Topic started by Ganesh Jayan (@ 61.11.78.61) on Mon Feb 10 11:09:53 .
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I think the best profession in the world is Sea fishing. The people go to Space for adventure, to learn new things. Even here also you can have that adventure, if you go for Fishing..
Sea itself is a great enticing Expanse....Fish is a protein rich food, having iodine. Hence the fisherman all round the world will be tall, having less heart disease and enjoying better health. Though I am not born as fisherman, when I walk through the coasts of Tuticorin or move with the Mapla people in coastal Kerala or going through the Kasimedu...
Sea gets mention in almost Azhwars songs. The ancient Pandiyans were a sea faring community, with Fish as their flag. Will post later..

Regards,
Jayan

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• From: mmc (@ netcache.spectranet.com) on: Thu Feb 20 13:34:31
  
  Nice info.
  
  Generally the fishermen in tamilnadu couldve been instrumental in raising the glorious flags of cholas ,pandyas across the oceans.
  
  But it may be true of fishermen of certain areas only.As far as I know, the kanyakumari fishermen were neither proficient in these things nor proficient in pearl extraction.These mightve been done by fishing communities of other regions of tamilnadu.
  
  
  
  
  
• From: :)punnahai (@ 24.150.35.51) on: Thu Feb 20 14:36:37
  
  According to local traditions, a branch of the river Tamraparani, called the Cirraru, was flowing through Arumugamangalam (literally a settlement situated near the confluence of a river) and a village called Agaram, near Korkai. It can be inferred that the Arumugamangalam tank was previously a salt water lagoon. The name of the village is supported to be derived from Agraharam, i.e. settlement of Brahmins. However, the word Agra in Sanskrit literally means 'front' or 'edge'. Marco Polo, who visited the Pandya country in the 13th country has mentioned Kanyakumari as Comorio Agran. In some Konkani inscriptions, the word "agar" is used in the sense of a coastal tract or salt pan. In an inscription at Idalakkudi, Nagarkovil (Kanyakumari Dt) belonging to the period of Jeyasimha varman (15th Century A.D.) the term "agarakkappal mahai" occurs. It seems to denote the tolls collected from ships at the port.
  
  http://www.picatype.com/dig/dj/dj0aa02.htm
  
  
• From: U.R. SENEVIRATNE (@ mail.britishcouncil.lk) on: Sat Mar 29 04:46:21
  
  In case of people from ancient Sinhala kingdom,we can see that among them there are no communities doing fishing,toddy tapping,hunting etc in contrast to the situation in present Tamilnadu where such groups evolved outside irrigated agriculture based kingdoms actually forms the vast majority of present tamil speaking population.
  
  This may have contributed to eclipse of prakrit based languages in the south india by present tamil language
  
  It shows that early Prakrit stratum in the Deccan and sri lanka lacked power to assimilate tribals into their society without losing there language
  
  
• From: bhavin gala (@ ) on: Sat Jul 10 10:04:16
  
  we want pictures of cholas kingdom
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Lavanya (@ ) on: Tue Aug 10 00:41:00
  
  What is the English name for Nethili fish?
  
  
• From: Kumar (@ 203.63.55.177) on: Wed Aug 11 18:20:09 EDT 2004
  
  Probably 'anchovies'.
  
  
• From: davie (@ 000f660dd37e.utep.edu) on: Sun Aug 15 02:37:30 EDT 2004
  
  lol lavanya
  wat an interesting question
  haha
  
  
• From: davie (@ tandon-lpt) on: Fri Nov 19 04:26:50
  
  lol
  
  
• From: t (@ dsl-chn-111.253.247.61.touchtelindia.net) on: Sat Nov 27 05:15:28 EST 2004
  
  Jesus was a fisherman
  Allah was good at rearing camels.
  Dravidians r good at rearing pigs.
  
  
• From: davie (@ dell166a.utep.edu) on: Sat Nov 27 06:34:10 EST 2004
  
  brahmins are good at sucking and fuking the dic of pigs
  
  
• From: davie (@ dell166a.utep.edu) on: Sat Nov 27 06:36:09 EST 2004
  
  idiot truth is still here.let me cut copy and paste According to local traditions, a branch of the river Tamraparani, called the Cirraru, was flowing through Arumugamangalam (literally a settlement situated near the confluence of a river) and a village called Agaram, near Korkai. It can be inferred that the Arumugamangalam tank was previously a salt water lagoon. The name of the village is supported to be derived from Agraharam, i.e. settlement of Brahmins. However, the word Agra in Sanskrit literally means 'front' or 'edge'. Marco Polo, who visited the Pandya country in the 13th country has mentioned Kanyakumari as Comorio Agran. In some Konkani inscriptions, the word "agar" is used in the sense of a coastal tract or salt pan. In an inscription at Idalakkudi, Nagarkovil (Kanyakumari Dt) belonging to the period of Jeyasimha varman (15th Century A.D.) the term "agarakkappal mahai" occurs. It seems to denote the tolls collected from ships at the port.
  
  

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