06-12-2009, 07:38 AM
Regarding the Hill country Indian tamils, I read that they are constantly harassed by the sinhalese under the guidance of buddhist monks to convert to buddhism and declare themselves Sinhalese
I think historically, Sri Lanka was always a tamil land
even from pre-history
Even Vijaya landed only with 500 men and they married Pandya women
from Madurai
Even by 200BC, King Elara was able to invade with an army
Well before that, fishing villages from TN must have migrated to Sri lanka
by boat or by walking on Ram Sethu for thousands of years
What seems to have happened is that small scale tamil settlements
have been targeted by buddhist monks for conversion and switching language
In rural sinhala villages, the people follow a Pattini cult with its local pujaris, yet they declare themselves buddhists for political reasons
The sangh parivar, seems to think that buddhists are our friends, we have no friends
I think historically, Sri Lanka was always a tamil land
even from pre-history
Even Vijaya landed only with 500 men and they married Pandya women
from Madurai
Even by 200BC, King Elara was able to invade with an army
Well before that, fishing villages from TN must have migrated to Sri lanka
by boat or by walking on Ram Sethu for thousands of years
What seems to have happened is that small scale tamil settlements
have been targeted by buddhist monks for conversion and switching language
In rural sinhala villages, the people follow a Pattini cult with its local pujaris, yet they declare themselves buddhists for political reasons
The sangh parivar, seems to think that buddhists are our friends, we have no friends