Talk:Madura Mission

Contested deletion
This page should not be speedily deleted because... I have added a substantial amount of information regarding the Old Madurai Mission which is referenced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SigmarHeldenhammer (real) (talk • contribs) 10:10, 12 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, it appears as if you added the speedy-deletion notification in the articles yourself? Maybe you accidentally triggered that? --Enyavar (talk) 11:26, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I may have, this is my first time uploading to Wikipedia. I didn't notice anything re that when I did it at the time.
 * It may have been because I used my user page to test out the format, because some user immediately flagged it for deletion and I may have accidentally copied it over? I'm unsure. SigmarHeldenhammer (real) (talk) 12:36, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Contested deletion
This page should not be speedily deleted because it has been in the Article namespace for eight years. Just because one unregistered user added lots of content, I don't think it meets Speedy-Deletion criteria. Best --Enyavar (talk) 10:32, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Paravas - a community with rich heritage
India is a country formed by the union of many kingdoms and after various invasions by European colonialization, the kingdoms were unified under one larger state for an administrative reason and named India by the British. However, this article does not consider the political context of the Tamil Kingdoms and their invasions by Telugu and North Indian rulers of both Muslim and Brahminical ideologies.

The Paravar community is an ancient Tamil community associated with the Pandiyan Kingdom, the oldest of all the Tamil Kingdoms. They have a long and rich history, either as a major power or as a smaller presence when not in power. The Paravar community ruled the coastal region and was engaged in navigation, trading via sea voyages, fishing, pearl fishing, salt making, coastal agriculture (with palm yards and coconut farms as major crops), pear fishing, coral reef mining, shipbuilding, Kalarippayattu (martial art), and much more.

After the downfall of the Pandiyan Kingdom in Madurai that superseded Paravar's kingdom (Muthukulithurai - meaning Pearl coast) in Thoothukudi, the Telugu Kingdoms and North Indian powers tried to take over Paravar regions and their trade network. Despite this, the Paravar community remained autonomous and fought the non-Tamil Kingdoms with political pacts with European powers in different ways to ensure the people of the Tamil Kingdom were protected from the non-Tamil Kingdoms.

Overall, the Paravar community was the richest community in that region during the Tamil Kingdoms and continues to have an important place in Indian history. MaduraiSelvam (talk) 17:54, 1 March 2024 (UTC)