At dawn the Kunnakudi looks ineffably ethereal and sublime, as if belonging to some other divine planet...

There is soul-soothing serenity everywhere...

A refreshing and revitalizing breeze is blowing until the crowds of people begin to throng streets and lanes..

The PS home is calm..(!?)

Mr.Pandian, the owner of the Pandian stores is busy walking from the hall to the entrance and back..

Lakshmmmiiiiiii....

Enna panreenga ellarum..

Ready aaneengala illaya?

L-Haan..Ready dhan nga..

P-Moorthyyyyy..

Ready ah thambi?

Moo-Haan ready pa..

He runs to his dad..

P-Paarra..Periya Manushan...

Pant satta laam..

Sari, thambi nga laam ready ah?

Moo- Jeeva ready pa..

Kathir ah amma kelapittu irukaanga..

P-Sari da..

Lakshmi..

Vaa ma..

Time aachu la..

Apram, unga veetu function, adhan late nu enna kutham solluva....

Lakshmi comes there with Kathir..

Vanten nga..

Adhukkula enna satham...

P-Pinna..Kelamba vendaama..

L-Ready nga..Polaam..

P-Ellam eduthacha..

L-Eduthache..

Kelambalam nga..

P-Thandai?

L-Eduthuten nga..

Jeeva runs there..

Appaaa..

P-Vaada..

Nee enna da pant potruka..

Jee-Nalla irukaa..

P-Super ah iruku..

Kelambalaam vaanga..

They lock the door and start..

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They reach MuP's home..

The home seems to be very busy..

People are gathered..

Mu-Vaanga Mama..

Vaa ka..

Vaa pa Moorthy..

Vaanga vaanga..

They all go inside..

The house is traditionally decorated..

The mango leaf wreathe is adorning the entrance..

The floor is filled with the rice flour beautifully..

The rangolis are decorated with colours and flowers..

L-Parvathy enga?

Mu-Ulla iruka..

Vandhuruvaa..

Neenga ukkarunga..

They all sit in the hall..

The hall is also well decorated..

The wooden cradle is placed on the center of the hall..

The handles are wrapped with flowers..

The cradle is filled up with a cotton saree..

The sacred bricks are placed in a way for the homam setup..

The priest is sitting in front of it and starts chanting the mantras..

He calls up Mu to ask paddy..

Mu-Dho varen nga..

He goes and gets some..

The priest spreads it over the floor..

Unga wife ah vara sollungo..

Naazhi aache..

Aarambichita apram paravalla..

Mu-Dho vara solren nga..

He goes and knocks the door of Pa's room..

Parvathy...

Iyer vara solraaru..

Variyaa..

P-Dho varen nga..

After few minutes,

She comes out with a baby in her hands..

Mu-Vaa ma..

They go to the hall..

The priest chants the mantras and asks them to make the baby to lie over the paddy..

So far, the baby was silent..

But after lying over the paddy, it starts pricking the tender body and it starts crying..

Moorthy being a teenager and have seen two brothers, can't find anything interesting..

But, Jeeva and Kathir find it too interesting as well as weird..

Jeeva can barely remember what happened to Kathir..

But, this is new to kathir..

Being a two years old boy, he doesn't know what's happening..

The small brain can't decode why the baby is crying..

Paavam, is all he could feel..

Pr-Kozhandha per enna?

Mu and Pa see each other..

Mu-Mullai nga

Pr-Mullai ah..

Mu-Aama nga..

Iva porandhadhukku apram veetla irundha Mulla kodi laam poothu kulunga aarambichiruchu..

Adhaan..

Pr-Nalladhu..

Kozhandha pera 3 thadava kaadhula sollungo..

Mullai...

Mullai..

Mullai..

As K is keenly noticing this, the name echoes in his heart..

Pa takes Mullai and the Priest asks her to drop M in the cradle...

She drops...

The baby stops crying..

M finds the toys that are tied to the cradle..

And the people who are surrounding her..

She just sways her hands and legs in the air..

The baby looks so cute..

The eyes are bright like stars..

They all move towards the cradle to see the baby..

Moo sees and moves..

Jee tags along with him..

But, K..

She is very funny to him..

He is the youngest of all till date..

But, he is seeing a baby who is younger to him..

He feels like his toy has got life and plays in front of him..

He remembers a toy like this..

A wooden girl who will shake her hands and head..

He slowly touches the hands of M..

It's so soft..

He can feel the difference between the toy and the baby..

He loves the softness..

By then, L takes the thandai..

Pottu vidava Muruga ipave..

Mu-Un virupam ka..

She does..

But the thandai is too big for the baby..

It runs way near her knees..

L-Enna ivlo loosaa irukku..

Pa-Irukatum nga..

Aasaikku konja neram irukattum..

Naan apram kazhatti vechikren..

L-Apa sari..

K is in his own world..

As she starts swimming in the air, the thandai comes off..

He feels it very funny..

Yen papa kazhattite iruka..

He mumbles..

He touches her feet..

It is as soft as rose petal..

He giggles on the feel they give..

He feels like she looks so cute in that yellow colour frock she is wearing..

The blinks of the eyes, the movements of the hands and legs, the smile she wears, he likes the baby very much..

Mu-Nee ulla eduthutu po Parvathy..

Neenga sapda vaanga..

He calls PS family..

Pa-Haan varom..

They move..

L-Kathiru..

Vaa da..

K tries to leave but she holds his finger tightly..

K-Iru papa..

Saptu varen..

He murmurs and leaves..

They all eat, spend some time and go back to home..

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Time-8PM..

P-Nalla nadandhuchu la?

L-Aama nga..

Nalla senjitaanga..

P-Sari, thandai dhan nu nenachadhu thappo..

Innum nalla senjiruklaamo..

L-Illa nga..

Eppadiyum motta adikradhu, kaadhu kuthu nu irukkum..

Senjikalam nga..

Enga poida pogudhu..

P-Sari dhan..

Aama, pasanga laam thoongitangala?

L-Hmm...Ipa dhan..

Kathir dhan sariyave sapdala...

Umm ne irundhaan..

P-Ennachu..

Odambu edhum..

L-Adhellam illa nga..

Edho sollala nu sollitu thoongitan..

P-Enna sollala..

Yaarta sollala..

L-Aama nga..2 vayasu pulla pesurathukku velakkam kelunga neenga..

P-Pulla sapdama thoongirukaan...enna di pesra ne..

L-Sariya sapdala nu dhan sonnen..

Saptan nga..

Kalaila anga saptadhu oru maariya iruko ennavo..

Naalaiku sariya poidum..

P-Sari vaa poi padupom..

L-Hmmm..vaanga..

They go to sleep..

Kathir checks the toy several times why it isn't so soft as the baby..

He doesn't find the toy interesting now..

He sleeps after sometime thinking about the softness of Mullai..

His Mullai..

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