Volume : 6, Issue : 6, June - 2017

MERITORIOUS SERVICES OF SOMANATHAR TEMPLE TO THE MEDIEVAL SOCIETY OF ATTUR IN THOOTHUKUDI DISTRICT

Dr. K. Samuel Thangaraj Kores

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">The aim of this paper is to describes Meritorious Services of Somanathar Temple to the Medieval Society of Attur in Thoothukudi District. In the medieval days temples performed multifarious activities in and around of their precincts. They extended their helping hands in various ways to the local people and promoted the preservation of the various arts of the day. They not only catered to the physical needs of the people but also to their mental and spiritual elevation. While the upper</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">castes had a greater say in the spiritual and educational matters, the lower castes had their role in manual labour. Yet, all people united in promoting and preserving the traditions from turning extinct. The temple had a major share as court of justice, centre of learning, liary, art and culture, public record office, employer, consumer, bank and feeding centre.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;&#10;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>