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| FATHER OF VARMAKALAI |
LORD SHIVA
History of varma kalai
It is said that
varmakalai, originated from Lord Siva, a great Yogi.
One day when Lord Shiva
and parvathi went to the mountain called 'pothigai malai', they found a hunter on
the tree and fell unconscious. Parvathi asked Lord Shiva to save him with
mercy. Lord Shiva also came to the ground with his golden gray hood, and he was
tempered by nature. Parvati inquires about this It is said that Lord Shiva
taught in the human body that there are two types of duties, such as the Varma
and the subconscious, and the various other secrets. It is said to have been preached to his
son Murugun. As the Surapatman harassed the saints, the Riyas appealed to Lord
Shiva. Lord Shiva also handed over Murugun to take care of the rice. Murugan
went to the power and lamented that he could not kill Surapatman. The power of
the Lord, Murugan also advised him. Murugan has also won the surapatman by
using the Varmakalai. It comes fromlord murugun to Siddhar Agasthiyar.
Agasthiyar
Agasthiyar
later gave a written form that reached the masses. But the original texts (and
their copies), directly written by siddhas, are not available now. Saints who
have grasped the meaning of the siddhas sayings have given a poetic form, which
is used in modern day learning. So far, around fifty thousand songs are
available.
The narrated
history has been mentioned in the 41st prose of “Kai Mathirai Thiravukol ” as
describes the first worldly originator of the Guru Sishya Parampara or Lineage
as the Sage Agastya who in turn taught it to others like Bhogar, Gorakar, Pulippaani etc, who in turn
taught their disciples and
gradually knowledge of this art reached commoners in the same, strict
Guru-Shishya tradition.
The ancient Sangam age kingdoms of
Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas had a long tradition . Warriors refused to attack an
unarmed opponent, instead meeting him on equal terms without weapons. Tanjore
“Kuthu Varisai” was the domain of the Cholas The Chera kingdom was closer to
the borders of Middle and southern Kerala and had their own tradition of
unarmed combat and affinity towards Pressure point systems like [kalari) The Jadavarman
pandiyan king was known to be the king
of the Pandyas after the destruction of the Pandya race, and later the Cholas
learned this, and this art began to spread in countries like Sri Lanka.
In fact, the stronghold of Tamilian
Varmam art is the area around Kanyakumari and Nagercoil districts, which share
borders with Southern Kerala, where the Thekkan Kalari (Southern Style Kalari)
system which devotes lesser time to weaponry and lays more emphasis on unarmed
combat and Marma Adi.
techniques that the other two styles of
Madhya Keralam(Central Style of Kalari – Palakkad-Cannanore- Malappuram areas)
and Vadakkan Kalari ( Northern Style– Malabar etc).
Even in the art of Silambam, (bamboo
staff fencing) there are many instances in history, where opponents were
defeated by blows or prodding attacks with the stick, to vital spots on the
body in historical descriptions and in quite a number of manuals on this art.
Bhoodi Dharmar, a native
of Kanchipuram, spread this story in China. The Chinese text, Tenjiku
Naranokaku, translates into "The fighting techniques to train the body
from India".
