Samayam in Tamil Nadu

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Samayam in Tamil Nadu
Links to pdf files:
Aiyanar and Aiyappan in Tamil Nadu
-- Lars Kjaerholm
Murugan worship in Srilanka
-- Pushparatnam
Ancient Tamils' view of Murugan
-- P. Thiagarajan
Murugan movement in Tamil Nadu
-- K.R. Venkataraman
The webpage is an overview providing some analytical statistics and articles related to Samayam in Tamil Nadu.
Samayam in Tamil refers to the world-view (gestalt or 'whole-ness') of people of their relationship with the paramaatman (param porul) as expressed in Tamil texts and socio-cultural traditions in Tamil Nadu, including tala-puranam (http://www.tamilheritage.org/uk/lontha/lonthain.html ) . Samayam is thus a fundamental framework for the study of Tamil heritage (தமிழ் மரபு or முதுசொம்) within the context of the heritage of Hindu civilization. Some examples of the sources for the sacred literature and traditions are:
சைவ தல புராணங்கள் (Saiva Thalapuranam)1.திருக்கூவப் புராணம் ThiruK KUva Puranam

2.திருப்பனைசைப் புராணம் Thirupanaisai Puranam

3. திருநள்ளாற்றுப் புராணம்ThirunallaRRup Puranam

4.இலுப்பைக்குடி புராணம்Iluppaikkudi Puranam

5.தீர்த்தகிரி புராணம் Theerthagiri Puranam

6.வீரவனப் புராணம் Veeravanap Puranam

7.திருக்குற்றாலப் புராணம் Thiruk KutRala Puranam

8.திருப் பேரூரப் புராணம் Thirup PErur Puranam

9. சீக்காளத்தி புராணம Cikkalatti Puranam

10. சித்திர சபாபதி மாலை Chitra Sabapathy Maalai

11. திருமயிலை புராணம் Thirumayilai Puranam

12. உப்பூர் புராணம் Uppoor Puranam

13. திருக்காளத்தி புராணம் ThirukKalathi Puranam

14. இறைவாச நல்லூர் தல புராணம் Iraivasa Nallur Thalapuranam

15. திருவண்ணாமலை திருவருட்பதிகம்ThiruvaNamalai Thiruvadutpathikam

16. சோணாச்சல சதகம்Chonachala SathaKam

17. சோணாச்சல வெண்பா்Chonachala Venpa

18. உண்ணாமுலையம்மை பிள்ளைத்தமிழ்்UNamulayaMai Pilaithamiz

19. கார்திகை தீப வெண்பா Karthikai Theeba Venpa

வைஷ்ணவ தலபுராணங்கள்Vaishnava Thalapuranam

1.0 Azhakar Koil Collections

1.1 திருமால் இருஞ்சோலை Thirumalirunjolaima lai

1.2 அழகர் கலம்பகம்Azhakar Kalambakam

1.3 அழகர் அந்தாதிAzhakar AnthathiList of Books on history of Temples of Tamilnadu

n சுவடியியல் Manuscriptology
Samayam has thus two clear dimensions

1) metaphysical view, exemplified by six darshanas, siddhas and enlightened aatman like Ramana and

2) forms and focus of worship, pilgrimages, prayers exemplified by varieties of temples and pilgrimage places such as Setubandha Rameshwaram where people venerate their ancestors by a sacred bath in the sacred Setu or the millions who visit Tirumala or Sabarimala.

Both the dimensions will have to be understood with clarity to delineate a true history of Samayam in Tamil Nadu.

Some of the articles in English have also been translated into Tamil. It will be helpful if all the articles in English are also translated into Tamil and made available widely within Tamil Nadu and to reach out to all Tamil-speaking people all over the world.

It is also necessary to review works such as those of Sri Sudarshanam Iyengar, 'Sanka kala tamizhar samayam', ' saathi matha aaraaycchi'

Village gods and heroes - worship of Hero Stones in Tamil Nadu, India
--R. Nagasamy

Religion census data in Tamil Nadu

Temples and Mutts in Tamil Nadu (HRCE)
Thaevara Vaiputthalangal Divya desams
The Skanda Cult in India: Sanskrit sources
-- KV Sharma
Skanda-Subrahmanya in Sanskrit Tradition
-- S.S. Janaki
Skanda Kumāra in ancient North India
-- R.K. Seth
Kārttikeya in Early Indian Coinage
-- S. Suresh
God Murukan as viewed by the ancient Tamils
-- P. Thiagarajan
Skanda Cult in South India
-- K. R. Venkataraman
Cult of Skanda-Murukan in Tamilakam; The antiquity of Murukan worship in Tamil Nadu
-- Ambikai Velmurugu
Murukan Worship in Sri Lanka: New Archaeological Evidence
--P. Pushparatnam
Antiquity of Murukan Cult in Ancient Sri Lanka: A Historical Perspective
--S. Kailash Sitrampalam

Vedic Roots of Early Tamil Culture
-- Michel Danino
Survey of Tamil & Sanskrit Dance Treatises of Tamil Nadu
--Virarajendra
The path of the Nayanmars
--Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
வேங்கடத்து நெடியோன்
-- Rama Ki.

Political - Socio - Economic-Surveys
--Gift Siromoney

Worship of the Goddess in Hinduism
-- Sarah Caldwell
Are Indic Traditions Polytheistic?
--David Gray

Links to pdf files:

Aiyanar and Aiyappan in Tamil Nadu
-- Lars Kjaerholm
Murugan worship in Srilanka
-- Pushparatnam
Ancient Tamils' view of Murugan
-- P. Thiagarajan
Murugan movement in Tamil Nadu
-- K.R. Venkataraman

Many onslaughts have occurred on Tamil Samayam during historical periods. Despite these onslaughts, Tamil Samayam remains vibrant even today because the marapu (heritage) is the very identity of every Tamil-speaking citizen of Bharatam.