Dhayam / Thanjavur kattam

Description about Dhayam / Pagadai / Thanjavurkattam :-

 

Dhayam is a board game played from ancient times in Tamilnadu. It is played by 2 to 4 persons at a time.

 

Skills; Mathematical skills, Memory enhancement,  Analytical Skills, Dynamic Thinking, Planning ability, Rapid  Decision making, Motoring Skills, and  Observation power in children.

 

Package Specification For Dhayam / Pagadai / Thanjavurkattam:

 

Model Name	Board Game -Thayam
Dimensions	12*12 inches
Sales Package	Handcrafted board, Dice 2 No, 16 coins (4 Green, 4 brown, 4 Red & 4 Orange) and Cloth pouch for coins.
Country of Manufacture	India
Number of Players	Four players

The Game board contains 7 X 7 square boxes. The center box of all four sides is crossed; it’s the home for each player.

In the next layer, four corners are crossed it’s the rest or safe place.

The Center of the box also crossed its Endpoint/ Goal.

 

Rules and Direction to Play Dhayam / Pagadai / Thanjavurkattam:

 

Goal:

Each player has 4 coins, move the coins from home to Goal. W ho reach all 4 coins first to the center is the winner.

 

Rules:

1) Roll the dice at your turn, if the value is  5 or 6 or 12 then you have another chance to roll the dice again. If it's 2, 3, or 4 then you have to pass the Dice to the next player.

2) At first, start when You put 1(thayam) then only you will be able to put your 1st coin at your home. After that, all other coins out in the game can bring back to the game when you put 1 or 5.

3) In all plain boxes only one coin is able to stand (even also same player coin).

4) It's a War, so a player can cut another player’s coin which is not in a safe zone (not in the cross box). The cut coin is out from the game. (You have a red coin in my home if a green coin is 3 cells next from your home and your dice value is three then You can cut that coin and play again) (Ref point no 2 to bring back the cut coin to the game).

5) At least a player should cut another player's coin one time to enter the next layer from the first layer.

6) Coins entered in the next layer have to follow clockwise root to reach Goal and coin can be entered to goal from the same direction of your starting point.

 

Moral of the Game Dhayam / Pagadai / Thanjavurkattam:

In Tamil, there is a proverb "vithiyai mathiyal vellalam", which means U can change your fate by your mind. Here the dice values are our fate and we manage to move all the coins to the destiny with Our mind without losing the coins to others.