Thursday, 25 March 2021

Hoax Survey of Happiness Index !!!!

Hoax Survey of Happiness Index in the World!!!!


        In the last two decades, there are several types of country wise surveys that are being conducted across the World. Most of the surveys are funded by private organisations. Recently, a hilarious survey of Happiest countries in the World was reported and India stands at 139th place in the happiness index of 2020. Really ??!!! 

        
Happiness of one person varies from happiness of another person. In that case, how one can determine the happiness of a country based on some financial and few social factors ??

Leave this aside for time being and let us see about other aspects of those happiest countries in the world, which are contradicting to the survey. This blog will disclose the true colour of these surveys.. 

Here are the most contradicting survey data...

The top happiest countries are there in top depressed countries, top unfaithful countries, most anti depression pill consuming countries...

Isn't it contradicting with happiness ??? Check out below pictures for more references...


Countries that are circled are top happiest countries in the world. 



Why did Apple CEO came to India when he was in depression ???

He himself said that he gained spiritual experience and peacefulness during his visit in India. He went in search of inner calling or spiritual enlightenment. He spent a pretty good time in India for nearly 4 to 7 months and returned home with a shaved head, in an Indian attire. Whatever experience he had in India, made a mark upon his life.

 Why many foreigners are coming to India when they are in stress and depression ??

The most happiest countries are the ones which is consuming more anti depression pills. Isn't it strange ???

Let us see Which country is consuming the most anti depression pills???



More different aspects about those happy countries that I'm leaving it up to the intelligence of readers...

CountryMost happiest CountryMost Depressed CountryMost Unfaithful nationalitiesNon marital baby births
(2018 data)
Divorce rates
FinlandRank 1Rank 10 (36 %)44.60%54.46%
DenmarkRank 2Rank 2 (46 %)54.2 %55.33 %
NorwayRank 5Rank 10 (10%)Rank 6 (41%)
NetherlandsRank 6Rank 8 (14%)51.90%50.99%
SwedenRank 7Rank 7 (18%)54.5 %
New ZealandRank 8Rank 6 (23%)42 %
LuxembourgRank 1039.50%87 %
AustriaRank 941.30%


So, according to the happiness index, if a country takes more anti depression pills, not in a family, not faithful, more divorce rates, more non martial baby births are qualified to be in top 10 on happiest countries.  

Wow !!! Then, India can never be part of such happiest country list !!

Satisfaction is a key point in Happiness. Now, let us see which countries are having more job satisfaction ?? 


Now, let us see about some financial side of countries during this pandemic 2020..


Below picture shows the covid impact growth across countries 2020 and its future GDP projection 2021, where China and India are top 2 countries which has 9.2 and 7.4 % respectively. Other countries have predicted lesser GDP, but they ranked better in happiness index compared to India. 



One can compare unemployment, GDP projection records with the happiness index report below. Example France, Japan, Uk, Saudi Arabia..



Still how many hoax surveys will be conducted to defame a nation??? By taking a small set of people, with a standard questions and per capita GDP doesn't define the happiness of the country. The 'per capita GDP' is not a good factor to measure the happiness of a country. 

    India is a much diversified, spiritual, cultured and happy country in the world. India has the least number of divorce rates. While travelling in India, in every 50 kilo meter, you will get to see different culture, colours, different attires, different language and traditions. It will be so vibrant to see that one can never get bored off. 

In India, there are many temples in the proximity of every 5 km, where people daily visit temple for peacefulness and inner happiness. There are thousands of temples in South India and many architectural temples were built during ancient times. Temples are built for spiritual enlightenment, to gain knowledge, to create positive vibes, to get inner peace. India is a much cultured country that our ancestors taught good ethics, moral values and followed Sanatana Dharma, which makes one wiser and to choose right path in the life. 

