Talk:Religion in ancient Tamil country

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[edit] Local deities

A little more coverage of the local deities would do good. There's a series on such deities in the Vikatan weekly (I think) under the title "தெற்கத்தித் தெய்வங்கள்". One could refer to that as well. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 16:29, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Sundar, I don't have access to vikatan (no online subscription either), so we may have to depend on someone else to read up the series you mention. I'll see if I can find some info elsewhere. The other missing piece is a section about popular beliefs such as hero-stone worship and other animistic beliefs. The Buddhism and Jainism sections could use more material too. I hope to get around to this article sometime, eventually :) Lotlil 05:41, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moved

I've moved this article from to Religion in ancient Tamil country, which is consistent with other articles authored by editors who have worked on this article (Agriculture in ancient Tamil country, Industry in ancient Tamil country etc.).

"Tamil Nadu" generally refers to the modern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, while the article beings with "The people of the ancient Tamil country...". According to the article ancient Tamil country, the area comprised of present-day Tamil Nadu and Kerala. utcursch | talk 08:44, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing the title. I was not aware of the first move, it wasn't just inconsistent with other articles, but was plain wrong. Lotlil 12:50, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Boodhargal

I am not sure if this is how it is spelt in English, but I remember reading in Manimekalai where Manimekalai (the Buddhist monk) involves in an open debate with people of various religions and sects and establishes (as per the text) the authority of Buddhism. The text, if my memory hasn't betrayed me, talks about a particular religion called Boodhargal, who are somewhat like atheist (or non-theist) in nature. Is there any details available on these people? Boodhargal which I remember derives from Boodhangal or the five elements, although they are not known to believe them as Gods. Cheers! ώiki Ѕαи Яоzε ^†αLҝ 06:36, 3 September 2007 (UTC)