Thiruvalluvar

That the foundations of Indian culture were deeply embedded in Dravidian culture is now an incontrovertible fact. Dravidian culture is one of the most ancient cultures of the world. Those cultures, slightly contemporaneous to one another, slowly started fading out. However, the primordial Dravidian culture continues to thrive without losing its quintessence despite the apparent changes in systems of dress and address.

Dravidian University was established in 1997 to mirror the real and rich picture of Dravidian culture not only in its linguistic, literary, cultural and philosophical facets but in science and technological angles also.

The main objectives of Dravidian University are to augment the common weal and social well being of the communities of marginal languages and to build bridges among the Southern states. While working on each language separately in varied areas, it aims at a synthesis and a discovery of the common heritage through Comparative Studies.

PrasaGranga_ (Publications wing) and Anusrjana (Translation Bureau) are the two most significant wings of the University from out of its several on going progressive. activities.

Dravidian Society is one of the most ancient and living civilisations with a hoary origin. Tirukkural is the great book of human life, knowledge and experience. The work brings out the varied aspects of the Dravidian civilisation and culture in all its glory: Tiruvalluvar has dealt exhaustively with the ethics, philosophy, polity and other topics found in Tirukkural.

The volume has 12 articles on Tiruvalluvar which 3 is the comparative study of other saints and Tiruvalluvar. His work has the unique privilege of being praised through all the ages and in almost all the countries of the world, by all conflicting religious and philosopher. Tirukkural his books ts, as it were, the Bible of the Tamilian and it has been translated into many languages of the world. The Dravidian University also has been honouring the saint, philosopher Tiruvalluvar and conducted a National Seminar on Tiruvalluvar. All the scholars who participated the seminar and contributed to this volume deserve special thanks.