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[9] [10] The capital city of Kanchipuram is described as a city of ancient might, fame, prosperity and abounding in religious festivals. [ 2 ] The poem is a source of cultural and sociological information about ancient Kanchipuram and nearby regions, along with the government and economic systems under Tamil chieftains.
The poem is generally dated to the late classical period (2nd to 4th century CE), [2] with some scholars suggesting it may have been composed a few centuries later. [ 3 ] The anthologies and poems of the Sangam literature have numerous references and verses to Murugan – also known as Subrahmanya, Kumara, Skanda, Kartikeya in other parts of ...
Sculpture of the Ancient Tamil Siddhar Agastyar who is traditionally believed to have chaired the first Tamil Sangam in Madurai. The Sangam literature (Tamil: சங்க இலக்கியம், caṅka ilakkiyam), historically known as 'the poetry of the noble ones' (Tamil: சான்றோர் செய்யுள், Cāṉṟōr ceyyuḷ), [1] connotes the early classical Tamil ...
Several scholars attribute all the poems in the later anthology Kalithokai to one poet, possibly Nallanthuvanār, and believe that they were erroneously assigned to five poets (Pālai to Pālai Pādiya Perunkadunkō, Kurinji to Kapilar, Marutham to Maruthan Ilanākanār, Mullai to Chōlan Nalluruthiran, and Neythal to Nallanthuvanār) due to ...
The Sangam Literature contains many anthologies compiled by ancient scholars, such as the Eight Anthologies comprising poems penned by more than 500 authors, preserving numerous literary treasures from the Antiquity that would have otherwise been lost to the modern reader. However, unfortunately, the same was not the case with several post ...
The poem is an important and rich source of historical information about the ancient Chola kingdom and its capital city. The Pattinappalai mentions the city's music and dance traditions, cock and ram fights, the thriving alcohol and fisheries business, the overseas and domestic trade among the Indian peninsular port cities.
Contributors to the Tamil literature are mainly from Tamil people from south India, including the land now comprising Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Eelam Tamils from Sri Lanka, as well as the Tamil diaspora. The history of Tamil literature follows the history of Tamil Nadu , closely following the social, economical, political and cultural trends of ...
Tirumurai (Tamil: திருமுறை, meaning Holy Order) is a twelve-volume compendium of songs or hymns in praise of Shiva in the Tamil language from the 6th to the 11th century CE by various poets in Tamil Nadu. Nambiyandar Nambi compiled the first seven volumes by Appar, Sambandar, and Sundarar as Tevaram during the 12th century.