Tamizhan History

Introduction We have many dravidian kings who are famous for their bravery and administration skills. One of such king is the world famous Raja Raja Chola. Raja Raja Chola who ruled over the whole of south India is considered to be one of the greatest ruler of the world. He was born as Arulmozhi Varman and he proclaimed the title Raja Raja(king of kings). He was crowned as the king of Chola Empire in 985 AD and ruled until his death in 1014 AD. He launched several naval campaigns which resulted in the capture of Maldives and Sri Lanka. He built the world famous Brihadeeswrar temple in Thanjavur. It was during his reign where the texts of tamil poets Appar, Sambandar and Sundarar were collected, edited and compiled into one called the Thirumurai. He initiated a massive project on survey and assessment of land in 1000 which led to the reorganisation of his empire into Valanadus. He was succeeded by his son Rajendra Chola.   Birth and Early Life Raja Raja Chola was born in...

Introduction If we go back and see the history of tamizhan we thamizhans could see we are good architects and artists. Arts and sculptures were at its peak during the Pallavas and Cholas period. In this blog let us see the truth behind the seven pagodas of the south. Seven pagodas is the nickname to the coastal south Indian city of Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram. The fact is that there were six other temples along with shore temple in Mahabalipuran built by the pallava king Narasimhavarman II which stands at the shore of bay of bengal.The Italian merchant Gasparo Balbi was the first to refer the term 'Seven Pagodas'. The other references were from Alexander Hamilton in 1744, Pierre Sonnerat. Pierre Sonnerat states that it would be the oldest temple on the coromandel coast. However there are no enough evidences to prove it. The reason behind the name seven pagodas was that there were seven temples including the Shore temple.But, due to erosion and floods it went inside the sea...

Introduction Tamizhan is the first race of Humans who originated on the hue enormous sunken land of Kumari Kandam.Kumari Kandam refers to the lost continent of Tamil civilization which is the oldest civilization in the world. An inscription says''Kal thondri mann thondraa kaalathe mun thondri mootha kudi thamizh kudi". This means the Tamil civilization existed in the world even before sand was born out of stone. It is also known as Lemuria. The concept of Lemuria was popularized by the English zoologist Phillip Sclater. Multiple ancient and medieval Tamil and Sanskrit works contain legendary accounts of lands in South India being lost to the ocean.  There were three Tamil sangams which flourished here. First Sangam flourished in the city of Thenmadurai for 4,400 years, attended by 549 poets. The Second Sangam flourished in the city of kapatapuram for 3,700 years, attended by 59 poets. These both cities were"seized by the ocean", resulting in loss of all the ...