- Lyricist
- Kasthuri Raja
- Singers
- Krishnaraj, Devi, Krithika
- Music director
- S. D. Shanthakumar
- Movie name
- Pottu Amman
- Movie release year
- 2000
- Lyrics added on
- 24 Sept 2021
Lyrics & meaning
♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Thekku pakkam osantha malai
Malaikku pora padhaiyila
Maadu pootti vandi katti
Makka sanam poguthu paaru
Paarththu nikkarathaaru ava peru enna kooru
Paarththu nikkarathaaru ava peru enna kooru
Namma oora kaakkura ammaa
Ava peru pottu ammaa
Chorus :Namma oora kaakkura ammaa
Ava peru pottu ammaa
Namma oora kaakkura ammaa
Ava peru pottu ammaa
Peththa thaaya pola nenachchu
Pottu ammaa mogaththa paarththaa
Chorus :Peththa thaaya pola nenachchu
Pottu ammaa mogaththa paarththaa
Maarappula seela odhukki
Paal madiyila mugam padhichchaa
Chorus :Maarappula seela odhukki
Paal madiyila mugam padhichchaa
Kallu silaithaamaa aanaa
Pasiya theerththammaa
Female : Panam pasi illa
Idhu pottu amman ella
Namma oora kaakkura ammaa
Ava peru pottu ammaa
Female :Namma oora kaakkura ammaa
Ava peru pottu ammaa
Male :Namma oora kaakkura ammaa
Ava peru pottu ammaa
Manja poosi poova vachchi
Jolichchu nikkura mugaththu mela
Chorus :Manja poosi poova vachchi
Jolichchu nikkura mugaththu mela
Alli alli vaikkuraaga
Aaththaa neththiyil kungumapottu
Chorus :Alli alli vaikkuraaga
Aaththaa neththiyil kungumapottu
Pottu vacchhu kettaa
Ava kattupattu kaappaa
Female :Pottu vacchhu kettaa
Ava kattupattu kaappaa
Namma oora kaakkura ammaa
Ava peru pottu ammaa
Male :Namma oora kaakkura ammaa
Ava peru pottu ammaa
Female :Namma oora kaakkura ammaa
Ava peru pottu ammaa
Thekku pakkam osantha malai
Malaikku pora padhaiyila
Maadu pootti vandi katti
Makka sanam poguthu paaru
Female :Paarththu nikkarathaaru ava peru enna kooru
Male :Paarththu nikkarathaaru ava peru enna kooru
Namma oora kaakkura ammaa
Ava peru pottu ammaa
Chorus :Namma oora kaakkura ammaa
Ava peru pottu ammaa
Namma oora kaakkura ammaa
Ava peru pottu ammaa
To the south stands a high mountain,
Along the path leading to the mountain,
Hitching the bulls and preparing the carts,
Look at the village folks traveling along!
Who is standing and watching over us? Tell me her name!
Who is standing and watching over us? Tell me her name!
She is the mother who protects our village,
Her name is Pottu Amman!
Chorus: She is the mother who protects our village,
Her name is Pottu Amman!
She is the mother who protects our village,
Her name is Pottu Amman!
If you look at her like your own birth mother,
And gaze into the face of Pottu Amman,
Chorus: If you look at her like your own birth mother,
And gaze into the face of Pottu Amman,
Parting the sari across her chest,
If you rest your face upon her motherly breast,
Chorus: Parting the sari across her chest,
If you rest your face upon her motherly breast,
She is just a stone idol, but
She satisfies our hunger!
Female: It is not a hunger for money,
This is the sacred realm of Pottu Amman!
She is the mother who protects our village,
Her name is Pottu Amman!
Female: She is the mother who protects our village,
Her name is Pottu Amman!
Male: She is the mother who protects our village,
Her name is Pottu Amman!
Applying turmeric and adorning her with flowers,
Upon her glowing, radiant face,
Chorus: Applying turmeric and adorning her with flowers,
Upon her glowing, radiant face,
Handful after handful, they apply
A dot of red kumkum on Mother's forehead!
Chorus: Handful after handful, they apply
A dot of red kumkum on Mother's forehead!
If you pray to her offering a bindi,
She will be bound by love to protect you!
Female: If you pray to her offering a bindi,
She will be bound by love to protect you!
She is the mother who protects our village,
Her name is Pottu Amman!
Male: She is the mother who protects our village,
Her name is Pottu Amman!
Female: She is the mother who protects our village,
Her name is Pottu Amman!
To the south stands a high mountain,
Along the path leading to the mountain,
Hitching the bulls and preparing the carts,
Look at the village folks traveling along!
Female: Who is standing and watching over us? Tell me her name!
Male: Who is standing and watching over us? Tell me her name!
She is the mother who protects our village,
Her name is Pottu Amman!
Chorus: She is the mother who protects our village,
Her name is Pottu Amman!
She is the mother who protects our village,
Her name is Pottu Amman!
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Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This devotional folk song from the movie 'Pottu Amman' celebrates the divine guardian deity of the village. The lyrics describe the journey of village folk riding bullock carts toward the high hill temple to offer worship. The song portrays Pottu Amman not merely as a stone deity, but as a loving mother who feeds, comforts, and protects her devotees whenever they surrender to her with faith and perform sacred offerings of turmeric, flowers, and vermilion.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Peththa thaaya pola nenachchu”
Compares the stone deity to a birth mother who nurtures and comforts her children.
Personification
“Kallu silaithaamaa aanaa / Pasiya theerththammaa”
Attributes human and maternal actions like nourishing and quenching hunger to an idol made of stone.
Alliteration (Moni)
“Maadu pootti vandi katti / Makka sanam poguthu paaru”
Rhythmic repetition of starting sounds characteristic of Tamil folk music structure.
Did you know?
Trivia
'Pottu Amman' (2000) is a Tamil devotional drama directed by K. Rajasekhar, featuring soundtrack composed by S. D. Sekhar, with lyrics written by acclaimed filmmaker-lyricist Kasthuri Raja.
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