Mr Balasubramaniam BPlus, who spoke about Kalinga Tamil connections for Tamil Paraambariyam will be lecturing on "Ground Reality of Lemuria and Kumari Kandam" on Thursday November 25, 2011 at Chennai Egmore State Museum. Interested parties may attend. He presented a lecture on this topic at Coimbatore this last Sunday.
He says he has gained exciting new information in the last year, which include: 1. the nesting places of tortoises in several places seem to have Tamil names 2. the names of different types boats in different cultures seem to be of Tamil origin 3. He sent me a message earlier that sea turtles helped our seafarers navigate to other parts of the world. Pretty nifty, using biological guides, to find ocean currents, rather than astronomical info or trade winds as navigational aids.
A interdisciplinary approach on century old concept
Mr. Balasubramani B+ve will talk about our historical monuments that lies submerged at places like Poompuhar, Mamallapuram, tharangampadi and his present research at 'Kumari-Kandam' at wedge bank of kaniyakumari coast .
will talk about time line of searching of southern sunken isalnd and land scape by the westerners.
origin of lemuria theory
Adoption of lemuria concept to kumarikandam through litreature evidence.
presnet fishing ground of kanyakumari regions evidence related to above theory..
present marine biospher of tamilnadu coast datas
coastal dunes and Theri sites informations associated with sunken land
status of 20000 islands of indian ocean rideges associated with our theory .
turtle nesting places of india make our fishermen travelled on ocean currents to other parts of the world
Detail report on Tamilnadu coastal morphology with a special focus on kaniyakumari coastal morpholgy .
will brief about lower paleolithic,microlithics to neolithics sites on tamilcaostal up to 40 meters MSL
His talk will also cover about Marine transgression and regression on Tamilnadu coast which makes habitats to migrate one place to another and dynasties intrusion with other areas which are clearly indicated in our Literature.
How hills are connected with Occean and how estuaries are saving the Coastal AreasHe will explain 'Capacity Building' and how e- communication has helped him network with people How is research helps Tamilscholars, archealogists, historians and cartographers to prove Tamilnadu is one of the origin of ancient civilization.
He will also discuss the methodology used for this survey.
About the speaker and the programme
Thiru Balasubramani B+ ve is a very different kind of person, whose enthusiasm for his work and for his culture could be infectious.
Starting with maintenance of numerically-controlled machines to searching for lost cities along the Tamil coast is a long way.
He crossed boundaries of professional fields with ease and crosses social barriers with equal felicity. He is also highly creative, not in art, but in approaching matters of human interest. His interaction with the Tamils around when he travels outside Tamilnadu, which he has been doing very frequently and his establishing rapport with the coastal community and learning form the people, are a few examples of his novel approach.
That he could attract the attention of Orissan royalty and the resulting friendship with it is another dimension of his personality.
Adding B+ to his name to make people apprecte the need for blood donation is born out his this creative trait of his.
Let us only site a few aspects of this multifaceted personality. A graduate of physics, through self-study a associate member in mechanical engineering and member in many forum associated with field of intrest
his moving to Orissa in 1989 was a turning point for him, for it kindled his interest on the Orissan culture.
He felt that the region had a long and intensive cultural intercourse with the Tamil culture.
Researching into the Kalinga-Tamil relationship was the beginning which became his passion for research into the Tamil history.
His weekly news-letter, Kalinga-Tamil, exploring the 2500-year of Tamil history in Orissa and vice versa, became an excellent medium for a healthy discourse on the subject.
This, as well as, almost all his research is self-funded, and this indicates his passion for knowledge, for research and for regional understanding.
His present research area could be a new beginning of `Culture through Geography, as his calls his work.
Going beyond the emotional approach to the existence of Lemuria, Balasubramaniam B+ve, in addition to the study of literary references, conducts experiments on the Tamil coast making use of the traditional knowledge of the coastal community.
He claims, which is important, that the fishermen have a lot to contribute towards our knowledge of kadal-kol and how transgression and regression in the Tamilnadu coast had affected history, society and livelihoods.
He has been regularly interacting with research students, orienting the students for developing import substitutes in earth science equipment which will be ultimately help for archaeologist to redefine our cultural heritage.
so for gave around 86 lectures among Archaelogical soceity (AAVANAM), Tanjore Tamil university under water archaeology department , Pondicherry university tamil department, Bharathi dasssan university remote sensing department, Institute of ocean managemnt Anna university, Central polytechnic college marine engineeering department Tharamani, Presidency college, Central institue for classical tamil conference, Madurai , Dharmapuri and Pondicherry Tamil sangam , Makkal kaaliilakkiya mandram, Adichanallur conferrence , YMCA patti madram, Vasakar vattam, and many more in his account
presently he is consultant on Marine resource mangement doing batheymetry survey as well as associated with many NGOS working on coastals of india
THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT POWER POINT PRESENTATION BY OUR DEAR BALASUBRAMANIAN.
State Archaeology Director - TS Sridhar - presided over.
" Marine " Engineer Narasaiah - IIT Prof Swaminathan were among the scholarly circle attended.
Satheesh - Katherine - Madhukumar from our Group also attended.
Primarily - Kalinga Balu referred the earlier work and showed his attempt to establish there really exist submerged LANDs in about 15 -30 Km stretch south of Kanyakumari and the fishermen community is helpful and anxious in revealing the past.
For those who missed, we will plan this Power point again for our group members by the first week of December.
It was a fantastic & informative presentation by our dear Kalinga Balu.
For about one hour he described the informations around all the oceans in the world. If one has to understand all the details he covered, this presentation should be splitted into 4 or 5 sessions.
And I met SPS sir, Shri. Narasaiah, Prof. Swaminathan & Katherine today during this presentation.
Pl note my name is K.Mathikumar and not Madhukumar ; as you have rightly said the session should have been made with larger time frame as Dr .Balu's work is of immense nature with lots of documented details which entails more interaction on each aspect and appreciation ,