Tag: pandya temples, sculptors and paintings in pallava epoch

Arikamedu is an archaeological site in Southern India, in Kakkayanthope, Ariyankuppam Commune, Puducherry. 

It was a coastal settlement.

The Tiruppavai is a collection of thirty stanzas written in Tamil by Andal (also known as Nachiyar), in praise of the Lord Perumal, (Vishnu). It is part of Divya Prabandha, a work of the twelve Alvars, and is important part of Tamil literature. Andal is the only female Alvar among the 12 Alvar saints of South India. The Alvar saints are known for their affiliation to the Srivaishnava tradition of Hinduism. Andal is credited with the great Tamil works, Thiruppavai and Nachiar Tirumozhi, which are still recited by devotees during the winter festival season of Margazhi.

Agriculture and trade were the main occupations of the people in the Pandya kingdom.The agriculturists were called as Boomiputirar. The Pandyas were famous for pearl diving. The pearls of the Pandya empire were famous all over the world. The famous ports of the Pandyas were Korkai and Thondi.

The agriculturists were called as Boomiputirar. 
Agriculture and trade were the main occupations of the people in the Pandya kingdom. The Pandyas were also world famous for pearl diving. The pearls of the Pandya empire were famous all over the world. 

Madurai served as the historic capital of the Pandya kingdom throughout much of its existence, known as a center of Tamil culture and literature.

Thiruvasagam is a volume of Tamil hymns composed by the ninth century Shaivite bhakti poet Manikkavasagar. It contains 51 compositions and constitutes the eighth volume of the Tirumurai, the sacred anthology of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta.
Most of the portions in Thiruvasagam were first sung in Thillai Nataraja Temple at Chidambaram. It is considered one of the profound works of Tamil literature and it discusses every phase of spiritual path from doubt and anguish to perfect understanding in Shiva, from earthly experience to teacher-disciple relationship and ultimately freedom from rebirth.

The famous ports of the Pandyas were Korkai and Thondi. Pearl fishing was another industry that flourished during the Sangam age. The Pandyan port city of Korkai was the centre of pearl trade. The most expensive animal product that was imported from India by the Roman Empire was the pearl from the Gulf of Mannar.

Expeditions from the Khalji Sultanate in 1314 led by Khusro Khan and in 1323 by Ulugh Khan under Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq shattered the Pandyan empire beyond revival. While the previous invasions were content with plunder, Ulugh Khan annexed the former Pandyan dominions to the Delhi Sultanate .

The Greek historian Megasthenes, in his work Indica, mentions the Pandyan kingdom and includes legends linking its origin to the daughter of Heracles.

Madurai served as the capital of the Pandya dynasty, the southernmost of the three ancient Tamil kingdoms. It was a major cultural and political center in Tamilakam during the Sangam period.