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  • First Pandya Kulasekara Indra First Capital Korki Before Madurai

    First Pandya Kulasekara Indra First Capital Korki Before Madurai

    Tracing the genealogy of Tamil Kings of ancient times, Chera,Chola and Pandya is very difficult. I have, based on the dates of Ramayana, Mahabharata and references to these Kings, traced Chola lineage. Now, with additional inputs, I am in a position to postulate that the first Pandya King was Indra himself.This may sound weird. Unfortunately, evidences compel one to theorize thus.( In my earlier article I mentioned Vadivalambanira Pandya as the first Pandya King.That was based on available material at that point of time. Now, this article is updated with fresh information I have come by. Contributions welcome.)
    Meenakshi Amman.

    Based on references in Ramayana to these Kings, I arrived at four Pandyas.

    First King was Kulasekara Pandya, his son Malayathdwaja Pandya.Malayathwaja Pandya’s daughter was Meenakshi and she ruled Madurai and Her Consort was Sokkanatha also called Sundara.Veerapandyan ruled after Sundara/ Meenakshi, to be followed by Ugrapperuvazhuthi.He was followed by Abhisheka Pandya.

    The capital Korki was destroyed by a Tsunami during the marriage of Kulasekara Pandya. So his new capital was named as Kalyanapura.This was the capital of Pandyas before Madurai/Manalur.

    Please check out information provided below with links. This would give you the whole picture that the first Pandya King was Kulasekara ( Indra) and the dates are based on Ramayana and Mahabharata Mentions.

    Evidence of Korki is found in Thiruvaarur Devis name Korki.

    Detailed article on Korki and Thiruvaarur follows.

    இந்திரனே குலசேகர பாண்டியனாக அதாவது மனிதகுலத்தைச் சேர்ந்த பாண்டித்யமுள்ள அரசனாக ஆகி மதுரைக்குள் மணலூர் எனும் இடத்தில் அரண்மனை கண்டு, கடம்பவன «க்ஷத்ரமாகிய மாமதுரையை ஆளத் தொடங்கினான். இவன் வம்சா வழியில் அடுத்து வந்தவன் மலயத்துவச பாண்டியன். அடுத்தவன், சுந்தரனார். அதற்கும் அடுத்தவன், வீரபாண்டியன். ஐந்தாவதாய் வந்தவன் உக்கிரப் பெருவழுதி. ஆறாவதாய் வந்தவன்தான் அபிஷேக பாண்டியன்…..அதன்படி முதல் பாண்டியனான குலசேகர பாண்டியன் 1400 வருஷம் கடம்பவனத்து ராஜாவாக திகழ்ந்திருக்கிறான் அடுத்து மலையத்துவசன்.. இவன் வயிற்றுப் பெண்தான் நமக்கெல்லாம் தாயான மீனாட்சி. இறைவன், அன்னையைக் கைப்பிடிக்க வந்த சமயம் நிகழ்த்திய திருவிளையாடல்கள் இவன் காலத்தில்தான் நிகழ்ந்தன. அடுத்து சுந்தரபாண்டியன். இவன் காலத்தில்தான் வெள்ளியம்பலக் கூத்து நிகழ்ந்தது. குண்டோதரனுக்கு சோறு போட்டதெல்லாமும் கூட இவன் காலத்திலேதான் என்கிறது அபிதான சிந்தாமணி. ஆதாரத்திற்கு திருவிளையாடல் புராணத்தை கையில் எடுத்துக் கொள்கிறது.

