Introduction : Late Tamil Christian Poet Sri. P.N. John Sundaram Desikar was a born Poet, creative Thinker, devoted Lutheran Christian and an Unsung Achiever.. He was a native of Govindapuram, Vaniyampadi in Vellore District . The Tamil Christian Lyrics written by him about Dr. Martin Luther's Reforming and Protesting thoughts deserve our appreciation and respect..Tamil Christian lyrics written and composed by Sri. P.N. John Sundaram are being sung throughout the world in Tamil Protestant Churches specially in Tamil Lutheran Church Services in Reformation Sunday. The last Sunday in October is celebrated as Reformation Sunday . Now-a-days Christians sing many wonderful Christian songs but without knowing the names of the Authors of such beautiful and meaningful lyrics or songs. . A review of Poet Mr. John Sundaram's Songs and profile will galvanise the readers and the Christian believers to thank God for such great Christian Lyric Writers and Composers. This concise Article on Poet P.N..John Sundaram will help the Tamil Lutheran Christians and other Tamil Protestant Christians to remember him and the lyrical contribution by him to Church worship service .
Tamil Christian Poet Mr. P.N. John Sundaram
Poet Mr. P.N. John Sundaram's Birth : Govindapuram near Vaniyambadi in Vellore district is a beautiful Village and in this Govindapuram Village there lived a blessed Couple and this couple gave birth to the Tamil Christian Poet Mr. P.N. John Sundaram Desikar in the year 1887 . The expansion of the letters .P.and N. which stand before his name is not known now and the expansion details of the Initials will be provided later .
Mr. P. N. John Sundaram'a Wife : Mr. P. N. John Sundaram married Ms . Esther and this couple was blessed by God with all the conjugal blessings and this couple gave birth to a cute female child by name Ms Mary Renjitham. Ms Mary Renjitham was the only child of Mr P..N. John Sundaram and Ms Esther John Sundaram .
Ms Mary Ranjitham marriage and her Children and Grandchildren : : : Mr. P. N. John Sundaram and Mrs. Esther John Sundaram couple's beloved daughter Ms Mary Renjitham married Mr. Solomon Jesudhas . God blessed Ms. Mary Renjitham and Mr. Solomon Jesudhas couple with all the conjugal blessings and this couple gave birth to the following children namely ;- [1] Mrs. Salma and she married Mr Sundaram and Mr Sundaram worked in the Indian Air force;[2] Mrs. Grace and she married Mr. Swaminathan and Mr Swaminaathan worked as a Teacher and retired as Head Master , and this couple's son Rev. P.G.S. Rajkumar is serving as an IELC Pastor in IELC Ambur Synod; [3] Mr. Martin Ebenezer and he married Ms Esther and this couple's third child Rev. Solomon Sidharthan is serving as an IELC Pastor in Ambur synod: [4] Ms. Kemp Catherine and she served as a Tamil Teacher in Government Hr Secondary Schools and now retired . Ms kemp' Catherine married Mr Loganathan and he worked as P. T. Teacher and now retired and demised ,[5] Rev. J. John Sundaram and he was also a great writer like his maternal grandfather Poet . Mr. P.N. John Sundaram and formerly he worked as the India Coordinator of the Lutheran Heritage Foundation. Mr. J. John Sundaram married Ms kasthuri and she worked as a Primary school Teacher and retied and this couple gave birth to the following children namely :- [a] Mr. Cherubin and now he serves as the India Coordinator of the Lutheran Heritage Foundation, Bangalore and [b] Rev. Meeha Maraivanan and he serves as an IELC Pastor and he married Rev. Dr. Nelavala Gnana Prasuna , B.D, M.Th, D.Th, and she serves as a Theology Professor at the Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai and she also serves as Regional Expression Officer for Communion in Asia of the Lutheran World Federation and Secretary for the Association of the Theologically Trained Women in India [ ATTWI]; and this couple gave birth to Rev Dravid Desikar and he serves as a Pastor in South Andra Evangelical Lutheran Church ,and [6] Mr J. Dravid Paravasam and he married Ms. Vasantha and this couple worked and retired as School H.Ms and this couple's son Mr Babu Ezhilvarman is working as Head Master in the IELC School for the Blind, at Bargur.. .
