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Perumal Murugan was born in 1966 to a family of farmers who had small land holdings near Thiruchengodu, a town in Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu.His father, a farmer, supplemented the family's income by running a soda shop in a cinema theatre in Thiruchengode. [5]
'flower pot') is a novel by Perumal Murugan that describes a love story within social caste-induced hatred. [1] It was originally published in Tamil in 2013 and subsequently translated into English by Aniruddhan Vasudevan in 2016. [2] The novel was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017.
- Perumal Murugan, in a Facebook post published in January 2015. [ 23 ] In December 2014, the novel attracted the attention of various caste-based factions in Tamil Nadu, [ 24 ] who claimed that the novel's depiction of extramarital sex during the Ardhanarishvara festival insulted their deity and the women of their caste.
He has then inspired to make Seththumaan, based on Tamil writer Perumal Murugan's short story Varugari. The film concerns the relationship of a grandfather and his grandson, while taking an incisive look at the politics of caste and meat.
Perumal Murugan, A Lonely Harvest and Trial by Silence (Both translated from Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan) Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, My Father's Garden; Madhuri Vijay, The Far Field; S. Hareesh won the prize for the year 2020 for his novel Moustache, originally written in Malayalam and translated into English by Jayasree Kalathi.
Perumal (Tamil: பெருமாள்), also Tirumal (Tamil: திருமால்), is the Hindu deity venerated in the Sri Vaishnavism sect of Hinduism. [15] Perumal is considered to be another name of Vishnu , and was traditionally the deity associated with the forests.
Perumal (Tamil: பெருமாள், romanized: Perumāl) [2] or Tirumal (Tamil: திருமால், romanized: Tirumāl pronunciation ⓘ) is a Hindu deity. [3] Perumal is worshipped mainly among Tamil Hindus in South India and the Tamil diaspora , who consider Perumal to be a form of Vishnu .
Murugan is a surname, commonly used among Tamil speaking people. Notable people with the surname include: AR Murugadoss, Indian filmmaker; Durai Murugan (born 1938), Indian politician; Murugan Chillayah (born 1978), Guru yogi and Indian traditional arts teacher; Perumal Murugan (born 1966), Indian novelist; Raju Murugan, Indian filmmaker