I don’t understand why some Christians think that Brahmins, and by extension Hinduism and the caste system, arrived in Kerala only after the arrival of the Namboothiri Brahmins, when even the Silappatikaram says otherwise.
Also Senguttuvan+ (1/3)
In the Ṛgveda, the Asuras are not demons.
They are the Anu. The Anavas.
And once you see this, the entire Indo-European story realigns.
In the Ṛgveda, the great civilizational divide is not “good vs evil”.
It is Anu vs Puru.
The Devas are the ancestral gods of the Puru / Pauravas.
They are the Ādityas, sons of Aditi, the mother of the gods, working under Tvāṣṭar, the divine architect.
Tvāṣṭar is not a marginal figure.
In the Ṛgveda he appears repeatedly as father-in-law to major god's wives, linking lineages.
He is the god of craft, metallurgy, design, and construction, the civilizational signature of the Harappan–Sarasvatī–Sindhu world of North-West India.
On the other side stand the Anu / Anava.
The Ṛgveda describes them with remarkable precision:
Anindra – those who reject Indra
Avrata – those who do not follow Vedic ritual norms
Vadhri-vācāḥ – those who speak different dialects
Not barbarians.
Linguistic cousins.
Proto-Avestan and other early Indo-European speech forms.
This is why the Anavas are consistently hostile to Indra because Indra is the tribal god of the Purus.
Now pause here.
The Anu are not a minor Vedic clan.
👉 Anu is the supreme god of the Sumerians.
That is not coincidence.
From the Anavas emerge two great branches remembered in Itihāsa-Purāṇas:
Daityas
Dānavas
The Daityas correspond to proto-Iranians.
Their sacred river is named Daityā in the Avestan text Vendidad —identified with the Jhelum.
The Dānavas correspond to proto-Greeks, Albanians, and wider Europeans.
Their sacred river is Danu, preserved as Danube, Don, Dnieper, and more.
Even Greek memory is explicit.
The heroes of the Iliad and Odyssey trace themselves to the Danaans.
And Ireland?
The Irish gods trace their divine ancestry to Danu, their great grandmother goddess.
Now return to the Ṛgveda.
Here, Dānu does not mean a demon queen.
It means dew, ice, flowing waters, rivers born from Himalayan glaciers.
Sapta Dānu = Seven Rivers = Sapta Sindhu.
Only later, in the Itihāsa-Purāṇas, do we see a theological reshuffle:
Aditi, Diti, and Danu are turned into wives of Kaśyapa Prajāpati.
But Kaśyapa is a Late Ṛgvedic figure, prominent mainly in the Late Ṛgveda, associated with Kashmir-region Ṛṣis.
The very concept of Prajāpati itself emerges only in the 10th Maṇḍala.
In effect: 👉 The cosmic role of Ṛgvedic Tvāṣṭar is retro-assigned to Kaśyapa.
👉 Older civilizational memory is reorganised into later genealogy.
So what we are seeing is not mythology, but layered historical memory:
Puru vs Anu
Indra-worshippers vs Indra-rejecters
Indo-Gangetic ritual core vs outward-moving Indo-European branches
Read literally, you get demons and gods.
Read historically, you get the Indo-European split preserved inside the Ṛgveda.
If this perspective is new to you, say YES in the comments.
If you want a deep dive into Anu > Danu > Daityas & Dānavas, react 🔥
If this reframes Indo-European history for you, share & retweet.
More threads coming, if people want them.
Do you know who Yusuf Khan, also known as Marudha Nayagam, was?
At a time when Tamil Nadu produced illustrious freedom fighters like Poolithevar, Kattabomman, and the Marudhu Pandiyars, Yusuf Khan chose a different path — he sided with the British and fought against his fellow Poligars.
Read this article to explore his turbulent life and the events that led to his rise and fall.
(Will be publishing my articles in Substack going forward)
https://t.co/nySYYuobHB
This is Thuglak correspondent Idhaya who foretold on 19th that the kind of catastrophe that happened on 27th was waiting to happen because the rally site chosen by Vijay or approved by police for rally was too inadequate for the crowds
தமிழ் இலக்கியத்தில் என்ன இருக்கிறது என்பது தெரியாமல் இஷ்டத்துக்குத் திரிக்கக்கூடாது.
குறிப்பிட்ட சங்க இலக்கியமான மதுரைக் காஞ்சி சொல்வதென்ன ? அதன் பொருளென்ன ?
கணம் கொள் அவுணர் கடந்த பொலம் தார்
மாயோன் மேய ஓண நன் நாள்
அதாவது கூட்டமாக வந்த அசுரர்களை அழித்து வெற்றிபெற்ற மாயோனான மகாவிஷ்ணுவுக்கு உரிய நாள் ஓணம். எந்த அசுரர்களை தீராவிடர்கள் போற்றுகிறார்களோ, அவர்களை அழித்த பெருமை உடைய திருமாலின் திருநாள்.
அதே மதுரைக் காஞ்சியில் வரும் இன்னொரு வரி “சிறந்த வேதம் விளங்கப் பாடி” அதாவது அந்தணர்கள் வேதத்தை��் சிறந்த முறையில் ஓதுகிற இடமாக மதுரையும் தமிழகமும் இருந்ததைப் போற்றுகிறது சங்க இலக்கியம். ஆகவே இது ஹிந்துக்களான தமிழர்கள் கொண்டாடும் நாள்.
இதற்குத்தான் தமிழை சரியாக வாசிக்கவேண்டும் என்கிறது.
Mr @mkstalin avl, this is your Minister, an education minister for that. Such a disgusting mindset he has and his words describe him better than what i can say. Will you ever have the guts to throw him out of his chair and position? Or you and your party find sadistic pleasures in insulting women and Hinduism in making such disgusting comments?? I know it's part of your new culture, but would like to know if the women in your household approve of these insults when they visit temples brazenly? And most importantly, is this your brain that's working overtime or not working at all?
#DMKinsults
#DMKfails
#Stalinfails
#throwponmudiout
#shameondmk
I know that this tweet will not get much appreciation. It will get very less retweets. But I am telling the TRUTH. I have been involved in this fight for temples for 15+ years. I have known this bitter truth for some time now.
Top 3 reasons why Temples in India are not free of Government control:
1. @BJP4India
2. @RSSorg
3. Courts
@aathini_twitz Dei koothi HRCE act padi Kovil arangavalar dha adha mudivupannanum HRCE kedaydhu da badu punda aprom Ahde HRCE act padi Kovil kasu la kattura college or school saivam or vainavam sollitharanum
#SupremeCourtofIndia to hear today YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia (@BeerBicepsGuy )’s plea to consolidate the multiple FIRs filed against him in the India’s Got Latent case.
Bench: Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh.
@DalrympleWill Coin of Kushan King Vasudeva I, Mathura
c. AD 142/145–174/177
This gold coin represents the reign of the Kushana ruler, Vasudeva I. The coin bears a portrait of the ruler on the obverse and various deities on the reverse.
V @CliosChronicles
Our heritage!