    வாராஹி சித்தர்

    கல்யாணபுரம் என்பது தொன்பியல் பாண்டியர்கள் தலைநகரம் என்று கூறப்படும் ஒரு நகரமாகும். இதை குலசேகர பாண்டியன் என்னும் மன்னன் முதலில் தலைநகரமாக கொண்டு ஆண்டவன். இவனது முன்னோனான சம்பன பாண்டியன் கொற்கி என்னும் தலைநகரை மையமாக வைத்து ஆண்டபோது தன் மகனான குலசேகர பாண்டியன் திருமன நிகழ்வுகள் அன்று வெள்ளப்பெருக்கால் கொற்கி அழிந்து விடுகிறது. அந்த திருமண நிகழ்வுகளின் நினைவாக அடுத்த தலைநகருக்கு கல்யணபுரம் என்று பெயர் வைத்தாக புராணங்கள் கூறுகின்றன

    https://ta.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D

    https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-QpN1BDaS4cC&pg=RA2-PA50&dq=tenth+anantaguna+pandya+reign+rama&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dMkJT5-jEZDNrQfxhMnyDw&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=kula&f=false

    Now I have come across references in the Mahabharata that Lord Krishna broke open the gates of a Pandyan King Kulasekhara and killed him in a battle.( VII.11.398) and VIII.23.1016)

    ‘ Kulashekharan is said to be as strong as a bull. He is apparently killed by Lord Krishna, but although his son wants to avenge his father’s death, he is dissuaded from doing so by his well wishers.

    Krishna also defeated Chola King.(VII.11.321)

    Krishna defeated Pandya Chozha

    References in Ramayana of Tamil Kings.

    Now the Tamil Kingdoms of Chera, Chola and Pandyas are described by Sugreeva to Hanuman and Angadason of Vaali

    First Pandya King During Ramayana Expert Horse rider Vadimbalambaninra Pandyan 5100 BC ?

    According to renowned archaeologist C Santhalingam, a Tamil inscription found in a Siva temple at Senthalai in Thanjavur district revealed that a Pallava Chieftain Perumpiduku Muthuraaya, destroyed Manalur, the present Keezhadi site during 750 CE, which is located 15 kilometers Southwest of Madurai.

    The Pallava Chieftain Perumpiduku Muthuraaya ruled a portion of the present Thanjavur district from Senthalai between 750 CE and 840 CE. The Chola King Vijayalaya defeated him in 846 CE and laid the foundation for Chola kingdom in Tamil Nadu. It is a hypothetically arrived based on the inscription because the excavated site at Keezhadi is at the mouth of Manalur tank. As it was an industrial centre from Sangam age, the chieftain might have ravaged the place with the intention to weaken the Pandya kingdom by destroying its industrial potential,” said Santhalingam to DC on the sidelines of a conference -`Archaeology: footprints of Tamil History’, organised by Karuthu Pattarai here recently. https://www-deccanchronicle-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/nation/current-affairs/030617/keezhadi-finds-may-point-to-ravaged-city-of-manalur-santhalingam.html?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a6&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16413616474031&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deccanchronicle.com%2Fnation%2Fcurrent-affairs%2F030617%2Fkeezhadi-finds-may-point-to-ravaged-city-of-manalur-santhalingam.html

    Additional sources. Kandha Purana, Thiruvilayadal purana, Sthala Purana of Madurai, Thiruvaarur.

  • How Temple Deities Were Saved From Muslim Armies ,Kal Thirai, Stone Screen

    How Temple Deities Were Saved From Muslim Armies ,Kal Thirai, Stone Screen

    Lot of information about Indian History, most of us are unaware of. We do not know our ancient history,Our culture and in short our past.One such is the information relating to the Invasion and destruction of Hindu Temples by Muslim Invaders.This information has been withheld, suppressed by the Invaders and later the Secular rulers of India (?!).Text books on Indian History right from the scholl level make a coy reference to Islam Invasion and destruction, looting of Indian Temples ,apologetically in the passing.This article is not about the list of Temples destroyed by Muslims In India or about the Temples converted into Mosques.

    How did our ancestors save most of the Moolavars, Presiding Deity in The Sanctum, when the pillaging, plundering armies ransacked towns and Temples?

