Songs for the Dead

Marana Gana Viji keeps traditional Marana Gana alive. He composes his own songs and has written own plays.Living in proximity with death has sculpted this intriguing man. A physically challenged boy forsaken to the streets by parents and society, he eventually found home in a cemetery, scrapping out a meagre sustenance by recycling the robes and the metallic remains from cremated bodies. And now, he's famous for his power-packed singing and his book Naan sanditha maranangal'. He opens up and shares his life story. This is the first part of the interview given to SBS Tamil.

MARANAGANA VIJI