Home Articles Books Activities Contact Links		Chitharaal Jain Temple Chitharaal is a hill in the present Kanyakumari district, just away from the 'Western Ghats' of India. The Jain cave temple is more than 4000 years old. The originator of Jainism Sage Mahavira, the son of a Nada (Nata) prince of Lichchavi tribe from the Naya clan is depicted there. The story of Nadars with Goddess Kaali and their totem the lion is also portrayed there. Many inscriptions in three separate blocks are also found. These are in the same pattern of Asoka's Rock Edicts. From the depiction of the symbol of fish on the roof of the temple, the connection with the great Pandyas in the early days are inferred. There is a pillar with inscription on it's sides in the foothills of this temple. Unfortunately at present this ancient Jain temple is 'Hindu'ized with many additions (in recent times) with the idols of new Gods and Goddesses artificially making an impression of a Hindu cult. This is a typical spot for research scholars to study the fall of the original Indian culture in the hands of the Aryan agents of Sanskritisation.		"The Dravidian Lineages - The Nadars Through The Ages", a book on the history of an ancient Dravidian community in India, known by more than 300 different names and scattered throughout India, presently cornered to the lower realms of social order as an effect of the long Indo-Aryan conflicts. This book is now available. Please click here for more information.
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