A journey into a landscape where memory is older than history.

What if a land could remember? In Tales of Tamilakam: Where Gods Walked and Stories Began, the rivers, hills, and temple sites of Tamil Nadu become living archives—preserving myth, belief, and imagination across centuries.

Blending Tamil mythology, sacred geography, and cultural history, this book explores how landscapes themselves became repositories of memory, where divine acts are etched into soil, stone, and water. Rather than retelling myths in isolation, it asks why these stories endured, tracing their survival through ritual, architecture, and everyday practice.

Written in a narrative, contemplative style, Tales of Tamilakam will appeal to readers of Tamil history, Indian mythology, and South Indian temple culture. This first volume focuses on sacred geography and cultural memory, with future volumes turning to the people, practices, and ethical choices that carried these stories forward.