[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955) › c8.20 # A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c8.20 A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c8.20 - **Language:** English ### [c8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.20) The evidence from Ādichanallur also appears to suggest that the worship of Murugan or Velan, a popular deity with the Tamils from very early times, was known at the time. The god's favourite weapon was the \*vēl\* (trident) and his banner carried a wild fowl as his emblem. Besides iron tridents, there have been found at Ādichanallur iron banner-bases and representations of fowls in bronze. The practice of wearing mouth pieces, still maintained by devotees carrying \*Kāvadi\* to the shrine of Murugan in the Palni Hills, may well be a survival from prehistoric times. - [Previous: c8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.19) - [Next: c8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.21) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Ādichanallūr](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.adichanallur) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.20) · Pramāṇa