    On receiving information that invading armies of Muslim Rulers were proceeding towards a city, our ancestors built a stone wall infront of the Deity in the Sanctum, placed a duplicate Idol in front of the Stone Screen, called Kal Thirai, Screen made of Stone.This is how most of the Moolavar Vigrahas were saved from the marauding Islam Armies. In Madurai , the Moolavar of Meenakshi Amman was saved this way by the Sivachariars.The Siva Linga which was damaged by the Muslim army is kept in the Meenakshi temple.

    In the north, the Indian subcontinent had been conquered by the Delhi Sultanate. Muslim armies had begun raiding central India for plunder by the late 13th century. Between 1310–1311, the Ala ud Din Khilji’s Muslim general Malik Kafur and his Delhi Sultanate forces went deeper into the Indian peninsula for loot and to establish annual tribute paying Muslim governors.[41][42][43] The records left by the court historians of the Delhi Sultanate state that Malik Kafur raided Madurai, Chidambaram, Srirangam and other Tamil towns, destroyed the temples, and they were the sources of gold and jewels booty he brought back to Delhi.

    The Islamic invasion in the 14th century, states George Michell – a professor and art historian of Indian architecture, brought an abrupt end to the patronage of Tamil Hindu temple towns.[47] The Tamil Hindus revived these towns but in some places such as Madurai, it took a long while.[42] After the conquest and destruction, the Delhi Sultan appointed a Muslim governor in Madurai, who seceded within the few years from the Delhi Sultanate and began the Madurai Sultanate. This Sultanate sought tribute from the temple towns, instead of supporting them. The Muslim Madurai Sultanate was relatively short-lived, with Hindu Vijayanagar Empire removing it in the late 14th century. According to one poetic legend called Madhura Vijayam attributed to Ganga Devi, the wife of Kumara Kampana, she gave him a sword, urged him to liberate Madurai, right the vast wrongs, and reopen the Meenakshi temple out of its ruins. The Vijayanagara rulers succeeded, removed the ruins and reopened the temple for active worship.They restored, repaired and expanded the temple through the 16th century, along with many other regional temples. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meenakshi_Temple,_Madurai#Michell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhura_Vijayam

    Reference Jackson, W. J. (2016). Vijayanagara Voices: Exploring South Indian History and Hindu Literature. (n.p.): Taylor & Francis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meenakshi_Temple,_Madurai#Michell

  • Women Pandya Kingdom Madurai Meenakshi? Pliny Greek Historian

    Women Pandya Kingdom Madurai Meenakshi? Pliny Greek Historian

    Information relating to Indian history,often dismissed as Myths,gain acceptance of they are furnished by Western sources. Such information is quoted by me so that people might understand that Indian history is not a myth ,but fact as described in Puranas, Ithihasas Ramayana and Mahabharata and Tamil Classics like Sangam literature.

    Information found in Hindu temples are also a source of information as the Sthala Puranas. One can find Epigraphs in Temples which describe the date of construction of the temple,who built it,what grants were allotted bt the kings,details of festivals,family tree of the Kings…Sthalapurana is the history of the place where the temple is,reason for the name of the town/village,the background of the Deities in the temples. During my research of Ramayana and Mahabharata,I have found the Sthala Puranas not contradicting these Ithihasas in anyway,though ,at the first instance the Sthala Puranas might seem to be incredible. If one studies the Ithihasas and the so called Legends,one would no contradiction.

    There are two such instances that I am presenting here.

    Madurai, Tamil Nadu is reported to have been the home of Tamils from antiquity.Tamil Poets’ Conclave(Tamil Sangam) was held here , according to Tamil Sangam Classics.Madurai was where the Third Tamil Sangam was held,the first at Thenmadurai,the second at Kaparapuram and the Third at Madurai. Madurai is associated with Tamil ,Siva,Murugan,Vishnu as Azhagar and of course Devi Meenakshi, incarnation of Parvati.

    Her spouse was none other than Lord Shiva Himself.Her father Sarangadwaja,aka Malayathdwaja Pandian participated in the Mahabharata war,on the side of Pandavas. I have written on this with reference from Mahabharata.