       India is a spiritual land, where people will be celebrating minimum of two festivals in a month, by visiting temples, praying and worshiping Gods. While praying, one gets peacefulness and calmness in mind, by letting out the difficulties, troubles and complaints to God. Thus it empties our mind and makes one out of depression. 


In India, every Indian irrespective of the financial status, will happily celebrate major festivals like Pongal, Diwali etc. Does all other countries have same kind of happiness ??? 

The most satisfied work people are Indians, the most cultured people are Indians, the most diversified people are Indians, the most spiritual land is India. Indians have much ethical and moral values in life. These fake polls and surveys with hidden agendas are self boasting about their own countries ( EU) and defaming Asian super powers. But, we Indians don't care a damn about these hoax surveys !!!


- Aarthi Thiyagarajan

Sunday, 21 March 2021

Tamizh kings and culture in ancient Iran - Hidden truths !! - Part 3

 Tamizh kings and culture in ancient Iran - Hidden truths !! - Part 3

    In continuation from the previous part of this post,

        In the last 2 parts of this post, I have explained more about the spread of early tamizh civilization in ancient Iran and stated several points to fall for it. Early Iran was once ruled by major and minor Tamizh kings, they have started a new tamizh society in Persia. The key points mentioned in the previous 2 posts are Ay kings, Malaiyaman dynasty, Malayer, Kalar groups, Parantaka Chola, Mamuniya, Pari, Lord Kartikeya / Muruga, Yazidis etc.... 

Tamizh kings

    Now, in this part, let me explain about remaining major facts which proves the existence of tamil civilization in ancient Iran.

6. Asuras

 Once upon a time, parts of iran was considered as the land of asuras.  Asura kings were considered with high respect, they were worshiped, where as gods (devas) were considered as bad and considered as their enemy. 

        A place in Iran also called as 'Hiranyapura' - The Land of Asura King Hirayaksha. It was an abode of Asuras, Danavas, Yakshas and Daiteyas. Iran was named after this asura Iranyaksha (as spelled in Tamizh ), as there is no tamizh letter 'ha'. To know more about Hiranyapura, reach out to


    Iran itself is a tamizh word, from the root word Iraniyan / Eraniyan, that is how Hiranyaksha was pronounced in tamizh. Since there is no 'ha' letter and 'ha' sound in tamizh, instead of 'Hiran', it was named as 'Iran' and tamizh was spoken by the people over there. 

        As it was the land of asuras, many places in Iran were named after them in tamil such as Suran, Suroo. 


Asuras in ancient Iran

'Suran' - Lord Muruga killed an asura called 'Suran' / 'Surapadman', Suran is a proper tamizh name.

Ghamsar and Kamazan - Asura Ghamsar / Kamsan killed by Lord Krishna in Dwapara yuga. In Sanskrit / hindi, Kamsan is called as 'Kamsa' / 'Kansa', the suffix 'an' (Singular) and 'ar' (Singular with respect) is used only in tamizh language and these places in Iran was named after asuras in a proper tamizh name.

Why these places were to be named in tamizh ?? Isn't having connection with ancient tamizhakam ???

7. Lake Urmia in Iran

     Lake Urmia is the endorheic salt lake in Iran. As this lake is near Caspian sea, the saltiness in the lake is due to the result of mixing sea water with fresh water. Archaeological excavations of the settlements in the area have found artefacts that date from about 7,000 BCE.  This salt lake is formed when the water flowing into the lake containing salt or minerals and cannot leave the lake, because the lake is endorheic (no outlet). The water then evaporates, leaving behind any dissolved salts and thus increasing its salinity, making a salt lake an excellent place for salt production.

     This lake is named in pure tamizh, but before going to the explanation in tamizh,  let us see what wikipedia says about the meaning of lake urmia.

