பறநனறறல கலசசரப பதவகள / Cultural Records in Purananooru

Literature is doing a great job of refining humanity. It indeed reveals the personality, emotions and noble thoughts of a man. A literary work that originated in that country presents the antiquity, culture and ability of a country to the world. “Ettuthogai” (eight Collections) and Pattuppattu (Ten Idylls) are praised for their excellent literary exposition. These literary works develop the characters with keen study and portray the love and bravery of the Tamil people. These virtues are projected as two eyes of a human. These literatures explain the lives of the Tamils who lived two thousand years ago. Among the Sangam literature that highlights the glory of the Tamils is the “Purananooru”. It is a literary work that dates back about two thousand years. Many Tamil and Indology scholars believe that the period of the poems in the “Purananooru” is from 1000 BC to 300 AD. Tamils tried to improve life through experience and maturity. As a result of that effort, cultural awareness was formed and developed. When the man started living his life in a better way, he set his boundaries and decided to live amidst them. Those norms later transformed into culture and became a symbol that identified a man individually. Here, the paper analyses the cultural records with a unique identity to identify the way of life during the Sangam times. It aims to examine such Tamil cultural elements from a modern perspective. “Purananooru” serves as a cultural treasury of the Tamils and also highlights cultural records of political life, social life, and the lifestyles of the people.