    Meenakshi ruled Pandya Kingdom from Madurai. The kingdom was run by women.There is a saying in Tamil about who decides in a family’. It is customary to ask whether your home is Chidambaram or Madurai. Chidambaram is where Lord Nataraja rules,while Madurai by Meenakshi.It is also recorded that the Madurai Kingdom was run so well it was nearly a Republic!

    Greek Historian Pliny mentions tha Madurai was ruled by Pandya and the Kingdom was A Republic run by Women.

    Mahavamsa refers to this fact and it dates the period between 43 and 29 BC.

    There is another women ruler of Madurai,casked Allirani. She was married to Arjuna of Mahabharata and haf a son Babruvahana.She also ran Madurai as a Women Kingdom.She was an Amazonian Queen.Allirani is reported to have ruled from Madurai according Tamil Classics. But,Sri Lankan records show she ruled from Kudiraimalai,Gulf of Mannar.This is also recorded on some Tamil Texts and by Greek writers.

    The issue here is the location,Madurai or Kudiraimalai.I am searching for clinching evidence.

    But what about the reference of women Pandya Kingdom ?

    Pliny refers whom?

    Is it Meenakshi or Allirani,?

    Reference and citation. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=egY9AAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA181&dq=pliny%20pandya%20women&pg=PA181&output=embed

    https://books.google.co.in/books?id=zjTneAGmatsC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=pandya+heracles&source=bl&ots=WM629LMq9q&sig=ACfU3U0K9qaIgGGS87maybI61ky7C0t4Vw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT3M318uToAhVAzzgGHc-YCOoQ6AEwBHoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=pandya%20heracles&f=false

  • Linga With Meteorite Roof Madurai Meenakshi Temple VR Tour

    Linga With Meteorite Roof Madurai Meenakshi Temple VR Tour

    I have written on Shiva Temple,Thittai,Tamil Nadu,India,where the  Stone roof,made of

    Moon Stone drips water on Shiva Linga every 24 minutes.

    There are temples in India where the roof,Vimana is made of Meteorite.

    To my knowledge, there are three such temples.

    Somasundareswara,Madurai Meenakshi Temple,

    Hanuman Temple,Lonar,Maharashtra, and

    Shiva Temple atcThiriveezhimazhalai,Thiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu.

    In Madurai the roof of Somasundareswara is made of Meterorite.

    Somasundareswara,Madurai.image
    Shiva Linga,Somasundareswara,Madurai

    The legend has it that Indra,Chief of Devas built the roof.

    Tamil poems refer to this.

    This type of roof is called ‘Vinnizhai Vimanam,the roof made of Stone falling from the sky.

    Thiruvilayadal Puranam.

    ‘

    திருவாலவாய்க் காண்டம்
    நாற்பத் தொன்பதாவது திருவாலவாயான படலம்
    “தேனிழி குதலைத் தீஞ்சொற் சேனெடுங் கண்ணி கோயில்
    வானிழி விமானம் பொற்றா மரைவிளை யாட்டின் வந்த
    கானிழி யிடபக் குன்றங் கரிவரை நாகக் குன்றம்
    ஆனிழி வரைவ ராக வரைமுத லழிவி லாத“
    (2)
    திருவிளையாடற் புராணம்
    பாம்பு எல்லைகாட்டிய படலம் பாடல் எண் 2340
    “நுண்ணிய பொருளினு நுண்ணி தாயவர்
    விண்ணிழி விமானநின் றெழுந்து மீனவன்
    திண்ணிய வன்பினுக் கெளிய சித்தராய்ப்
    புண்ணிய அருட்கடல் ஆகிப் போதுவார்“

    4. திருப்புகலியும் திருவீழிமிழலையும்291
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    ஏகபெ ருந்தகை யாயபெம்மா

    னெம்மிறை யேயிது வென்கொல்சொல்லாய்

    மேகமு ரிஞ்செயில் சூழ்மிழலை

    விண்ணிழி கோயில் விரும்பியதே. 4

    38. சந்தள றேறுத டங்கொள்கொங்கைத்

    தையலொ டுந்தள ராதவாய்மைப்

    புந்தியி னான்மறை யோர்களேத்தும்

    புகலி நிலாவிய புண்ணியனே

    எந்தமை யாளுடை யீசவெம்மா

    னெம்மிறை யேயிது வென்கொல்சொல்லாய்

    வெந்தவெண் ணீறணிவார்மிழலை

    விண்ணிழி கோயில் விரும்பியதே. 5

     

     

     

     

  • Antarctica Land of Daksha Dhanavas?

