Many H, if they have heard of the Śaiva Siddhānta at all, are supposed Śaivam to be a uniquely Tamilian theological school with its origins in the 13th century—a school that has a body of only in Tamil theological works but how true is it? 🧵
While, it is true that Siddhānta has primary survived in recent centuries only in the Tamil region, but while the Tamils developed this tradition and enriched and modified it in various ways over the centuries, it was certainly not a Tamil creation.
