantram
| Thread | Thirumantram |
|---|---|
| Songs | 3000 songs |
| Special | Tenth Thirumapa, Saiva Siddhanta |
🔥 "One clan, one God" - Thirumool
🔥 2. Shivvakkiar - Pratachi Siddha
- Anti-caste, anti-superstition
- Harsh criticism
- "Natta kallai deivam that..." - famous song
🏔️ 3. Poker - Palani Murugan
- Palani Murugan made the idol
- Navabashanam- 9 poisonous substances mixed
- Alchemist and medicine man
🔥 Famous Siddhar Lyrics
🧘 Thirumoolar:
"May the pleasure of Yam be attained"
"One Clan, One God"
🔥 Shiv Vagya:
"Four pushpams are possible that the planted stone is a deity
What is the mantra that you go around humming?"
🐍 Bambatti Siddhar:
"Go Bombay! Go Bombay!"
📚 Genres of Siddha literature
| Type | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Wisdom | Spiritual knowledge |
| Remedy | Medicine |
| Yoga | Physical and mental training |
| alchemy | Metal transition |
| Mantra | Holy words |
🎯 TNPSC Important Questions & Shortcuts
📝 Important TNPSC Questions
Q1: Who wrote Thirumantram?
✅Thirumool
Q2: How many songs are there in Thirumantra?
✅3000 songs
Q3: Who made the idol of Palani Murugan?
✅Poker
Q4: "One tribe is one God" - who said it?
✅Thirumool
Q5: How many Siddhas are there?
✅18 Siddhas
Q6: What type of song is lullaby?
✅Folk Song (Looze Baby)
Q7: What is oppari?
✅A lament sung at the time of death
Q8: Who is the father of folklore?
✅Na. The sky
Q9: "Natta kallai deiva" - who sings?
✅A Shiva devotee
Q10: Which method of Thirumantram?
✅Tenth cycle
💡 SHORTCUTS & MEMORY TRICKS
🧠 18 Siddhar Prominent Remembrance - "Athipokosipa":
- A= Agathiyar
- The= Thirumool
- go= Poker
- Co= Goraka
- C= Siva Vakkya
- p= Starved
🧠 Folk Song Genre Memoir - "Taooooo":
- Tha= Lullaby
- O= Comparable
- Ku= Gummi
- F= swing
🧠 Quick Matching Table:
| Thirumantram | → | Thirumool |
| Palani Murugan idol | → | Poker |
| Planted stone... | → | A Shiva devotee |
| Father of Folklore Studies | → | Na. The sky |
| Goat Bombay... | → | Bambatti Siddhar |
⚠️ Number Facts:
| No | Communication |
|---|---|
| 18 | Number of Siddhas |
| 3000 | Mantra songs |
| 10 | Thirumantram = Tenth cycle |
| 9 | Navabhashanam (Bogar) |
📊 FINAL REVISION TABLE
| title | answer | Additional information |
|---|---|---|
| Tirumantram teacher | Thirumool | 3000 song, 10th cycle |
| Palani statue | Poker | Navabashanam |
| Revolution Siddhartha | A Shiva devotee | Anti caste |
| Father of Folklore Studies | Na. The sky | - |
| Number of Siddhas | 18 | From Agathyar |