    I have written quite a few articles on Lemuria,MU people who were the ancestors of the Incas,Atlantis ,Daksha, father in law of Shiva and the spread of Sanatana Dharma throughout the world.

    The one striking differnce between the Satana Dharma that was present in the west of India and towards the east to Australia and Newzealand.

    Lemuria Continent
    Lemuria continent and Mu

    While the finds in the west,beyond the middle east ,affirm the presence of Sanatana Dharma with the presence of Shiva,Ganesha,the eastern side of India reveals more of Rama and Lord Subrahmanya,called Murugan in Tamil.

    This is probabaly due to the presence of Tamils in Lemuria,which was their home and in MU civilization which was peopled by The Tamils.

    MU were the ancestors of the Incas and Maya civilizations.

    Please read my articles on these topics.

    Tamil classics of the Sangam Period speak of a Great Flood,Kadalkol and the Indian Puranas,Ramayana and Mahabharata also describe this Great Flood as the all the religious texts like the Bible do.Noah is found to be linked to Manu.

    Lord Rama,’s ancestor Vaivastwatha Manu lived in the south of the Vindhya Mountains before he moved to Ayodhya because of this Great Flood,where his son Ikshvaku founded the Iksvaku Dynasty to which Lord Rama belongs .

    Vaiwastwatha Manu meditated in Madagascar.

    Lord Vishnu’s marks are worn in the body by the Aborigines of Australia.

    An Australian tribe performs Shiva’s Trinetra dance even today.

    Sage Agastya is found in Newzealand apart from in Lanka,Indonesia,Vietnam,Cambodia among other countries.

    Fiji has links with Manu and Manu’s sculpture is in Fijian Parliament.

    Cambodia has a big Hindu Temple,The Angkorvat.

    Its design is based on Sri Chakra on its top.

    Thailand Kings have named themselves after Lord Rama.

    A Brahmin of Kaundinya Gotra from Kanchipuram,Tamil Nadu founded Cambodia,Vietnam and Thailand.

    Daksha ,Father of Uma ,to escape the wrath of Shiva hid in Antarctica.

    The Tsunami devored cities  of ancient.

    Tamil speaks of Poets’Conclaves held in the now submerged landmass of Lemuria/MU.

    These  Three Conclaves were called Tamil Sangams and the first one was held in Kapatapuram in the sunken mass and the Meet was presided over by Lord Shiva.

    Lord Krishna attended the Poets’Meet as a special Invitee.

    He also married a Pandyan Princess and had a daughter whom he married off to a Pandyan prince .

    Arjuna too married a Pandyan Princess.

    The second Tamil Poets’s Conclave was held in Then Madurai,now lying beneath the Ocean.

    Goddess Meenakshi’s Father Malayathdwaja Pandya fought the Mahabharata War along side the Pandavas .

    (The present Madurai where Meenakshi Temple is not the place where these events took place. I shall be writing on how and why Meenakshi Temple is in the present Madurai,Tamil Nadu).

    Meenakshi’s husband was none other than Lord Shiva in His Avatar as Sokkanatha/Sundareswara.

    Their .son Ugrakumara parted the sea by a Spear.

    There is another Tamil King who reclaimed land from the sea as also Parashurama.

    Yet another Tamil King drilled the mountain to irrigate land, by diverting a River.