From Wikipedia

"Richard Nelson Frye suggested an Urartian origin for the name while T. Burrow connected the origin of the name Urmia to Indo-Iranian urmi- "wave" and urmya- "undulating, wavy". A more likely etymology would be from Neo-Aramaic Assyrian-Chaldean spoken by the shrinking number of the ancient Christian population of the nearby city of Urmia, consisting of "ur" meaning city (even in tamizh, 'ur' means city), and "mia" meaning water. Together, the "water city", what Urmia city is: a city on the waters of the eponymous lake. "

Meaning of Urmia in Tamizh

In Tamizh, salt - is called 'Uppu / Uvar' and lake -  is called 'eri'. In pure tamizh it is also called as, 
  •     salty lake called as 'Uvar neer' - உவர் நீர் 
  •     salty sand is called as 'Uvar mann' -  உவர்மண்
  •     lands where salt is formed as 'Uvar kalam' - உவர்க்களம் 
Urmia -> Uvar + mann + eri = Urmaneri, which is then transformed as Urmari / Urmia

As the lake is endorheic, it is a kind of sink - means urinci in tamizh. 

களர்நிலம் - Kalar nilam means salt land.  Kalar is also a name of the village in Iran which is near Caspian sea. How was it named appropriately according to it's salty characteristics in tamizh ??

    This lake urmia is also considered as homeland for parsa / parsua tribes from India, after whom this land was called as persia. 

How did the lake was named using tamizh words which represents the same meaning about salt ??


8. Tamizh Sangam lanscape

    According to tamizh sangam literature, landscapes were classified into five divisions. 
  • Kurinji landscape - the hilly region, 
  • Mullai landscape - the forest land, 
  • Mardam / Marutham landscape - the cultivable land
  • Neidal / Neytal landscape - the sea-shore, associated with pining. 
  • Palai landscape - desert, associated with separation.

The kurinji and Neytal landscapes were named for some of the places in Iran, exactly as per the classification mentioned in the sangam literature 

Neital / Neytal (நெய்தல்) 

There is a place in Iran named as 'Neytal', which is near Caspian sea. As per sangam literature, neytal region represents sea shore regions. 

How did the place in Iran was named exactly according to the classifications of tamizh Sangam literature ??

Neytal tamizh place in Iran


        Each landscape has separate god to worship as mentioned in sangam texts. Kadalon is the water god, who was worshiped in Neital region. The inhabitants were known as parathavarnulaiyar and umanar whose occupations included fishing, coastal trade, pearl diving and salt manufacturing.
  • Parathavars  - were sailors and fishermen, 
  • Nulaiyar  - were the divers 
  • Umanars  - the salt manufacturers and merchants.

    Lake Urmia is near to this place and hence umanars manufactured salt and did salt trading. Their settlements were known as pakkam or pattinam, which were maritime trading ports. The headmen were known as ThuraivanPulampan and Serppan. 

Paravars are related to Parthians kings of Iran and Pandya Kings. The link between them will be uncovered in the next post. 

Kurinji - There is also a place in Iran named as 'Kurinji'. 

According to Wikipedia - 

" Kurijan is a village in Sabzdasht Rural District, in the Central District of Kabudarahang County, Hamadan Province, Iran."          

        Hamadan province is located in the 'Zagros Mountain'. As this place is near to hilly / mountain region, it was named as 'Kuriji', which is also matching with the description mentioned in the sangam literature !! 

Kurinji in Iran

        The places in Iran, Neytal and Kurinji are not only named in tamizh, but also matching with the landscape divisions mentioned in the sangam literature !!


    Another important point to be noted here is kurinji people's deity is Lord Murugan. In the previous part (part2), I have mentioned about Lord Kartikeya / Murugan being worshiped in Iran and many places were named after him. The reason behind that is wherever kurinji people had spread / settled, they worshiped Lord Murugan. 


Yazidi people were one of the kurinji people, as they inhabited near Caucasus mountains. 


        This is also confirming that there was an extensive tamizh civilization in Iran in the past, whose records were burned or destroyed during later period of time. Several thousand years before Iran was ruled by major and minor tamizh kings and so named many places in tamizh as per the rules of literatures, worshiped corresponding regional gods and followed tamizh culture everywhere. 


