The Colas c12.87

c12.87

That the ritualism of Brahmanical Hinduism had struck root in the Tamil country in this early period must have become clear from the references already cited to the costly sacrifices performed by the Cōḷa monarchs of the time. The regular day to day fire-worship of the Brahmans is mentioned by the *Maṇimēkalai*;¹²⁴ and a song of Āvūr Mūlam-kiḻār in the *Puṟanānūṟu* which eulogises the Brahman Viṇṇandāyan of the Kauṇḍinya-gōtra who lived in Pūñjāṟṟūr in the Cōḷa country gives an idea of the high position held in society by prominent Śrōtriya families:¹²⁵