Hindu Dharma Blog » Shiva http://blog.mamandram.org The Blog of the Malaysia Hindu Dharma Mamandram Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:57:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Swami Baskar Thondaiman in Malaysia http://blog.mamandram.org/2008/09/swami-baskar-thondaiman-in-malaysia/ http://blog.mamandram.org/2008/09/swami-baskar-thondaiman-in-malaysia/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:59:15 +0000 kanthan http://blog.mamandram.org/?p=54 Swami Baskar Thondaiman, a proponent of Saiva Siddhanta from India, was in Malaysia recently. He was interviewed by New Straits Times and the write-up will be available on Sunday, September 14. NST has a video clip of the Swami being interviewed, where he spontaneously burst into song.

He used the song to illustrate his teaching that everyone has a powerful inner energy and that anything is possible if this energy is awakened. He also suggests that all thoughts must be fixed on the Supreme Being. The song the swami sings a popular movie song on the mythology of Lord Shiva.

Video Clip – Swami from India who energizes people

]]> http://blog.mamandram.org/2008/09/swami-baskar-thondaiman-in-malaysia/feed/ 0 Animated Tales of Lord Shiva http://blog.mamandram.org/2008/07/animated-tales-of-lord-shiva/ http://blog.mamandram.org/2008/07/animated-tales-of-lord-shiva/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:27:15 +0000 kanthan http://blog.mamandram.org/?p=14 The company that produced animated TV series like Tenali Raman and Hanuman has announced it will be releasing an animated series about the Hindu god Lord Shiva. Toonz Animation says the series, to be called ‘Tales of Lord Shiva’ will feature stories and exploits of Lord Shiva, and is aimed at a younger audience.

from The Hindu
Toonz to animate tales of Lord Shiva

Thiruvananthapuram (Tuesday, July 8, 2008): After featuring Tenali Raman and Hanuman in digitized form, Toonz Animation India Pvt. Ltd. has now turned to Lord Shiva. Conceived, designed and directed entirely at Toonz, the series titled ‘Tales of Lord Shiva’ chronicles the unexplored stories of Lord Shiva in his various forms.

The series combines the captive beauty of narrative story telling and animation, punctuated with crisp dialogues to churn out a new format called the ‘Graphical Movie’ for television.

This unique format lends freedom for the production team at Toonz to experiment.

“The new format uses a simplified process that makes accelerates the production speed without compromising the creative requirements. It is a huge positive in this kind of work,” says P. Jayakumar, CEO, Toonz Animation India. “The visual and musical standards of the series on Lord Shiva make it a premium product,” adds Mr. Jayakumar.

“The look and feel vary widely based on the stories portraying Shiva in his many forms. Illustrations are liberally used to tell the story and combined with cinematic grammar to bring out the emotions and actions,” says Hari Varma, creative producer of the series.

The visuals in the series are enhanced by music and rendition by Hindustani classical singer and composer Pandit Ramesh Narayan.

The Tales of Shiva will be telecast in English and other Indian regional languages.

Toonz had earlier tasted success with its animation classics ‘The Adventures of Tenali Raman’ and ‘Return of Hanuman’.

The primary studio of Toonz Animation located on the Technopark campus here is manned by over 600 artists and technicians working on animated films in 2D and 3D.

Toonz is currently working on a 52 episode series with Canadian, French and British partners and a 72- episode series for Hallmark Entertainment USA.

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