Bhakti and Tamil Society

  • Jaya Verma Department of History, Dr. B R. Ambedkar College, University of Delhi

Abstract

The history of Tamil Nadu presents a succession of real, concrete societies such as the ‘Sangam, Pallava and Chola’. The present article examines the role of Bhakti Movement in shaping the conduct of the individuals who made up each successive society. In the field of religion one has find out the truth amidst Vedic oriented, Sanskrit aided, Brahmanic coined, canonic formed, Pallavan ushered and Nayanmar nurtured Saivism seeping peacefully under the Pallavas and later under the Cholas. The paper will evaluate the Sangam period as the transitional stage in the evolution of the life of the Tamils from the pre-historic period to the historic period. However, this continuity in evolution suddenly changes with the emergence of ethical works in the post-Sangam period

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Published
2016-12-31
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