Samanatham=Shrman(Jains)+Raktam(Blood):சாமநத்தம் that is Jains Blood : Place where worlds oldest and biggest human Massacre happened.
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Samanatham(சாமநத்தம்)= Shrman + Raktam (blood of Jain monks/munis) and now Samanatham.. Sharman = Jain (Jain in Tamil language)and Raktam = Blood.
Jainism is the worlds oldest religion on the earth. Jains were the followers of peace and non-violence. Jainism has great influence on legends like Greek emperor Alexander the great, Einstein Albert, Mahatma Gandhi.
The place Samanatham has very great importance in the history of Tamilnadu, especially Jain religion. Worlds oldest and biggest Human Massacre of 8000 innocent Digambar Jain monks/munis. If you google-wiki “Koon Pandiyan”, these are the first words you will read: “Koon pandiyan was a king who ruled Madurai around 7th century. He is infamous for his massacre of 8000 Digambar Jain monks/munis during his reign. Kooni” in Tamil means hunch-backed. “Koon” Pandiyan was a hunchbacked king of the Pandiyan kingdom with Madurai as capital during the 7th century. His real name was Arikesari Nedumaran, and thus he is also known as Nedumaran Pandiyan.
That was the time, specially from 5th to 7th centuries AD, when Jainism and Buddhism were very popular in South India and especially Jainism was main religion flourishing in Tamilnadu. Majority of the Tamil rulers and population in Tamilnadu were Jainism followers and later they are forcibly converted to dalits(now)and many feared and migrated from Tamil nadu to settle at Jain center,like Sharavanabelagola in Karnataka.
Famous among Tamil Jains are legend poet Thiruvalluvar who wrote Thirukural is a prominent Tamil Digambar Jains muni/monk/saint and his real name is Kund kunda Achrya who also written great Jain epic Samayasara. Many researchers in university have proved this across the globe.
KOON PANDIYAN’S ILLNESS fact/history: The hunchbacked born Jain king Koon pandiyan and his wife was the criminal minded Queen Mangayarkarasi, a saivite, after whom there was even a Tamil film made in 1949. When the king once fell ill, it appears that Sraamanaas/Samanars (Jain monks) were invited to cure him but queen did not allow Jain monks to successfully cure. The Queen then sent for the Saivite saint boy Thirugnana Sambandar (called Sambandar for short) who cured the king with black magic. The king got well and even his back became straight.
He then came to be called “Ninraseer Nedumaran” (ninraseer means straight backed). The cured king was forcibly converted to saivite by his Queen and Saivite saint Sambandar. Sambandar Saivite saint asked king to kill 8000 Digambar Jain monks as a reward for curing Kings illness.
The wiki entry on Koon Pandiyan says: “The King Koon Pandiyan and Queen Mangayarkarasi ordered to kill the Jain munis/Monks.
The Jain munis/monks were forcefully put over sharp, tall, conical structures in sitting posture. Their bodies were pierced by those conical structures, pushed them in big container of boiled oil and there dead bodies were fed to animals and vultures (See the above pictures and captions are historic proof of worlds oldest and biggest human Massacre).
Even now during the Chaitra month festival (April - May) this massacre is celebrated in Madurai by a Hindu Community”.
The local people are say that the ashes of the impaled Jains were spread in about 20 acres of land. The place is strewn with potsherds.
Even now many foreigners visit this place to research about the worlds biggest human massacred of 8000 innocent Digambar Jain monks/munis.
This village is well known for brinjals and cucumber. Samanatham Panchayat includes Periyarnagr, Ayyanaarpuram and itself.
Jainism is the worlds oldest religion on the earth. Jains were the followers of peace and non-violence. Jainism has great influence on legends like Greek emperor Alexander the great, Einstein Albert, Mahatma Gandhi.
The place Samanatham has very great importance in the history of Tamilnadu, especially Jain religion. Worlds oldest and biggest Human Massacre of 8000 innocent Digambar Jain monks/munis. If you google-wiki “Koon Pandiyan”, these are the first words you will read: “Koon pandiyan was a king who ruled Madurai around 7th century. He is infamous for his massacre of 8000 Digambar Jain monks/munis during his reign. Kooni” in Tamil means hunch-backed. “Koon” Pandiyan was a hunchbacked king of the Pandiyan kingdom with Madurai as capital during the 7th century. His real name was Arikesari Nedumaran, and thus he is also known as Nedumaran Pandiyan.
That was the time, specially from 5th to 7th centuries AD, when Jainism and Buddhism were very popular in South India and especially Jainism was main religion flourishing in Tamilnadu. Majority of the Tamil rulers and population in Tamilnadu were Jainism followers and later they are forcibly converted to dalits(now)and many feared and migrated from Tamil nadu to settle at Jain center,like Sharavanabelagola in Karnataka.
Famous among Tamil Jains are legend poet Thiruvalluvar who wrote Thirukural is a prominent Tamil Digambar Jains muni/monk/saint and his real name is Kund kunda Achrya who also written great Jain epic Samayasara. Many researchers in university have proved this across the globe.
KOON PANDIYAN’S ILLNESS fact/history: The hunchbacked born Jain king Koon pandiyan and his wife was the criminal minded Queen Mangayarkarasi, a saivite, after whom there was even a Tamil film made in 1949. When the king once fell ill, it appears that Sraamanaas/Samanars (Jain monks) were invited to cure him but queen did not allow Jain monks to successfully cure. The Queen then sent for the Saivite saint boy Thirugnana Sambandar (called Sambandar for short) who cured the king with black magic. The king got well and even his back became straight.
He then came to be called “Ninraseer Nedumaran” (ninraseer means straight backed). The cured king was forcibly converted to saivite by his Queen and Saivite saint Sambandar. Sambandar Saivite saint asked king to kill 8000 Digambar Jain monks as a reward for curing Kings illness.
The wiki entry on Koon Pandiyan says: “The King Koon Pandiyan and Queen Mangayarkarasi ordered to kill the Jain munis/Monks.
The Jain munis/monks were forcefully put over sharp, tall, conical structures in sitting posture. Their bodies were pierced by those conical structures, pushed them in big container of boiled oil and there dead bodies were fed to animals and vultures (See the above pictures and captions are historic proof of worlds oldest and biggest human Massacre).
Even now during the Chaitra month festival (April - May) this massacre is celebrated in Madurai by a Hindu Community”.
The local people are say that the ashes of the impaled Jains were spread in about 20 acres of land. The place is strewn with potsherds.
Even now many foreigners visit this place to research about the worlds biggest human massacred of 8000 innocent Digambar Jain monks/munis.
This village is well known for brinjals and cucumber. Samanatham Panchayat includes Periyarnagr, Ayyanaarpuram and itself.
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