The learned author explains why Tamils had struggled for Tamil Eelam and how Tamils who were the original inhabitants of Ceylon, now called Sri Lanka, were systematically reduced to second-class citizens in the island nation.

The Tamil area in India is a centre of traditional Hinduism.Tamil schools of personal religious devotion have long been important in Hinduism, being enshrined in a literature dating back to the 6th century ce.Buddhism and Jainism were widespread among the Tamil, and these religions’ literatures predate the early bhakti literature in the Tamil area. The classical civilization is traceable to … Ancient literature describes the land of Tamils as stretching from Tirupati, a sacred hill northwest of … Still many Africans use Tamil words in there language. Sanatana Dharma was in place in the South of the Vindhyas, even before Sarasvati Valley ,Harappan civilization.

While the Rig veda is dated around 5000 BC, there is a site with artifacts of advanced Tamil Culture, near Chennai and it is dated to be around a Million Years!

However, there is complete religious freedom. The Commission of Enquiry of 1845 commented that the Tamils were the best workers. The answer is Africans have Tamil (Dravidian) roots. General Weerasooriya is understood to have arrived in South Africa on November 30 in order to attend The article was first published in The World Sikh News in December 2007. They are considered to belong to the last surviving classical civilization on Earth. South Africa South Africa has a sizeable Tamil population ( more than 250,000 ). Tamils in Africa MAURITIUS has a Tamil population of 115,000, the larger bulk is from the southern state of Tamil Nadu who arrived there since 1727 to work in the sugar cane plantations. There are many places with Tamil name. Many Tamils still live in these countries, and the Tamil communities in Singapore, Reunion Island, Malaysia and South Africa have retained much of their original culture and language.

December 28, 2012, zubair, 1 Comment.

During the course of research about the spread of Sanatana Dharma throughout the world, I have come across some curious facts. Most of them were brought to South Africa by British to work in plantations. Tamils, however, are a significant minority group in Sri Lanka (about 3 million) and live in other parts of Asia, as well as Fiji, Africa, the West Indies, Europe, and the United States. Many Malaysian children attend Tamil schools , and a significant portion of Tamil children are brought up with Tamil as their first language. Famous Tamil People in History. They migrated to Africa before kumari kandam was destroyed. Tamil people refer to an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and northeastern Sri Lanka. Many in Cameroon. The South African Tamil Federation condemned the presence of the former Sri Lankan military general Srilal Weerasooriva in South Africa, due to his involvement in the "genocide of between 70,000 and 100,000 Tamils in Sri Lanka" and the Chemmani mass killings in the late 1990s. In South Africa majority of the Tamils have lost their linguistic skills, the language of communication and medium of education being English. Tamils, who constitute approximately 60% of Natal Indians, need to make serious efforts in developing contact with Tamil Nadu mutts, language and cultural organizations that have understood the needs of Tamils in South Africa 's multi-lingual and multi-cultural situation.