| The moving spirit behind the Bhagavata Mela is the president and chairman of the Sangam, S. Natarajan. |
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| The earliest period of Tamil literature, Sangam literature, is dated from ca. |
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| These include a corpus of 2,381 poems collectively known as Sangam literature. |
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| From the 3rd century BCE onwards Prakrit and Pali literature in the north and the Tamil Sangam literature in southern India started to flourish. |
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| The Sangam literature deals with the history, politics, wars and culture of the Tamil people of this period. |
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| Also, the Sangam literature flourished from the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE in southern India. |
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| Once a great city on the northern end of the Vembanad lagoon, capital of the Chera dynasty of Sangam period, Cranganore had since fallen on hard times. |
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| Madurai, located on the banks of the River Vaigai, is one of India's oldest cities, with a history dating all the way back to the Sangam period of the pre-Christian era. |
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| The group had hired the motorboat to immerse the ashes of an acquaintance in Sangam river, the Ganga and Yamuna rivers' confluence, considered holy by Hindus, Yadav said. |
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| Developed between 600 BCE and 300 CE in South India, the Sangam literature, consisting of 2,381 poems, is regarded as a predecessor of Tamil literature. |
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