    There are more connections between Zagros mountain, Tamizh and Dravidian people. This mountain is home for the most ancient civilization in Iran called as 'Elamites'. Elamites expanded their region all over the Iran and Mesopotamia and their established their land in Iran called 'Illam'. In tamizh, Illam - means home, scholars are suggesting that the elamite language is related to proto-dravidian language.  


In this Ilam province, there is place called 'Aivan'.

From Wikipedia - 
" Gav sar - Eyvan, alternately spelled Eywan or Aivan. Eyvan is one of the counties of Ilam province in western Iran "

But, the truth is Aivan - denotes Ay dynasty of kings from ancient tamizhakam and their symbol is elephant. Ay group - means cowherd group of people and they were also called as 'Ayar'. They held major trading ports near south western region of tamizhakam and from there many expensive spices, herbs, medicines, precious metals, crops were exported to Persian countries.

   Interesting point to be noted here is, Ay clan was one of the significant major hill-chiefs of early historic tamizhakam (south India). More details about Ay dyansty and their relationship with Iran is explained in the first point of this part1 post.

Izeh also known as Malāmir is a city and capital of Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. In the Elamite period it was known as Ayapir and sometimes Ayatem. This is adding more strength to the connection between elamites of Iran and Ay dynasty kings of ancient tamizhakam. Ay kings were major chieftains and they ruled some of the regions in Iran, also served as a vassal for Pandya Kings.

Illam             ->   Aivan                  connecting ->     Ay dynasty 
Elamite Izeh ->   Ayapir / Idhaj      connecting ->     Ay dynasty 

Much more revelation about Illam, Elamites and dravidian connection will be uncovered in Kumari kandam - part 6 post.

        So, Iran was once ruled by tamizh kings, then what happened to the descendants of those tamizh kings and tamizh people over there???   It will be uncovered in my next post soon....


- Aarthi Thiyagarajan

Thursday, 18 March 2021

Another important discovery which proves Indus Valley civilization of Pandya kings !!

Another important discovery which proves the role (rule) of Early Pandya kings in Indus Valley civilization !!

     Recent findings in Mariyapuram and Uthirakosamangai in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu are revealing another strong connection between Indus Valley civilization and ancient Tamizhakam. A government school teacher K Muniasamy, has discovered remnants of pottery near villages in Uthirakosamangai (Tamil nadu) with inscriptions similar to those excavated from the Indus Valley civilization region.

Uthirakosamangai

The teacher along with his students Aruldoss and Vishal have discovered several sherds of pottery near a tank in Mariyapuram’s excavation site and 20 of these potsherds contained ancient inscriptions. The red and black potsherds have  some symbols engraved on it which is similar to those used by the Indus Valley people to depict numbers.


Potsherds with inscriptions similar to the Indus Valley scripts have been discovered in Uthirakosamangai in Ramanathapuram.


    
    Over the years, they had identified interesting artefacts including a microlithic tool, rouletted ware, black and red potsherds, iron ore, iron slag, hopscotches, terracotta stands, perforated potsherds, a spout of a terracotta kettle, lids, and even a broken piece of deer horn. This archaeological mound is spread over about 20 acres.



        Out of the 20 potsherds, 15 are black and red potsherds and five are red potsherds having signs similar to the numbers ‘125’, ‘137’, ‘365’ of the Indus Valley inscriptions. 


The number ‘125’ also looked like the letter ‘tha’ in Tamil Brahmi script, t

he number ‘365’ looked like a trident with a spot and 

 ‘137’ looked like a multiplication symbol.

        A similar script was also found in Keeladi where the seventh phase of excavation is in underway. 


Where is this Keeladi and Uthirakosamangai ? How it is related to Pandya Kings of sangam age ?


