Varmakkalai History

India is a land of various arts, most of them have disappeared over time. Varmakkalai, the mother of all martial arts which originated in Tamil Nadu is one among them which is slowly disappearing. All the other martial arts are direct or indirect descendants of varmakkalai. Tamil Sage Agasthiyar is the founder of varmakkalai who lived in the south-pothigai mountains (Kutraalam) which is in the southern part of Tamil Nadu ruled by Pandiya kings. His period is said to be before "Sangam Literature". This art existed in the spoken-form and he formulated and gave a written-form by writing in the palm leaves (manuscripts). after him other sages (siddhar) like Theraiyar, Pogar, Pulipani etc… have written other manuscripts. Following song is one of the evidence stating the origin.

"One good teacher is equal to million books"

Master (Aasaan) Rajendran has been practicing this art for more than 50 years since his childhood and he is a great exponent in this divine art. He is the one who taught this art to the Legendary actor Kamal Hassan in the "INDIAN" in Tamil & "Hindustani" in Hindi directed by Shankar, which became a blockbuster. He has been teaching this many of the students in Madurai (Southern District of Tamilnadu), this art is such divine art which has the capability to cure several diseases. "One good teacher is equal to millions of books", he is such kind of a man.

"The only temple for Agasthiyar, Varmakkalai and Nokkuvarmam"

Even Rajaraja Chozhan and other kings who learned this art used it only for their own selfishness, they even hid aasan agathiyar and made themselves prominent in the temples they have constructed. A country can only be won if war is waged during the reign of the king. If you want to wage a war, you have to have a intelligent and a qualified teacher. A country can only win if it has these. varmakkalai has been used in the warfare, they also used the Varma weapon system to attack with the Technique taught by agathiyar. Varma treatments has been used to treat wounds in war. Even in the glory of winning the war, the king is only praised.The writers were also ignorant of varmakkalai.

"Book about the only person in the planet who can execute nokkuvarmam and meitheendakalai in real life"

The book narrates lifetime journey of Master R.Rajendran on his quest to learn Nokkuvarmam, a highest stage of a Tamil Martial Art Varmakkalai. It is one of the ancient art that believed to have existed, he brought that back to life by sheer hard work for 50 years. He helped displaying it in "Indian" or "Hindustani" movie and various other mass media. This is his own literary work of how he attained the highest stage of Tamil martial art (both nokkuvarmam & meitheendakalai) which are not even explained in Tamil dictionary.