Eminent historians have declared that the present Indian Ocean was once a vast expanse of land and on that land, South Madurai was the capital city of Pandian emperors.
First Tamil Sangam
In the ancient and glorious city of South Madurai , the First Tamil Sangam was founded by the Pandian Ruler, Kaisina Vazhudhi. Hundreds of scholars like Muranjiyur Mudi Naga Rayar graced this Sangam and carried on valuable treatises were produced by it. The pandian known as Kadungon Pandian lived during the last years of the First Tamil Sangam period. The city of South Madurai was destroyed by the ferocity and cataclysm of the ocean several 1000 years ago.
Second Tamil Sangam
Kadungon founded the city of Kapatapuram in the land between the two rivers, Kumari river and Pahruli river. With this capital, Kadungon Pandian again estabilished the Tamil Sangam and developed the grandeur of the Tamil language. This was known as the Second or Middle Tamil Sangam. At the time, the Second Sangam, the present Sri Lanka was a part of Kumari Kandam. Many great Pandian kings from Venther Chezhian to Mudaththirumaran, patronized this Second Tamil Sangam, founded in Kapatapuram. Many poets like Agasthiar and Tholkappiyar, adorned this Sangam, and wrote treatises like Agathiam, Tholkappiyam, Boodha Puranam and Isai Nunukkam. The North East monsoon is always due to the cyclonical storms and Poompukar and Kapatapuram, were lost before 2000 BC due to cyclonic storms that took place.
Third Tamil Sangam
When Kapatapuram was destroyed by the rage of the ocean, the Pandian Ruler, Mudathathrumaran founded the present city of Madurai and with this as his Capital, founded the Third Sangam. Many kings, from this Mudaththirumaran to Ugra Peruvazhudhi partronized this Sangam. Many Tamil Scholars like Nallanthuvanar carried on research in this Sangam. We learn from subsequent historical literature that these three Sangams flourished for thousands of years and were engaged in the development of Tamil. In the commentaries of Irayanar on Kalaviyal, in the expositions of the author of Tholkappiyam, and in the comments on some Sangam literature, many important particulars about these three Sangams are available. The Pandian kings had the title of Siva and the Thiruvilaiyadalpuranam talks about the great kings and ultimately they became Lord Shiva’s Epic. Similarly the King, Kumaravel Pandian, drove the Africans captured in South Tamil Nadu and drove them back in six battles. The six battles are even now remembered in Tamil Nadu as Arupadi Veedu – (1) Thripparankundram (2) Thiruchendur (3) Palani (4) Thiruthanigai (5) Swamimalai and (6) Pazhamudircholai.
Kandapuranam, the great epic of Tamil Nadu, has a lot of information about this.
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