Keeladi is situated near Madurai, it is a famous archeological place which is unearthing several evidences for Vaigai civilization of ancient tamizhakam. Madurai was the capital of Pandya kings during third tamizh sangam, which is several thousand years before around 2000 BCE.



Uthirakosamangai is a tiny hamlet known for the oldest temple of Lord Shiva, who is also called as Mangalanatha Swamy. It is one of the pre historic place in Ramanathapuram district, tamil nadu. This land is the most ancient place such that scholars refer this place using an idiom that 'Whether the land comes first or mangai (Goddess Parvati) comes first ?'. In tamizh, the idiom is, 'Mann mundhiyo, mangai mundhiyo '.


Both the places Uthirakosamangai and Keeladi were once ruled Pandya kings, where Madurai was served as a place for Tamizh sangam and Uthirakosamangai served as religious place.

        Uthirakosamangai is the place where Siva transferred the secrets of Vedas to Parvati. 
Uthiram - means upadesam / teaching, 
kosam - means secrets, 
mangai - means girl, here it refers to Goddess Parvati. 

        Hence this place is known as Uthira Kosa Mangai. This Shiva temple was built by Pandya kings and it is one their important religious places during sangam era. 


Uthirakosamangai
Uthirakosamangai temple

        This temple is a much older structure as it exists today. The temple houses a rare ancient 6 ft (1.8 m) tall maragatha Nataraja idol carved out of emerald. It is one of master piece of early tamizh people. First known emerald were mined in Egypt in 1500 BCE, but this idol was carved much before that. 

        One of the important property of Emerald is, it is susceptible to chipping and cracking. So, how did the ancient tamizh people had carved Lord Natarajar statue out of it without a single crack ? What was the technology used to carve during that time?

 In temple, usually there will be a vibration of bell sounds and drums sound, so this idol will be always covered with sandalwood paste for the protection. On special days such as, during Mahashivratri the paste from the Natarajar idol will be removed, priests will perform Abhishekam rituals for the idol and the original green colour emerald Natarajar will be shown to the people.

emerald natarajar
Emerald Natarajar

Why Emerald Natarajar ???

        Because, emerald has a property to enhance intuitions. The soft and calming colour of emerald will allow one to relax and it is a medium to know the truth about Lord Natarajar. 

To know more about Lord Natarajar and significance of his cosmic dance, reach out to

        The Mangalanathaswamy Temple at Thiru Uthirakosamangai is considered the Kasi of the south. The ‘sthala virutcham’ (temple tree) in the temple is about 3,300 years old and this was proved in a research conducted by the State government. This proves that this place and temple us atleast 3500 years old, but actually it belongs to much earlier time i.e during second tamizh sangam period.

3500 years old tree


       Coming back to the topic, the entire tamizhakam was once ruled by Pandya kings, tamizh was spoken by all the people of Bharat, Pandyas had explored many places in the World. Sindhu river and its civilization is one of them. In my previous posts of Kumari kandam,  have explained about Indus valley civilization by culture, by language, by places and given many references such as meaning of 'Harappa', decoded seals, usage of fish and bull symbols, unique boats etc which proves that Pre Indus valley Civilization and Indus valley Civilization was survived by early Pandya Kings and tamizh people. 

    Reach out the post below, for more information about the Pre Indus Valley civilization and Pandya Kings. 


          Thamizhakam, especially southern regions were called as 'Then pandi nadu', meaning Southern Pandya's state.  Uthirakosamangai was one of the religious center of Pandya kings, which is very near to their ancient important trading port 'Kabadapuram' / 'Korkai', which was flourished during the period of second tamizh sangam. It was famous for rich pearls and the king was called as 'Kapada Pandya' !

Utrakosamangai

        Scholars have deciphered some of the Indus valley seals. One such seal had mentioned about kings name as 'Koodal Mannan' , ' Ko'. In tamizh, Madurai is called as 'koodal Nagaram' and the Pandya king who ruled Madurai is also known as koodal Mannan. 

