Kathir
People in Tamizh Mandalam is the only Classic Hindus, to be observed, followed by rest of India in their life time, to die as a true Hindu. It is the house of temples still vibrates the life energy to internalise. This is what the statement I am making, after travelling Western, Central, Northern and Eastern Part of India. Exceptions will always be there, here and there, of Dhams in Uttaranchal, Orissa.
1.Hinduism existed before vedas come into exitance. The religion contained - many specializations from construction to astronomy,
2.The visual form of Tamizh is Murugan or Saravana or Subramanya Swami - a Hindu God.
3.I am God; My first hero, my father is God; one of our role model in our extended family, my ancestor is Kuldev for our families. The soldiers in the borders, Ayyanars and Karuppa Swami and Pechchi Ammans and the Seasons, Mari Amman and Other Ammans are Gods. Is it not Hinduism?
4.When Bharat was invaded and their culture is bombarded - the conservative hindus with rich Hindu Culture migrated as far as from Saurashtra and as near as Karnataka to peaceful Tamizh mandalam (thanks to Chera, Chola, Pandyas) It welcomed them and allowed them to grow with their identity in tact. It also welcomed the traders from Middle Easts. While rest of the Bharat was busy learning languages of invaders, few undergone forceful conversions - Tamizh Mandalam is busy constructing temples and encouraging its arts, music, dances. That is the reason why as on date, Southern films are technically much superior than the rest.
The major points are common to nearby South Indian States, Andhra, Karnataka, Kerala and Pondi as well.
Edits on 24.7.20
Are Tamils are not Indus?
Like this, there are several myths, Tamils believe, unaware of their glorious history.
Political leaders with articulate speeches alienate them for their vote banks.
Here are the Myth Busters in the lighter note:
Myth 1 - Tamils are only Tamils, Hindus are not Tamils.
#There are Tamil Hindus, all Hindus are not Tamils; (88% of Tamils are Hindus)
There are Tamil Christians, all Christians are not Tamils. (only 6% of Tamils are Christians)
There are Tamil Muslims, all Muslims are not Tamils. (only 6% of Tamils are Muslims)
Myth 2 - Thamarai Malarndhe Theerum - Former BJP President Tamilisai Sounderarajan
# Thamarai Flowered in Tamil Nadu in 1947 (The logo of the CSI consists of a Cross superimposed on a stylize Lotus in a white backdrop.
Myth 3- Pankaj is the name of a Sanghi belonging to RSS kept his name in Sanskrit.
#It is the name of an Agmark Tamil Christian Protestant. Pankaj in Sanskrit means Lotus in English and Thamarai in Tamil. Protestants are not protestors of Sanskrit. Like Lebbias love Urdu.
Myth 4- Hinduism is dividing us into four varnas- Brahmins, Kashatriyas, Vaishyas and Sudras.
#Manu is not applicable to South of Vindhyas. It is applicable to a country, South of Himalayas and North of Vindhyas. Manu states all people South of Vindhyas are Sudras, you and I included.
Myth 5- Parpanars are Aryans
Ayyars and Ayyangars are Tamil priestly classes, with the respectable Tamil root “Ayya”. They are like Bishops, Priests, Deacons in christianity. Yes. They are like Lebbais in Islam.
Myth 6- Hinduism divide us by Caste
# Discrimination by race, ethnics and caste is worldwide phenomena. It will disappear slowly through education, urbanisation. Indian Government has implemented a tool in the form of reservation.
#Discrimination will again remain- as status by position, income, wealth etc and cannot be eliminated.
#Tamils are no exception divided by caste
- from A(yyar) to V(anniar) in Hinduism;
-RCs to CSIs in Christianity;
-Ravuththars to Maraikkayars to, Lebbias in Islam.
#At the subtle levels, everyone is proud of their heriditary and tools to break them are not sufficient, though money, status, power are breaking.
Myth 7 - Religion Does not Matter for Tamils
Religion within caste do matter. In certain communities the religious converts are perceived as outcastes.
CSI itself is an union of atleast Four. We faced Portuguese, Dutch, French and British and their missioneries converted locals for their work to loot our temple treasures.
Myth 8 - Ambedkar was a Buddhist
Ambedkar, an intellectual leader of Maharashtra who drafted our constitution was a Hindu. He condemned certain discriminations in Hinduism and threatened to change his religion alongwith his followers. Many religions gave presentations. He found all are not like his expectation. 30 years passed (like our Rajinikanth). On the insistance of others, before couple of years before his death, he has taken few points of Buddhism and formed a new religion called “Neo Buddhuism”
Myth 9 - Vandheris of Telugu, Kannadiga, Marathas and Saurashtrians by Vijayanagara Empire
History cannot be changed.
Tamil migrants are everywhere from Kashmir to Thiruvanandhapuram and Kutch Ship Building to Arunachal;
Not only in India - several countries across the globe. Many business leaders in US companies.
Not only in this century, from 9th century in South East Asia.
Last century we saw Nattukkottai Chettiars controlling Burma’s economy.
Sameway others migrated to TN.
Telugus, Kannadigas, Saurashtrians during Vijayanagara Empire from 13th century;
Marathis during Maratha rule in Tanjore in 17th century.
Ravuththars are Turkey descendants (Called Turukkars or tulukkars) migrated in 13th century.
Marakkairs are Arab descendants.
If we are proud of Malaysian Tamil or Sri Lankan Tamil, we should accept the contribution of these conservative Hindus of Telugu, Kannadiga and Saurashtrians contribution to our Culture, arts, language, temple construction and reconstructions.
Myth 10 - Vedas are written in Sanskrit. Tamil has comparable or better Literary.
#Agamas are prevedic. Translation from Tamil to Sanskrit and vice versa are very common those days.
#Kanchi was epitome of study and as famous as Nalandha, Taxila Universities. Sanskrit was a school of study in Kanchi.
#No one knows, which language translated the “treasure from other”. It is both ways.
If we are proud that Harward or any other foreign university accepting Tamil as a school of study after collecting a hefty fee, what is the problem with Sanskrit?
We must be proud that Kanchi was like Harward in those days.
Myth 11- Sanskrit is a dead language with native speakers of 25000.
Tamil is one of the oldest classical language spoken by over 7 crore people. It does not entitle one to criticize others who are well verse in both Tamil and Sanskrit.
Sanskrit is also one of the classical language of this holy land with abundant literary work of creativity at the best. Many of Hindu holy texts are written in this scientific language.
This is like Roman Catholics preserving their testaments written in Latin, an old classics.
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