Marmadesam
| Marmadesam மர்மதேசம் |
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| Created by | Minbimbangal |
| Directed by |
Naga (Ragasiyam, Vidāthu Karuppu, Edhuvum Nadakkum) C. J. Bhaskar (Sorna Reghai, Iyanthira Paravai) |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Tamil |
| No. of episodes | 453 |
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| Producer(s) | K. Balachander |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original network |
Raj TV retelecast Sun TV Vasanth TV |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 1997 – 2001 |
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| Website | |
Marmadesam (English:Land of Mystery) is a Tamil mystery television series directed by Naga and C. J. Bhaskar and all series story was written by Indra Soundar Rajan. The series was originally telecasted between 1995 and 1998 on Sun TV and then on Raj TV between 1998 to 2001. It is being re-telecast in Vasanth TV since 3 August 2015, Monday through Friday at 7:30PM.
The television series consisted of successive episodes of short stories dealing with supernatural and mystery occurrences. While the stories are purely fictitious, they explore some extant beliefs and real-life traditions.
The main stories are:
Ragasiyam is the first of the highly successful Marmadesam series. This story is about the mysteriously healing Navabhashanam Lingams of Lord Shiva.
The plot opens with a small fictional village named Chitharpatti, where a temple of Chitheswarar (also pronounced as Sitheshwarar) attracts a large number of devotees thanks to its legend as well as its purported power to heal any known or unknown disease. An ashram adjacent to the temple, headed by Oomaisaamy (Charuhasan) is also a popular name, as it cures literally any physically or mentally ill patient.
The temple is closed from 6 pm every evening until 6 am the following morning. It is believed that Siddhars enter the temple past its closure for the day, and perform their rituals and prayers and leave before dawn, and anyone who disturbs the prayers of the Siddhars is done away with by the guardian of the temple, Kaalabhairavar, who is believed to guard the temple during the night in the form of a dog. This belief attracts a number of rationalists to the temple, who want to try and solve the mystery. One such rationalist, a journalist names Srikanth (Indra Soundar Rajan), hides in the temple when it is being closed for the day, in an attempt to find out what really happens in the temple in the dark. However, as if the villagers' fear is made true, Srikanth is killed by a dog while he is inside the temple. Hence, the entire village is convinced that the temple of Chitheshwarar is actually a den of heavenly Siddhas who pray during the night, leaving ordinary people to pray during the day.
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