    Koodal - means union / confluence of rivers , Mannan - means king. There is also a place called 'Kudal' in Pakistan, which is near Indus river. Hence, as I have mentioned in my previous posts, it's again and again proving that Indus valley region was ruled by tamizh Pandya kings !!

        Findings of ancient potsherd in Uthirakosamangai, historic Lord Shiva temple built by Pandya Kings, the major trading port near by, the rule of Pandya kings of Sangam era and the similar symbols of Indus Valley inscriptions in tamil nadu are the connecting dots. It is proved that ancient tamizhakam and Indus Valley civilization was once ruled by early Pandya Kings. Also, tamizh people have migrated from south to north and north western corridors, but not vice versa... 

Tamizh people were not descendants of Indus valley people. Truth is, Indus valley people were the descendants of tamizh people !! Tamizh civilization had spread across the world with prosperity and cultural enrichment !!



- Aarthi Thiyagarajan

Wednesday, 17 March 2021

Tamizh kings and culture in ancient Iran - Hidden truths !! - Part 2

 Tamizh kings and culture in ancient Iran - Hidden truths !! - Part 2


In continuation from the previous part of this post

        Several thousand years before, tamizh people have planted their culture in Iran, during the time of first tamizh sangam at Kumari kandam. Ancient tamizhakam and Kumari Kandam were the cradle of civilization in the world. Tamizh language was spoken by all the people in the Akand Bharat and all other languages such as Prakrit, Hindi, Bengali, Marati, Malayalam, Telugu and kannada were born much later. The ancient tamizh civilisation was ruled by early Pandya kings. They expanded their kingdom in all directions from India, they were the first sea explorers in the world, they had abundant wealth with rich cultural heritage, treasure lands, glittering ornaments, gemstones, minerals, cotton, silk goods, potteries, metal works, highly sophisticated trade centers, markets, huge rich palaces, majestic temples etc. Once, India was the richest country in the world. 

        
        Greeks used to purchase piece of gold from dravidian kings. From the south western ports of tamizhakam many precious species, rich herbs, medicinal plants, gold, silk goods and gemstones were exported to Persian countries. Were the ancient tamizh people did only trading with persian countries ??? 

 No !! During the submergence of kumari kandam, ancient tamizh people scattered in groups in different directions. One such group had reached Iran and thus they started a new tamizh civilization in Iran as well. So, they exported special goods to their own land to constitute a new tamizh society over there.  The greatness of ancient tamizhakam both inside and outside India were not credited, instead our history books gives much importance to the slavery period of India. School history books contains ample information about British people and Mughals, but failed to praise about knowledge, skills, architecture, science & technology, culture and bravery of our ancestors in India. 

    But, this blog will expose the hidden and suppressed glory of ancient tamizhakam (entire south india) and Akhand Bharat. The tamizh civilization in ancient Iran have more facts to fall for. I have given some facts in the first part, in continuation from the previous part, this part2 will uncover more details for the same...

3. Parantaka Cholan

Once, Ancient Iran was ruled by King Parantaka Chola of Chola Dynasty and there are some places named after him, which is still in use. Many historical details and records about Parantaka cholan were destroyed both inside and outside tamizhakam, only few are left. Interesting point to be noted here is, the word 'Parantaka' is also the name of Pandya king. 


        A historical record obtained from the ancient temple at Anbil near Tiruchirappalli, sung by nayanmars, which has fragmented documents dating back to at least 6000 years, informs that Parantaka instituted some services in the temple with one hundred and eight servitors. These servitors worked on ancient jaiminiya recension of samaveda and continuously performed many rituals like vasantayaagam, somayagam, atiratram, agnihotram etc. 

