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A Short History of Nadars-Dr. M. Immanuel, PhD (Extract from the original book: Dravidian Lineages – Nadars Through the Ages) Introduction The Nadars, popularly known as Santors, in Tamil, (Channan in corrupted Malayalam) had a very high, noble, glorious history, as Kings, Ambassadors, Philosophers, Sages, Warriors, Craftsmen, Artisans, Tradesmen and multi-Craftsmen. History indicates that they were worshiped even as gods!!(Amarar Puranam). How their glory as Kings and warriors had gone buried under the sands of time, is truly a mystery and is an important subject for deep research. Few decades back, in a Conference for Social History, one honourabe lady, a retired College Principal, made an abrupt statement that ‘there was no history for the Nadars’ before the coming up of the Christian Missionaries to India. Those words stuck to my heart like a sharp arrow. It was a big gathering of scholars, professors and authors, conducted at Nagercoil. But the lady did not have any answ...
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