I am sharing my talk in Doordarshan (Podhigai) Tamil channel in a weekly programme on the idea of Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat.
It was a live telecast for an hour from 12 p. m to 1 p.m. on Thursday, the 12th October, 2023. I picked up the topic of how ancient Tamil culture encompasses Bharatheeya culture.
I began by talking on how the Tamil name for Jambudweepa was is vogue in Tamil literature to denote our country and how the the Guardian deity of this dweepa was located in Pumpukar of TN. I delved on the antiquity of Pumpukar and showed how the Bharatheeya culture spread from South to North.
I also spoke about why the kings of the three Tamil dynasties went to the Himalayas to hoist their flags. Then I talked about the language question - the human language (Manushya Bhasha) spoken by Sita of Videha and Hanuman of Kishkindha in Lanka. In the course of the talk I articulated how Shiva was the son-in-law of the Tamils, Rama, the son of the soil with Chola claiming ancestry from him and Krishna as the son-in -law of the Tamils. Other issues also were touched upon. The recorded version can be viewed here:
