Abstract: Palani is one of the part of the Kongu Country. The early sangam works refer to Kongu as an independent territorial division. It was surrounded by the Western Ghats and the hilly regions such as, south of Mysore and included the present day districts of Coimbatore, Erode and Salem (excluding Attur taluk), Karur, Kulittalai taluk of Trichy district and Palani taluk of Dindigul district. The Sangam literature Akananuru and Purananuru mention this place as Pothini belonging to the Vel chieftain Nedu-Vel-Avi. Society of Palani is primarily a caste-ridden society like other part of India. Since the ancient times down to the present day, the caste structure of society remains the same, but the increase in the number of sub-caste is a phenomenon peculiar to any caste-based society. From the early day’s agriculture, weaving and trade were the main occupation of the people. Different religious families live Palani to develop secular attitude towards their counter-parts and they, live in complete harmony with one another.
Keywords: Palani, Vaiyapuri Nadu, Pothini, Idumbankullam.
Title: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF PALANI - A STUDY
Author: P.Valarmathi, Dr. R. Meera
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
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