Jainism in Tamilnadu

Not many people (even within Tamilnadu), India know that Jains are indigenous Tamil population. Although there are a number of Jain families who have migrated from the north that live in Tamilnadu  (especially in and around Chennai), the indigenous Tamil Jains have lived here for thousands of years. Jainism is called samanam (சமணம்) in tamil [...]

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There are more than two hundred Jain Temples and fifty Jain hills in Tamilnadu: Madurai, Thanjavur and Kanchipuram which have been the great cities of historical importance in Tamilnadu for more than 2500 years are also cities around which many of these Jain temples flourished.  Here is a list of  places in Tamilnadu that have [...]

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