        Note the word Somayagam, i have mentioned about the same act in my previous post 'Hinduism in Iran', 

        Somayagam is a sacred rituals like Yagnas, an intoxicating drink will be given called 'Soma' after this ritual. Like wise, in ancient Iran, after performing their sacred worship 'Yasnas', they have a drink called 'Haoma'. Both the rituals and drink are same. So, it is proving that Parantaka Cholan had performed Somayagam in Iran as well and thus this tradition was continued by the later kings.

        Prior to Parthian empire, the people of this region seem to have been subjects of the Medes, and 7th century BC Assyrian texts mention a country named Partakka or Partukka .


In the later period of time,
 this region was inhabited by Parthian kings. Parthia first appears as a political entity in 
Achaemenid lists of governorates ("satrapies") under their dominion. 

      This means that Parantaka cholan have also ruled Iran.  Eela-kaasu and Eela-karung-kaasu are refers to coinages found in the Chola inscriptions of Parantaka I.

        What is the place called Mamuniyeh mentioned in the above picture?? 

4. Mamuniyeh - is short form of Mamuni Mayan. He is identified as an asura Maya Danava mentioned in ancient tamizh sangam literature. He is the founder of Vastu sastra, father of Mandodari and father -in-law of Asura King Ravana, he is the one who constructed Mayasabha for Pandavas in Mahabharata.


        The ancient first tamizh grammar work 'Aintiram' was lost due to submergence of first tamizh sangam at kumari kandam. But Mayan's Aintiram dealing with Vastu sastra has survived and it was published later.

    Also there are some more places named in tamizh such as 'Pari. In tamizh, Pari - means Horse, also Pari - refers to a great generous velir king Vel Pari, who ruled ancient tamizhakam. (Have mentioned about king pari in the previous part - part1)


        Pari's fame is described in Sangam literature as "முல்லைக்கு தேர் கொடுத்தான் பாரி" (One who gave his chariot to a climber plant). He is one of the Kadai ezhu vallal (literally meaning, the last seven great patrons). There is also a village in Iran named as 'Pariyan', here 'an' is a suffix refers to personal singular used in tamizh language.

    Also, there is a province in Iran called 'Markazi Province', scholars say that 'Markazi' means central in Persian. But, for me Markazi is sounding very similar to 'Margazhi', which is one of the important months in the Tamil calendar, which is between Mid December to Mid January in English calendar. It is also an important month for tamizh people, who woke up early in the morning i.e during Brahma muhurta time, takes bath and goes to temple. In the month of margazhi, waking up during the time of brahma muhurta and worshiping gods have many scientific reasons for one's mental and physical health. To know more about brahma muhurta, reach out to the link below,


Thus, we could see a lot of influences of tamizh culture in ancient Iran. The seed of tamizh civilization in Iran was sown by Pandya kings, they were the first ones to expand their culture over there.

5. Lord Kartikeya / Skanda / Murugan

        The ancient people in Iran were tamizhs, to be precise they were dravidians. Lord  Kartikeya is son of Lord Shiva and Parvati. Iranians worshiped tamizh deity Lord Murugan and named many places in Iran after him. Lord Murugan also called as Kandhan, Kumaran, Skanda etc. There is also a place called Saravan in Gilan province of Iran. 

        Lord Murugan married his consort Valli, Valli is the second consort of kartikeya and she belongs to a forest group called Kuruvar - a Tamizh tribes of Kurunji region (mountain region). 'Vali',  is a village in Khuzestan Province of Iran. Also,

Valian - also known as Velian is a village in Alborz ProvinceIran.

        
But, why did the Iranians worship Kartikeya / Murugan in Iran more specifically ??

According to Sangam literature, Tamizh landscapes are divided into five categories and each landscape is associated with a deity to worship. One such landscape is,

Kurunji Landscape - associated with - Kottravai and Murugan deity. So, hill people in Iran worshiped Murugan and named places after him. There are also many other places in Iran named as per the landscape divisions mentioned in tamizh sangam literature, it is explained and proved in 'Point 8' of 'Part 3' of this post.

