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Hello

 

I am curious to know who was responsible for each of these. The only one I

know is the last one, which Islamic Invaders were responsible for.

 

regards

 

Swami

 

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There are several other instances of book burning in Indian/Tamil history.

 

1. The deliberate destruction of ThEvAram right inside the precints of the

famed NatarAja temple of Chidambaram, because of which about 80% of the

songs composed by the famous Tamil Saiva Trinity (Appar, Sambandhra and

Sundarar; nevermind, the last two themselves were anthaNars/brahmins) were

lost forever.

 

2. As attested by none other than the great man U.V.Saminatha Iyer himself,

routine burning of Tamil manuscripts in temple yagnas was a common Vedic

practice in the Tamil country. I recall reading about KuntalakEsi, another

ancient Jaina literature, that mysteriously disappeared, never to be found

again - again as attested by U.V.S himself. One can only surmise how many

more Tamil Jaina and Buddhist literature were submitted to Agni during the

Bakthi era. U.V.S had to endure enormous condemnation from the Saivaite

circles for publishing Civaga Cintamani, another ancient Jaina literature.

 

 

3. The recent burning of Jaffna (in SriLanka) library, which housed

precious collections of the Tamil Saivaite scholar Arumuga Navalar.

 

4. The destruction of the ancient Nalanda library.

 

Vel Murugan

 

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