![]() “I believe the knowledge was passed on through the umbilical cord. Mangayarkkarasi attributes this to the fact that her mother Bakkiyalakshmi had written the script for the play, ‘Tiruvalluvar' as dictated by her father when she had conceived her. Her exposure to Tirukkural began at the tender age of three even before she learnt Tamil. ![]() Since I was born there, I can call myself a typical Madurai girl,” begins young Desa.Mangayarkkarasi with a smile. ![]() “Although my parents and their ancestors were from Thanjavur district, my father Devi Shanmugam, a drama actor and a playwright, shifted base to Madurai as most of his professional assignments were there. Desa.Mangayarkkarasi, a well-known orator of religious literature in Tamil, shares her experiences. The narration was like a stream meandering down the hill to the plains and it was no different from her live programmes at temples and on TV. ![]() It was a bit difficult to locate her house in Virugambakkam but the stress vanished after getting a treat of Tamil in Madurai dialect. ![]()
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