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Shilajit or mumijo, Mohave lava tube, 2018. Shilajit (Sanskrit: शिलाजीत; lit. ' conqueror of mountain ', 'conqueror of the rocks'), salajeet (Urdu: سلاجیت), mumijo or mumlayi or mumie [1] is an organic-mineral product of predominantly biological origin, formed at high altitudes of stony mountains, in sheltered crevices and cave.
The Someshware temple at Madivala is one of Bangalore's oldest. There are a number of Tamil Grantha inscriptions on the outer walls of the temple. The oldest of these inscriptions dates to 1247 AD talks about a land grants "below the big tank of Vengalur" by a Veppur (modern Begur) resident.
According to Tamil tradition, the founder of Zen, Bodhidharma was born here. [5] [6] [note 1] In the 8th century CE, Buddhist monk Vajrabodhi, the son of a Tamil aristocrat, travelled from Tamil Nadu to the Tang capital of Chang'an, via Sri Lanka and Srivijaya, after mastering the art of Tantric Buddhism.
Kalladikodan hills are a range of hills immediately to the north of the Palghat Gap in Kerala, adjacent to the Tamil Nadu border.. Besides being a conspicuous landmark on the road route from Palakkad to Kozhikode, these hills are the source of numerous non-timber forest produce including Shilajit (called kanmadam—literally "stone-musk--in the local language), as well as numerous medicinal ...
Tamil copper-plate inscriptions are copper-plate records of grants of villages, plots of cultivable lands or other privileges to private individuals or public institutions by the members of the various South Indian royal dynasties. [1] The study of these inscriptions has been especially important in reconstructing the history of Tamil Nadu. [2]
Sivagurunathan Tamil Library, a private library, is located at Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. It has more than 25,000 books. It has more than 25,000 books. History
Even though the Tamil language saw a decline during this period, Cilappatikaram and Manimekalai, two of The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature were composed during this period. These epics broke with the Sangam convention of not mentioning the names or specific details of the characters, showing signs of growing influence from Sanskrit .
Tamilization is the cultural expansion of the Tamil people native to the southern part of India and the northern and eastern part of Sri Lanka. [1] [2]The Tamils traditional homeland according to Sangam period sources covered the modern states Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and southern parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, although ancient Tamil settlement were also found in Sri ...