    ‘The ancient Indians in South Asia and the Incas in South America said that there used to be a land in the Pacific known as “Mu” (Lemuria) whose people came to the Incas and taught them their sciences/knowledge. The island of Yonaguni of japan is very near the northern islands of the Philippines and it is East of Taiwan. There’s an underwater pyramid there but it looks more like a quarry of some kind and somehow similar to the stone works of the ancient Incas.

    One of the things that I find interesting is that some of the things mentioned by Zorra particularly about tall people (15 feet tall) are actually a story that was circulating in the islands of the Philippines even way before the arrival of the Spaniards. The natives said they have been seeing giants that usually appear at night or at sunset. Some of this giants even talked with people and they said they came from the mountains. It could be referenced to an underground opening like a cave. There are some tribes in the Philippines that are identical to an ancient tribe in Taiwan thats been there before the arrival of Chinese in Taiwan. And they have some similarities with Polynesians (Pacific islanders), Incas and Mayans. Everytime I read the message of Sheldan Nidle and mentioned words of Sirian (Sirius) language it amazes me because that language is very similar to the language in the Philippines. Selamat (Sirian) = Salamat (Tagalog), Balik (Sirian) is also Balik in Tagalog and etc. How could it be so similar that those words mentioned by Sheldan which are from planet Sirius of Sirian language origin are actually not only identical but also very similar in definition? Before I thought its just a coincidence but now I know that that alternative view of ancient history is more interesting and more sensible than what the textbooks says. I cannot say with certainty that this verifies the connection of the ancient people of the Pacific with Lemuria and that Lemuria is connected with Planet Lemur whose people came from Planet Sirius. But the circumstances and the similarities begs for more studies.

    ‘Another example is why is it that some of the ancient places in India and Sri Lanka have names of ancient Iberian language (Old Spanish)? There is no historical record neither in Europe and South Asia where people from Spain and Italy ever went to that part of the world thousands of years ago. The Dutch went there only a few hundred years ago and thats what we know because its recorded. I am partly Spanish and I can tell the words and names found on those countries that they used to name some of their ancient cities and regions did not originate from their land. How were they able to name those ancient lands very similar to the language of ancient Iberia? It is only possible if the Atlanteans visited India in the ancient times. This must be about the time beyond the seven thousand year period of Earths history.

    (   http://newdimension2012.blogspot.in/2012/12/some-thoughts-about-lemuria-and-atlantis.html  )

    And,

    The Rig Veda speaks of “the three continents that were”; the third was home to a race called the Danavas.

    A sunken land called Rutas was an immense continent far to the east of India and home to a race of sun-worshippers. Rutas was torn asunder by a volcanic upheaval and sent to the ocean depths. Fragments remained as Indonesia and the Pacific islands, and a few survivors reached India, where they allegedly became the elite Brahman caste.

    Now,the Dhanavas are,

    ‘The Danavas were the sons of Danu, who in turn was a daughter of Daksha. Danu is connected with the waters of heavens and she is probably associated with the formless, primordial waters that existed prior to the creation. The name is connected with the PIE root *danu, “river” or “any flowing liquid” and is associated with the Danu (Asura). Under the leadership of Bali.[1] and others the Danavas revolted against the Devatas (Devas).[2]Despite initial successes, the Danava were defeated by the god Vamana who in dwarf form deceived their leader Bali. The Danavas were not universally considered to be evil, individual Danava could be classified as good or bad.’

    Based on these and on the information that the emerging city in Antarctica,it may be postulated that the Anttarctica had Sananata Dharma connection as revealed by Geology,Tamils classics,History of Mus,Incas,Mayas.

    And this is reinforced by the Purana that the Antarctica wa the continent of Dhanavas.

    You may read detailed articles on each of the statements I have made by Googling the search term+ramanan50 as providing too many hyper links has a technical problem.

    I have not detailed the Ravana,Ramayana Connection as there are numerous articles.

    You may check them.

    Reference and citations.

    http://www.crystalinks.com/lemuria.html

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danava_(Hinduism)