From: kat@doe.carleton.ca (Kathiravan Krishnamurthi)
Subject: Re: kerala, eezham and Tamils, Was: Kerala -Excerpted Notes--Icarus.
Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 17:41:27 GMT

In <42360@ogicse.ogi.edu> partha@mse.cse.ogi.edu (R. Parthasarathy) writes:

>In article <kat.715534238@sarek> kat@doe.carleton.ca (Kathiravan Krishnamurthi) writes:
>>In <Bu08yL.4E7@ireq.hydro.qc.ca> srini@ireq-num.hydro.qc.ca (Srinivasan K.) writes:
>>
>>>In article <1992Aug29.001036.21574@colorado.edu> paulchem@tigger.cs.Colorado.EDU (Icarus) writes:
>>>>   excerpted from a book: Marriage and Family in Kerala. [Puthenkulam 
>>>>   Joseph, 1977]
>>>>
>>>>For centuries Kerala enjoyed an isolation guaranteed by nature. Situated in
>>
>>>K. Srinivasan  srini@ireq-num.hydro.qc.ca
>>
>>
>>keraLaa and ceylon. This epic is a very good refernce 
>>    There is truth about noninvasion of chera naadu. Also, greater
>>tamizh naadu upto vEngkadam-tirupathi escaped the mughal invasions.
>                                               ^^^^^^^^^^
>>The kings ruling these areas were strong.[ There is mention of
>>senkuttuvan defeating the aryas with the help of king
>>of magaadha on the banks of ganges.] Srirangam in tiruchi was
>>almost destroyed by the mughal invaders, I heard. But the mughals
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>>were weakened a lot by the time they came down south. Hyder Ali
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>>of hyderaabad-andhra planned to invade TN. He was defeated by
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>the british army-madras regiment(first army unit started by
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>english consisting of Indians). This will go in history as blessing in a sense 
>>that our southern temples were saved. But the british hegemony started
>>thereafter.
>>
>>regards,
>>
>>Kathiravan
>> 

>A few corrections are needed here. By the time the Mughals came (16th century
>AD), Senkuttuvan and Ilango were no more, having lived a few centuries
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i just mentioned that the earlier southern kings were strong.
>earlier. I guess you are referring to the invasion of Malik Kafoor, the
>eunach lieutinant of emperor Allauddin Khilji. His force was not weakned
>at all. He left a devastating effect on almost all over the southern
>region, even upto Madurai where a Muslim kingdom was established. If you
>go to big temples in TN, you will find tunnels which were built to
>smuggle away the deity and jewels to safer places during that time.

Thank God! they did not settle and rule us. 
>Hyder Ali ruled from Mysore and not Hyderabad. Hyderabad was established
>by one Quli who was a Mughal general in the Deccan area. As the Mughal
>empire collapsed, Hyderabad became a soveriegn state and remained
>so until the middle of this century.

>Southern temples are now dying out of ignorance and Kazhagams. There was
>on RM Veerappan in the AIADMK ministry, who is rumored to have swindled
>lots of ancient jewels and money from a number of temples in TN. It is
>absolutley disgusting to see people having absolutely no discipline or
>courtesy in our temples. It reminds me of flocks of cattle on a migration.
>People habe no appreciation for the beauty and the countless sculptures in 
>so many temples! 
              I think the govt. take over has really screwed the temples.
There was even a murder in Tiruchi in the 80's. The govt. official
incharge of the Srirangam did not cooperate with the corrupt guys
(some ministers and even a priest). This guy was killed for that.


anbudan,

kathiravan


>Partha sarathy