Complex sentence: According to them, Kumari Kandam was the place where the first two Tamil literary academies (sangams) were organized during the Pandyan reign and the cradle of civilization to prove the antiquity of Tamil language and cultures.
Split into simpler sentences: According to them, Kumari Kandam was the place where the first two Tamil literary academies (sangams) were organized during the Pandyan reign. They claimed Kumari Kandam as the cradle of civilization to prove the antiquity of Tamil language and cultures.