The language of the divine

Tamil is a language only next to Sanskrit when it comes to divinity. Although it is said to follow the Dravidian script and not Devanagiri, which Sanskrit does, it is the next most ancient language of the world and one of the best, as its people would acknowledge.

Tamil Literature and Tamil language experts would know very well how many divine texts and medicinal books have been written in this language. It is said that Lord Hanuman was originally born in Tamil Nadu and Tamil was his first language. His birthplace, Anjaneri, as per sources is located in Maharashtra, however Tamils and other south Indians consider Suseendram or Suchindram as the place where he was born.

As per Wikipedia,

“Suchindrum is a temple town situated in the southern most district of Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu State, India. It is 11 km from Kanyakumari city and 7 km from Nagarcoil town 70 km from adjacent Tirunelveli district and approximately 85 km fromTrivandrum city. The town of Suchindrum is renowned for the Thanumalayan Temple and was an important citadel of Travancore.”

Indeed, when you visit the places through which the holy Cauvery river flows by, the brilliance and fragrance of ancient culture and heritage can be smelt. The very herbal and medicinal “Thamirai Bharani” river located near Kutraalam at Tirunelveli is one of the oldest and most auspicious rivers said to carry several medicines in it.

Needless to say, Tamil is one of the oldest surviving classical languages of the world as well. The language also spoken by the inoccuous Ravana living in the then Lanka. Till date, Tamil is spoken in countries such as Srilanka, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Indonesia besides many others and the valuable variations in the dialect and slant is so amazing to explore, that a language lover would only delight in its beauty endlessly.