01-19-2006, 10:13 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-ramana+Jan 19 2006, 09:55 AM-->QUOTE(ramana @ Jan 19 2006, 09:55 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->One thing to consider is that from ~ 200BC to 800AD the South was mainly Buddhist and Jain. It was the perseverance of the Alwars that revived the Sanathan Dharma and that survived the onslaught of Islam and Missionaries. The resistance to mainstream Hinduism could be due to this 'recent' non Hindu memory? And this was exploited by the others?
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Ramana,
The conversion (I am using that word for lack of a better word) of the Pallavas - Mahendra and especially his son Narasimha (Mamallan from Mamallapuram now known as Mahabalipuram) and their patronizing of Shavism (The adiyars especially Thirunavukkarasar etc) also contributed a lot to the revival of Hinduism.
I would say that the pallava patronization led to the strong presence of Shaivism in Tamil Nadu. Try Kalki's book "Sivagamiyin Sabatham" (The vow of Sivagami - a fiction+historical account of the Pallavas centred on Pulikeshi's invasion and the Pallava revenge on Vatapi- the Pulikeshi capital).
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Ramana,
The conversion (I am using that word for lack of a better word) of the Pallavas - Mahendra and especially his son Narasimha (Mamallan from Mamallapuram now known as Mahabalipuram) and their patronizing of Shavism (The adiyars especially Thirunavukkarasar etc) also contributed a lot to the revival of Hinduism.
I would say that the pallava patronization led to the strong presence of Shaivism in Tamil Nadu. Try Kalki's book "Sivagamiyin Sabatham" (The vow of Sivagami - a fiction+historical account of the Pallavas centred on Pulikeshi's invasion and the Pallava revenge on Vatapi- the Pulikeshi capital).