Poet P.N. John Sundaram was a born Poet : Tamil Christian Poet Mr. P.N. John Sundaram was a born Poet . He served as a Primary School Teacher at Vaniyambadi and he underwent one year Theological Training at the Concordia Theological Seminary, Nagercoil and served as a MELIM Lutheran Catechist in Vaniyambadi area. He also served as School Warden at Ambur . He loved Dr. Martin Luther and the Theological enlightenment brought out by Dr. Martin Luther. He imbibed the salient features enshrined in the 95 Theses written and nailed by Dr Marin Luther on the door of Wittenburg Church on the 31 October 1517 . Poet P.N. John Sundaram imparts the central message of Dr. Luthers 95 theses through his simple Tamil Christian Lyrics. Tamil Christian Poet Mr. P. N. John Sundaram Desikar wrote the following Tamil Chriristian Lyrics :-[1] METHINIYIL VETHA VITHI ....,[2] CHAKCHONI NAATTAN SASTHTHIRI MARTIN...[3] PAARULAHA MEETHINIL PERIYAVANAI...,[4] SION MAMALAIYIL VAAZHUM ISRAEL... [5] NITHTHIYA THUTHYA SUTHTHAPPARANAAR... [6] SATHYAMAANTH THEZHIVILA... [6] THIRUCHCHABAI SEERTHIRUTHAM CHAITHA NAAZHITHUVA.. ,[7] THUTHI THUTHI SABAIYA YESU ATHIPATHI NAMAIYA .. AND [ 8] VIRIYULAHAMA JANITHA VATHIYANA MARTIN LUTHUR,[ Hymnal, India Evangelical Lutheran Church, , IELC Publication, 2008, pages. 383 to 387].. And all these meaningful and melodious lyrics are being in Tamil Lutheran Churches in the services held in Reformation Sunday every year. . A genuine perusal of these lyrics will reveal the Poet's hold on Dr. Martin Luther's theses and Theology[ What is generally called as Lutheran Theology]. His Lyrics vividly and cogently reveal that by good deeds man can not be saved and justified in the presence of God but man will be saved by the grace of God through man's Faith in Jesus Christ. . .
Conclusion : Creativity is a rare gift given to man by God , Even though our Poet P.N. John Sundaram was not very highly educated in Theology but his grasp over the Word of God and Theses of Dr. Martin Luther was really marvellous, mind blowing and astonishing . He was a balanced and impartial Thinker and Man. Poet Mr. P.N. John Sundaram used to give impartial and wise judgements and solutions to solve the petty quarrels, disputes and petitions brought to his attention by the Village people in Village Panchayat meetings. So the Government noticed his judging capacity and integrity and appointed Mr. P.N. John Sundaram as a Honorary Magistrate to serve as Honorary Magistrate for 18 villages located around Vaniyambadi. Mr. P.N. John Sundariam served as a Hononorary Magistrate with great distinction, and integrity. Now he is no more with us. but he lives in our memories. because of his noble deeds and remarkable accomplishments He was a great Social Thinker and a great Egalitarian and he wanted equality and fraternity among fellow citizens and he played a pivotal role to conduct a district level social Conference at Vaniyambadi in December 1928, for the cause of social justice.. His lyrics and songs are very simple but beautiful and thought provoking and it will be gratifying to remember one fact here that the Former General Secretary of C.LS, late Dr. Dayanandan Francis had written an Article about Poet Mr. P.N. John Sundaram in his Tamil book Christhava Arutkavinjarhal, " and it is not possible to accommodate all of his accomplishments and aspects of his real life story within the space of this single Article We need a detailed Biography about late Tamil Christian Poet Mr. P.N. John Sundaram and hope one of his great grandchildren will accomplish that noble duty. I will end this Article with the following sentence, " Dear Poet Mr. P.N. John Sundaram , we thank God for you, and we are proud of you "
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By. P. Babu Manoharan, M.A,. [ All rights are reserved. This Article will be enlarged, modified, or corrected later if needed]/.
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