CenkuttuvanCheran Chenkuttuvan (சேரன் செங்குட்டுவன்; ചേരൻ ചെങ്കുട്ടുവൻ) (c. 2nd century CE), literally 'the Alluring Kuttuvan Chera', identified with Katal Pirakottiya Vel Kezhu Kuttuvan, was the most celebrated Chera dynasty ruler of the early land of Tamilnadu in early historic South India. The Kuttuvan is eulogized by Paranar in the fifth decade of Patitrupattu of the Ettutokai anthology (early Tamil texts). The Kuttuvan successfully intervened in a succession dispute in the Chola country and established his relative on the Chola throne.
TalakaduTalakadu is a town on the left bank of the Kaveri river 45 km (28 miles) from Mysore and 133 km (82 miles) from Bangalore in Karnataka, India. Latinizations of the towns name vary, but include Talkād, Talakadu, Talakkadu, or Thalakadu. It had over 30 temples, most of which now lay buried in sand. The extant group of temples, where the eastward flowing Kaveri river changes course as the sand on its banks spreads over a wide area, is a popular site for Hindus.
MannargudiMannargudi (மன்னார்குடி en tamoul, मन्नर्गुडी en sanskrit), Mannai (மன்னை) pour les puritains tamouls, est une ville du Tamil Nadu localisée dans le delta de la Kaveri (Chola Nadu), plus précisément dans le district de Tiruvarur. Mannargudi est proche de la ville de Thiruvarur et est célèbre pour le temple de Sri Rajagopalaswamy (Krishna) et pour le temple jaïn de Mallinatha Swamy. La commune compte parmi sa population une importante communauté de brahmanes et de jaïns, deux populations très peu nombreuses dans le reste du Tamil Nadu.
ManikkavacakarManikkavacakar, or Maanikkavaasagar (Tamil: மாணிக்கவாசகர், "One whose words are like gems"), was a 9th-century Tamil saint and poet who wrote Tiruvasakam, a book of Shaiva hymns. Speculated to have been a minister to the Pandya king Varagunavarman II (c. 862 CE–885 CE) (also called Arimarthana Pandiyan), he lived in Madurai. He is revered as one of the Nalvar ("group of four" in Tamil), a set of four prominent Tamil saints alongside Appar, Sundarar and Sambandar.
