The Sanatana Dharma was an intruder into Tamil Culture, it was imposed by the Brahmins who crossed over th India through the Khyber Pass, say the Rationalists and The self-styled scholars of Tamil.
Yes , it was imposed to such an extent that the early Tamil literature Ahanaanuru records that the Chera King Udiyan Cheralaathan offered Tharpana to the people killed in the Mahabharata war.
Emblem of Chera Kings, Tamil Nadu,Bow ad Arrow.
He also fed both the Kaurava and Pandava Army, as a Third Umpire.
Udiyan Cheral performed obsequies for the ancestors’-Ahanaaanuru 233
His contribution in feeding the army was acknowledged so much appreciated that he was subsequently called with Prefix ‘Perunchotru Udiyan Cheralaathan’
Perunchotru Udiyan means one who fed vast quantities of food to People.
It is said that sugarcane was introduced to the world by New Guinea.
Sugcarcane introduced by amilKing,and Ikshvahu.
‘Sugarcane is indigenous to tropical South and Southeast Asia.Different species likely originated in different locations, with Saccharum barberi originating in India and S. edule and S. officinarum in New Guinea. Approximately 70% of the sugar produced globally comes from S. officinarum and hybrids using this species. It is theorized that sugarcane was first domesticated as a crop in New Guinea around 6000 BC. New Guinean farmers and other early cultivators of sugarcane chewed the plant for its sweet juice. Early farmers in Southeast Asia, and elsewhere, may have also boiled the cane juice down to a viscous mass to facilitate transportation, but the earliest known production of crystalline sugar began in northern India. The exact date of the first cane sugar production is unclear. The earliest evidence of sugar production comes from ancient Sanskrit and Pali texts.’
Fact do no not support this.
Hindu Puranas state that the Earth consisted of Seven Islands.
For details please read my post.
The Seven Islands and Seas.
Continent/ Island
Ocean
Jambūdvīpa
Lavanoda (Salt – ocean)
Ghatki Khand
Kaloda (Black sea)
Puskarvardvīpa
Puskaroda (Lotus Ocean)
Varunvardvīpa
Varunoda (Varun Ocean)
Kshirvardvīpa
Kshiroda (Ocean of milk)
Ghrutvardvīpa
Ghrutoda (Ghee ocean)
Ikshuvardvīpa
Iksuvaroda (Ocean of Sugarcane Juice)
Nandishwardvīpa
Nandishwaroda
Goddess Lalithambika and God of Love,Manmatha hold Sugarcane in their hands.
Sugarcane abhisheka is performed for the Deities.
The ancestor and the founder of Lord Rama’s Dynasty,Ikshvahu name means ‘Sugarcane’
As I have posted earlier Ikshvahu’s ancestor, Satyavrata Manu,also called Vaivasvatha Manu,migrated from the South,Tamil Nadu with his sons to the North.
The Dravidas , people of the South,knew the cultivation of Sugarcane.
There is a mention of this in Tamil Poet,Avvayar’s poem on King Adhiyaman .
The Italicised portion means,’ you (Adhiyaman) has given the wolrd Sugarcane(Karumbu)
Tamils,Kannadgas and Telugus celebrate New year with Sugarcane, though the the first day of the New Year varies from the tamils for the Kannadigas and Telugus.
It may be noted that the Sanskrit word Sharkara is the root for the word Sugarcane.
Their first Thirthankara Rishabadeva (Adi Nath) was the one who taught the people of extraction of sugarcane juice. So he was known as Ikshvaku. Another version is that he took sugarcane juice after a year of fasting.( Jain Puranas)
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