Table Of Contents     What Are Agamas? Agamas refer to sacred Hindu texts recorded in various forms  collectively. T...

    Vishnu Periyalvar, an Alvar poet and saint, was given this appellation. Between the seventh and tenth centuries, the Alvars were a g...

Table Of Contents   Who Were The Sangama? The Sangama Dynasty    is a family dynasty in Ancient India. See the Vijayanagar ...

  Murugan ("fragrant, lovely") Primarily revered Hindu god in southern India. Murugan first appears in Tamil Sangam literature ...

  Manimegalai is a  Tamil epic poem composed as a sequel to "The Jeweled Anklet" (Shilappadigaram), linking the characters from ...

  Korravai is a fierce version of the Goddess who is adored in southern India and was thought to be an autochthonous ("of the country...

  Ilangovadigal is a poet who is known for writing the Tamil epic poem Shilappadigaram ("The Jeweled Anklet"). The poem emphasizes...