Chennai, May 3 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Saiva
Siddhantha has been a jewel of Tamil culture with its various beautiful works
of spiritual literature and social contributions of various Aadheenams.
In his message to the 6th International Saiva Siddhantha Conference jointly
organised by Tirukayilaya Paramparai Dharmapuram Adheenam's International
Institute of Saiva Siddhantha Research, Dharmapuram, and a private University
on the city's outskirts, Mr Modi said Tamil Nadu has long been a treasured
repository of India's spiritual wisdom and cultural brilliance.
Historically, while Saiva Siddhantha has been popular from Kashmir to Southeast
Asia, it is in Tamil Nadu that it truly attained great heights, he said. ...