mAllai mAttu, 2023
Double accordion book, handmade papers
The first of 11 palindrome verses written in the 7th C by the Tamil poet
Thirugnanasambandar. This kind of palindrome verse is categorized as a mAllai mAttu
(மாலை மாற்று), an exchanged or reversed garland.
Reads in 8 directions
Translations into modern Tamil and English by Kamakshi Narayanan
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