BEFORE SAIVISM CAME IN TAMILNADU, IT WAS SAMANAR RELIGION, PLEASE REFER ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCES. THIRUVALLUVAR WAS FROM SAMANAR RELIGION. EVEN TODAY THERE ARE 25000 SAMANAR FAMILES EXISTS AROUND VANDAVASI, THIRUMALAI, GINGEE, TINDIVANAM, COIMBATORE. THERE ARE SAMANAR CHETTIARS, NADARS AND NAINARS.SAMANAR IS DRAVID NAME OF ANCIENT JAINISM WHICH WAS DOMINATED BY DRAVIDS AS OLD AS 5000 YEARS OLD,INCLUDING INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION. THERE WAS NO SAIVISM BEFORE 2000 YEARS, AGAIN SAIVISM WAS NAMED AFTER JAIN NUDE GOD.
