Janaki Rangarajan
“Dancing with the laughing skulls”: Sharing a few verses in Tamil (தமிழ்) most wonderfully written by Saint Gnanasambandar (திருஞானசம்பந்தர் ) beautifully describing how the Lord dances in the cremation ground with the Ganges and crescent moon carried in his matted locks and the skull ornament. The skulls are seen as shedding their teeth and laughing as the lord tosses his head. But why should the skulls laugh during this dance amidst the dead? Because they laugh at those deluded souls of the world who live their lives as though it was eternal, without comprehending how evanescent this life is!!! There is symbolism in everything, only if we learn to look beyond what meets the eye. How beautifully written by the boy saint - NakutalaimAlai indeed!!! 
“நதி அதன் அயலே நகுதலை மாலை
நாள்மதி சடை மிசை அணிந்து
கதி அதுவாகக் காளி முன் காணக்
கான் இடை நடம் செய்த கருத்தர்”
“Nati ataṉ ayalē nakutalai mālai,
nāḷmati, caṭai micai aṇintu,
kati atuvākak kāḷi muṉ kāṇak
kāṉ iṭai naṭam ceyta karuttar”
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