Kandha in Iran

      
Peacock is the vahana of Lord Muruga, also peacock is a popular motif in Persian designs.

Lord Kartikeya / Muruga / Kandha




One example of a Persian community who worshiped the peacock were the Yazidis, who inhabited in Iraq, Syria, Armenia, Kurdistan, Turkey and Caucasus mountains. 

        The Yazidis worshiped Melek Taus, a peacock angel, an emanation of God and good. Peacock imagery adorns Yazidi shrines, gateways, graves, and houses of worship. In Iran, Iraq, Turkey,Armenia and Syria there is no peacock, i.e it's not the habituate land for peacocks, so how come peacock is famous over there and why are they worshiping it ?

    Actually, Yazidis are hindus who have tamizh roots and worship Lord Murugan, because he is the god for kurunji region (mountain region). Yazidis were from mountain region and Peacocks are originally from Indian subcontinent. 

Yazidi children in their temple shrine

The above picture found on the wall of hidden temple in Iraq, with yazidi children around.

Holy Symbol of Yazidi

        The common motif of peacocks of Yazidis and Murugan are symmetrically disposed on both the side of Cosmic tree - a feature taken from Persia which denotes the psychic duality of man drawing its life force from the principle of unity.

     For Yazidis, Pazhani temple of Lord Kartikeya in Tamil nadu is the Kula deviam (Family god), so yazidis worship him without fail, though they were forced to forget about their ancestors, religion, culture and history. 

'Palani tribe' one of the most powerful kurdish tribe in Iraq.  Why they are called as 'Palani' ???

Palani / Pazhani is the holy place of Hindus in Tamil nadu, where a famous temple of Lord Kartikeya / Muruga is situated on the Pazhani hill. This hill and the whole city is called as 'Pazhani', it is pronounced using retroflex tamizh letter 'zh' (like 'zh' in Tamizh). 

Pazhani temple at the hill top
Pazhani temple at the hill top

        This place was named after Lord Muruga by the poet Auvaiyar when she praised the god as 'Pazhani appa'.  'Pazham' - means fruit  + 'Ne' - means you -  together as knowledge fruit,  poet Auvaiyar praised lord Murgan as a 'well knowledged person'.

        Yazidis use oil lamps for worshiping with peacock on the top. This is similar to the custom followed in tamil nadu, the peacock lamp is called as 'Mayil vilaku' in tamizh.


According to the oral tradition of Yazidis, several thousand years before, the once lived in India and the later migrated to Persia. They also believe in the concept of Karma and rebirth, like Hinduism. 

        The Yazidi religion has absorbed many elements from Hindusim, within their religious framework they preserved some of the very ancient beliefs that is no longer surviving in any other religion. Yazidi's religion can be traced back to ancient Mesopotamia religion. Thus, it is proving that yazidis were from ancient tamizhakam and they were initially settled in Mesopotamia region before getting scattered to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, Kurdistan and Turkey. So, tamizh civilization have also started to spread from the ancient Mesopotamia region.

Yazidis were made to forget their history and forced to convert. They are considered as Satan worshipers. 

In August 2014, the Yazidis became victims of a genocide by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in its campaign to eradicate non-Islamic influences. This means that they known that they aren't muslims and hunted them down. 


        The reason that ISIS attacks the Yazidi community in this way is because they view them as pagan and polytheistic because they’re outside of the Abrahamic religions that have a written scripture.

    Joanna Palani, brave daughter of Iranian Kurds , who fought for kurds against ISIS, on the front line of Syria in 2016. Doesn't her surname reflect the tribal group 'Palani' ?!!

        These points are thus proving the existence of early tamizh civilization in ancient Iran, but the monuments, rich dravidian architectures, knowledge hubs, temples were later demolished after the conquest of Arab rulers. The major facts about tamizh culture in ancient Iran will be exposed in part 3....

--- to be continued in Part 3

- Aarthi Thiyagarajan