Kumari Kandam
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Kumari Kandam is a legendary sunken landmass to the south of Kanyakumari, at the tip of South India. Kumari Kandam has often been compared and identified with Lemuria in modern times.
According to Tamil Tradition, the Dravidians originally came from a submerged island, Kumari khandam, to the South of India. Epics like Shilappadikaram and Manimekhalai describe the submerged city of Puhar. According to the legend, there were two main rivers in Kumari Kandam, the Pagliyaru and Kumari River. There were also mountains. The first Tamil Sangam, Idai Sangam, was said to have been held on the now submerged land. Also in Ayyavazhi mythology, the Akilattirattu Ammanai tells about a sunken land at about 152 miles either south or south-east to Kanyakumari, with 16008 streets .It also claims that the Center of Origin of Human beings as the sunken land or the land surrounding it.
At Mahabalipuram, near Chennai, submerged ruins have been found in the ocean.
External links
- An Atlantis in the Indian Ocean (http://koenraadelst.bharatvani.org/reviews/atlantis.html)
- Lemuria (http://www.crystallotus.com/Lemuria/Index.htm)
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