SHRINES MENTIONED IN THESE POEMS

Aduturai, or Avaduturai, in Tanjore District, now a station on the South Indian Railway.

Aiyaru, twelve miles from Tanjore.

Alavay, or Uttarakosaimangai, Madura.

Annamalai, or Tiruvannamalai, in South Arcot District.

Arur, Tiruvallur, Tanjore District.

Athihai Virattanam, South Arcot District.

Bramapuram, Shiyali, Tanjore District.

Chenkattankudi

Chidambaram, or Tillai, or Perumpattapuliyur, in S. Arcot District, the most venerated place of Saivism.

Chola, one of the three great kingdoms into which the ancient Tamil country was divided.

Comorin, extreme southern point of India, still a great place of pilgrimage.

Dharmapuram, near Tranquebar, Tanjore District.

Kaviri, or Cauvery, the most sacred river in South India.

Kachchi Ehambam, or Kanchipuram, the modern Conjeeveram, in North Arcot District.

Kedila

Ketaram

Kodumudi, near Erode, Coimbatore District.

Kolili, near the modern Tiruvallur, Tanjore District.

Kongu

Kundaiyur, near Tiruvallur, Tanjore District.

Kuttalam, Tanjore District.

Malapadi, South Arcot District, near Trichinopoly.

Maraikkidu, the modern Vetharaniam, Tanjore District. Curiously enough, the modern name is the Sanskrit translation of the Tamil, meaning 'Forest of the Vedas,' i.e., lonely place where Vedas are studied.

Maruhal, on the Cauvery River, Tanjore District.

Neyttanam, on the Cauvery River, Tanjore District.

Ottiyur, better known as Tiruvottiyur, a few miles north of Madras, now practically a suburb.

Palanam, Tanjore District.

Perumpattapuliyur, see Chidambaram.

Perundurai, Avudaiyarkoil, Tanjore District.

Puhalur

Pungur, seven miles from Shiyali, Tanjore District.

Punturutti

Puvanam, twelve miles from Madura.

Tillai, see Chidambaram.

Tiruputtur, Ramnad District, near Pudukottah.

Tiruvannamalai, see Annamalai.

Tiru Neyttanam, see Neyttanam.

Tunganaimadam

Uttarakosamangai, Ramnad District.

Valivalam on the Cauvery, Tanjore District.

Venneynallur, South Arcot District.

NB.--"Tiru" is an epithet meaning "Holy," but where it has become practically part of the place-name, that name is given in this list as if it began with T.

APPENDIX II

SYSTEM OF TRANSLITERATION AND PRONUNCIATION OF TAMIL LETTERS