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“With Maharishi Agasthyar as the central theme and Mahakumbh and Shri Ayodhya Dham as the backdrop, Kashi Tamil Sangamam 3.0 will offer a divine experience and bring Tamil Nadu and Kashi – the two timeless centres of our civilisation and culture, more closer than ever” Said Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Maharishi Agastya
Agastya was a revered Indian sage of Hinduism.. In the Indian tradition, he is a known ascetic and a great scholar of various Indian subcontinent languages. In some traditions, he is considered a Chiranjivi. He and his wife Lopamudra are the famous authors of the Sanskrit text Rigveda hymns 1.165 to 1.191 and other Vedic literature.
Agastya is the father of Siddha medicine. He is one of the Tamil Siddhar in the Shaivism tradition and is revered as such. He invented the grammar of the early Tamil language called Agattiyam and took the pioneering steps in the development of Tampraparniyan medicine and spirituality.
