Description About Paramapadham/ Snakes And Ladders (பரமபதம்) :-

Paramapadam is been played since Tamil epic period. It teaches the lesson that Life is full of Ups and Downs and only by consistent effort one can attain the glory. According to the current generation,  Its designed in such a way that all the Good attitudes push the man to the top whereas the bad attitudes bring him down. Kids playing this game understand the difference between Good and Bad deeds. The ladders represent virtues and the snakes represent vices.

How to Play the Paramapadham/ Snakes And Ladders:

Players place can start only when they get 1 (Thayam) when they roll the dice. The dice is rolled in clockwise direction or may also decide by all the players rolling the dice and the one who get the largest resulting number will take the first turn.

The first player rolls the dice and mark off the number rolled starting on the \\\\\\\"1\\\\\\\" spot on the board.

All players take turns rolling the dice and moving their markers. If the marker reaches the number which has bottom of the ladder he climbs the ladder and go to the top of the ladder and continue from there, and If the marker reaches the number which has the face of the Snake then he needs to go down to the box where it has its tail and continue from there.

A player gets an extra turn if he gets 1, 5, 6, 12 while rolling but he needs to move the marker each time he rolls the dice as he needs to follow the ladder or snake for each turn.

If the player gets three ‘6’ in a row while rolling he must return to ‘0’ that is the beginning of the board and should not move until he roll’s another 6 on his turn.

Moral of the game Paramapadham/ Snakes And Ladders:

Represents life is a combination of Good and Bad things. Teach us a great lesson like even though life takes us down due to a wrong move further we can try and reach the goal with consistent effort.  Its designed in such a way that all the good qualities lift us up in ladder whereas negative qualities will bring us down.  Kids playing this game naturally get know the difference between good and bad qualities.