There is skepticism about the lost continent of Lemuria.
However there are extensive references to Lemuria in Tamil Literature of the Sangam Period .
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For this and the third map down .
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Multiple ancient and medieval Tamil and Sanskrit works contain legendary accounts of lands in South India being lost to the ocean. The earliest explicit discussion of a katalkol (“seizure by ocean”, possibly the sea water rise) of Pandyan land is found in a commentary on Iraiyanar Akapporul. This commentary, attributed to Nakkeerar, is dated to the later centuries of the 1st millennium CE. It mentions that the Pandyan kings, an early Tamil dynasty, established three literary academies (sangams). The first two sangams were not located in South India now but in an ancient Tamil country in the south which then sank. The first sangam flourished for 4,400 years in a city called Tenmaturai, attended by 549 poets (including Agastya) and presided over by gods like Shiva, Kubera and Murugan. The second sangam lasted for 3,700 years in a city called Kapatapuram, attended by 59 poets (including Agastya, again). The commentary states that both the cities were “seized by the ocean”, resulting in loss of all the works created during the first two sangams. The third sangam was established in Uttara (North) Madurai, where it is said to have lasted for 1,850 years. The Pandyan capital of Kapatapuram finds mention in the Ramayana and Chanakya’s Arthasastra (ca 4th century BCE).
Nakkeerar’s commentary does not mention the size of the territory lost to the sea. The size is first mentioned in a 15th-century commentary on Silappatikaram. The commentator Adiyarkunallar mentions that the lost land extended from Pahruli river in the north to the Kumari river in the South. It was located to the south of Kanyakumari, and covered an area of 700 kavatam (a unit of unknown measurement). It was divided into 49 territories (natu), classified in seven categories: elu teñku natu(“seven coconut lands”), elu maturai natu (“seven mango lands”), elu munpalai natu(“seven front sandy lands”), elu pinpalai natu (“seven back sandy lands”), elu kunra natu (“seven hilly lands”), elu kunakarai natu (“seven coastal lands”) and elu kurumpanai natu (“seven dwarf-palm lands”).’
‘Multiple ancient and medieval Tamil and Sanskrit works contain legendary accounts of lands in South India being lost to the ocean. The earliest explicit discussion of a katalkol(“seizure by ocean”, possibly tsunami) of Pandyan land is found in a commentary on Iraiyanar Akapporul. This commentary, attributed to Nakkeerar, is dated to the later centuries of the 1st millennium CE. It mentions that the Pandyan kings, an early Tamil dynasty, established three literary academies (Sangams): the first Sangam flourished for 4,400 years in a city called Tenmaturai, attended by 549 poets (including Agastya) and presided over by gods like Shiva, Kubera and Murugan. The second Sangam lasted for 3,700 years in a city called Kapatapuram, attended by 59 poets (including Agastya, again). The commentary states that both the cities were “seized by the ocean”, resulting in loss of all the works created during the first two Sangams. The third Sangam was established in Uttara (North) Madurai, where it is said to have lasted for 1,850 year’
Consider the following facts.
1..The Vedas mention Tamil kings and goods like Sandalwood,Pearls having been imported from Dravida Desa, Dravida means Sooth.
2.Vaivswatha Manu, the first of the present Kali Yuga, meditated in plateau near Madagascar before migrating to Ayodhya.
3.Ancestor of Rama, Nala visited Thirunallaru, Pondicherry. .
The temple at Thirunallaru is dedicated to Shani, Saturn and is a place where one goes on Pilgrimage to ward off Saturn’s malfeasance.
Nala visited the Pond in the temple, called Nala Theertha to ward off Saturn’s effects.
Nala Theertha is still there at Thirunallar and people follow the same tradition is followed even to day.
4.Mahabharata refers to Nala having visited the place in the Vana Parva.
5.Tami kings were present in the Swayamvra of Damayanti, who later became the wife of Nala.
6.Tami Kings were present in Sita’s and Draupadi’s Swayamvara.
7.Madurai Meenakshi’s father fought along side the Pandavas in the Mahabharata battle.
8.Tamil King Udiyan Cheralaathan fed both the Pandava’s and the Kaurva Army in Mahabharata war.
9.Lord Krishna, Arjuna, Balarama,Sahadeva were on a Pilgrimage to south.
10.Tamil Kings were present in Yudhitra’s Rajasuya Yaaga.
11.Shiva and Subrahmanya were worshiped widely in the south much before than the Sanatana Dharma .
12.Patanjali who founded the Yoga System learned it from Lord Shiva/Agastya from the south.
12.Sage Agastya who is considered as a co founder of Tamil along with Lord Shiva and Subrahmanya (called as Murugan in Tamil) is found in New Zealand.
13.Maoris and other aboriginal tribes still speak a corrupted form of Tamil.
14. Australian Tribes perform Shiva’s Trinetra dance even today.
15.Tamil ancestry has been found among the Mu, Sumerian civilizations.
16.Lord Ram waged a War against Atlantis when an atom bomb was dropped in Mohenjadaro.
You may read detailed article on each of these by googling the search term +ramanan 50.
Now to the size of Lemuria,
Lemuria was located to the south of Kanyakumari, and covered an area of 700 kavatam, staes Nakkerar in his commentry of Iraiynar Agapporul.
Irayanar refers to Lord Shiva.
This work belongs to Sangam Era of Tamil and is lost ans known by its reference to it in the later Tamil works.
The distance from Kanykumari to Zealand is 11.204 Km.
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Kanyakumari To New Zealand Distance – 11223 Km 880 Mtrs http://www.distancesbetween.com/flight-distance/distance-from-kanyakumari-to-new-zealand/21327/ic4/
In miles it is 7002.
One Kavatam is equivalent to 10 Miles and seven Hundred Kavatam is 7000 Miles .
Lemuria extended from North to South from Kanykumari to new Zealand, 7000 Miles!
From the East to West.
‘There have been numerous locations picked for Atlantis, from Sweden to Indonesia. Nearly all of them are wrong. Plato was quite clear on the location. All of the others are, by definition, not Atlantis. According to Timaeus and Critias, the two dialogues which are the source of the Atlantis story, the lost island was beyond the Strait of Gibraltar, in the Atlantic Ocean. The nearest portion of Atlantis was facing a region in Southwestern Spain called Gadira. This is the region surrounding modern Cádiz (Phoenician Gadir, Roman Gades and Moorish Qādis). Most claimants ignore this very specific detail from Critias”
That is , from to Spain, the outer most reach of Atlantis towards East to Kanykumari is,
4941 Miles.
(The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Spain and India is 7,951 km= 4,941 miles. http://www.distancefromto.net/distance-from-spain-to-india
So the size of sunken Lemuria could have been 7000* 4941, that is 34,587,000 Square Miles.
References and citations.
https://atlantisjavasea.com/tag/kapatapuram/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumari_Kandam
http://missionatlantis.com/atlantis-articles/atlantis-geology.php
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