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Thanks for the hint.TamilBrahmins.com I think.
In short, yes. There are many religious works in Tamil that are revered by the Tamil people. The vast collection of Devarams, Tiruvacagam, Tirukkural, Tirumantiram, and more are considered scripture. Of course there is ongoing debate, and not all accept this. I believe the Tirukkural is the book that Tamils vow to tell the truth on in Tamil Nadu courts.
A Tamilian would know a lot more than me.
But Sanskrit is the primary language used in temple ritual.
@TenjikuZero
Thank you for the valuable information. :namaste
Are Shaktas a large denomination in Tamil Nadu?
I take it that Sri Vidya migrated from Kashmir to South India because of the Muslim invasions of North India (as did Shaiva Siddhanta), and I think it is very prominent in Tamil Nadu?
Do you worship Murugan?
I always read he is no other than Skanda, son of Shiva & Parvati, but is he not older than the North Indian god Skanda?
I know Sanskrit is, but in South India Tamil has a great influence so I wonder if that language is considered to have the same divine power as Sanskrit.
All languages are sacred as each indivudal is as everything that we see or do not see are parts of the *WHOLE* and languages have been developed by parts of that whole and besides languages too are vibrations pointing towards that which is not vibrating.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You see, my mother has 20 sisters and I love all of them. They are all sacred and venerable for me.I think it it the content not the language that is considered holy. Also since languages and books are a way to learn and gain knowledge, all languages are holy.
I always read he is no other than Skanda, son of Shiva & Parvati, but is he not older than the North Indian god Skanda?
Something on who is older. It was in and around 2,250 BC that Aryans changed their calender to reflect the precession of equinox from the asterism of Orion to that of Krittikas advancing it by one month. I think Skanda or Kartikeya belongs to that period. Murugan, however, is perhaps even older. We syncretized the two leaving him with Valli and Devasena, one sits on his right thigh and the other on the left. In North, Kartikeya is the elder brother, in South it is Ganesha, that also sort of equalizes it. Fair to every one.They were different but somewhat similar deities later merged in the usual Syncretic Hindu tradition.