Murugavel's novel Punaipaavai: Kulakuriyam

Abstract

In the Sangam period society, the five land-based lifestyles identified the themes of the five regions. These themes have become established as the tribal symbols of those people. In this, all the themes except God point to the object. They had a materialistic mindset. The advent of religions moved the tribal symbols that had a materialistic basis into the ideological mindset. In it, people who had a tribal lifestyle were forced to become caste groups and identify themselves as superior and inferior instead of distinguishing themselves from others. On this basis, this article is a way of examining the tribal symbols of the tribal people seen in the fictional novel by I. Murugavel.