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இன்மை, இவ்வெள்ளைக் கடவுள் தெற்கில்தான் முதன் முதலில் எழுந்தான் என்ற முடிவிற்கு வலியூட்டுகிறது’ என முடித்துள்ளார். [In the time of the first Arsacide monarch of the Armenia, Valarshak (149-127 B.C.) two Indian chiefs established a colony at Vishap on the Western Euphrates, west of lake, van and founded temples for the worship of Gisani (Kisna) and Demeter (Baladeva). Was this an outflow of Aryan culture from the North of India? Most probably no, for while puranas talk of Krishna and Baladeva as being avatars of Vishnu, there is little or no evidence of existence of the joint worship of these two gods, as a separate cult in North India at any time; But early Tamil literature gives plenty of evidence of this. The former of these under the name of Mayon, was the ancient God, of the Mullai land and the latter, Valiyon of Vellaiyon, the white God whose implemept was the plough and flag was the palmyra, was probably in origin, the God of the region between Mullai and Marudam, where agriculture first began...The cult of Baladeva could not have been evolved in the Gangetic valley; for the palms do not flourish there and his worship must have risen in the sovthern lower river-valleys, not far from the sea.
We do not hear of temples dedicated to Baladeva in North India. But they existed in Kavirippattinam and in Madura, side by side with temples to Krishna. Besides these, there were temples, where the image of Krishna and Baladeva stood together...”
These quotations are from poems of a later date, but yet, the absence of Baladeva temples in the North, raises the presumption that the white God first rose in the South.] page : 202-204. -
இவ்வாறு கூறியிருப்பதன் மூலம், கி. மு. இரண்டாம் நூற்றாண்டில், தமிழகத்து வணிகப் பெருமக்களால்
