Jharkhand PSC Prelim Exam 15-Dec-2013 Solved Paper

Sage Agastya is credited with taking the Vedic culture to the South India. In other words, age Agastya is credited with the Aryanization of the Southern India. Even today, in South India sage Agastya is celebrated and worshipped. In the South India of the Sangam period, we witness the Brahmanization and popularity of the Vedic religion. The Brahmins of Kaundinya gotra popularized Brahminism. The served as priests. The kings and elites used to conduct vedic yajnas in which Brahmans played a prominent role. It is well known that the first and the second sangam conventions were held respectively in Madurai and Kapatpuram which was chaired by sage Agastya.