Omana thingal kidavo....

Kerala's most famous tharattu pattu(lullaby) is
"Omana thinkal kidavo nalla komala thamara poovo
poovil niranja madhuvo pari poornendu thante nilavo
Puthen Pavizhakkodiyo cheru thathakal konjum mozhiyo
Chanchdiyadum Mayilo mrudu panjamam padum kuyilo
Thullumilaman kidavo shobha kollunnorannakkodiyo
Easwaran thanna nidhiyo parameswariyenthum kiliyo
Parijathathin thaliro ente bhagyadrumathin bhalamo
Vatsalya ratnathe vaypan mama vachoru kanjanacheppo
Drushikku vachoramrutho kooriruttathu vacha vilakko
Keerthilathakkulla vitho ennum keduvarathulla mutho
Aarthithimiram kalavan ulla marthanda deva prabhayo
Sookthiyil kanda porulo athi sookshamam veenaravamo
Vanpicha santhoshavalli thante kompath pootha poovalli
Pichakathin malarchendo navinicha nalkunna kalkando
Poomanamettoru katto ettam ponnil thelinjoru matto
Kachikkurukkiya palo nalla gandhamezhum panineero
Nanmavilayum nilamo bahudharmangal vazhum grihamo
Daham kalayum jalamo margakhedam kalayum thanalo
Vadatha mallikappoovo njanum thedivachulla dhanamo
Kanninu nalla kaniyo mama kaivanna chinathamaniyo
Lakshmibhagavathy thante thirunettiyilitta kuriyo
Ennunnikrishnan janicho parilingane vesham dharicho
Lavanya punya nadilyo unnikarvarnan thante kaliyo
Padmanabhan than kripayo ini bhagyam varunna vazhiyo"

This world famous lullaby, was written by Irayimman Thamby for the young prince Swathi Thirunal!

Aalayal thara venam aduthorambalam venam ....
Sooryanay thazhuki urakkamunarthumen......
To know more about Omana thingal kidavo
http://www.swathithirunal.in/omanathinkal.htm
You can find more malayalam nursery rhymes and baby sitting songs in http://www.indiaparenting.com/rhymes/malayalam/index.shtml

A scene from Alappuzha-Changanacherry Road

The road starts from perunnai(from MC road). The junction is called Red square. The Head office of Nair service society is also in this place. Throughout the journey you can see paddy fields, river and coconut groves. In this road you can buy fresh fish(Karimeen) and duck. Home stays are available, there you can mingle with the villagers and taste the village cuisine in a better way. House boats with all facilities are a major attraction of the tourists. The journey through this road opens up the life of Kuttandu in a better way. Children playing and bathing in the water, ladies cleaning utensils and washing clothes in the canal and the flock of duck passing by...the huge mountain of hay and the smell of grain remind us we are passing through the major granery of Kerala where life is very close with the nature and its beauties.
The canal running parellel to Alappuzha-Changanacherry road is a man made canal(AC canal). KTDC is planning to exploit the tourism opportunities in this area. They had built a boat jetty in Manackalchira in perunna to allow the tourist for a boating through the rural areas of Kuttanad and then to Kottayam through this canal. The project envisioned a connection of the back water tourism to Highrange tourism. The dredging of the canal is lagging due to negligence of authorities. The canal ends in Pallathuruthy river. Flood is a part of their life, they did not even consider it as a national calamity. For a farmer every thing even the thoughts are in the natural way...
Some more images from Aalappluzha-Changanacherry Road

• Nellu
• Paddy fields
• Kuttanadu
• Kuttanadan Tharavukal