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Palmyrah Palm Essay

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Borassus flabellifer L. (Palmyrah Palm) belongs to the family Arecaceae. In Tamil it is called Panai or Karumpanai, Karimpana (Malayalam) Tal (Sanskrit), Trinaraaj (Hindhi), Taala (Bengali), Tadichettu (Telugu) and Tala Mara (Kannada). It is called "Karpaga Vriksha" and is one of the sacred trees in Tamil Nadu. It provides food, shelter and raw materials for rural handicrafts. From the root to fruit of the tree the species is useful to mankind. Tamil Nadu Government has declared Palmyrah Palm as State Tree in 1978. Palakkad District of Kerala State is popularly called as "land of Palmyrah trees". It is also a National symbol of Cambodia and the country’s flag has palmyrah symbol. Still many palmyrah trees are found around monument …show more content…

Thiruvalluvar also has quoted Panai (Palmyrah) thrice in Thirukkural. Megasthenes, a Greek ambassador who visited India during the period of Chandragupta Mourya quoted about palmgur. Nakkheerar, in Puranaanaru verse 56, also praised Balarama carrying Palmyrah flag and plough. Palmairah tree is the Sthala Vriksha (sacred tree) in many temples in the State of Tamil Nadu. For example, Palmyrah tree is the Sthala Vriksha of Panangatteeswarar temple, Panaiyapuram, Villupuram District, Patteeswaraswamy temple (Perur), Coimbatore, Vedhapurishwarar temple, Thiruvannamalai District, Nallinganeswarar temple, Kancheepuram District and Vaishnava temples in Thimmarajapuram and Tirukurungudi in Tirunelveli Districts. The practice of worshiping “Panai” is also prevalent among a section of people in Kannyakumari, Tirunelveli and Ramanathapuram Districts. Likewise, villages are also named with the prefix –Panai like Panaikulam, Kurumpanai, Kunjapanai, Panaiyur, Panaiyapuram etc. (Panchavarnam. R, …show more content…

It also symbolises the Jaffna Peninsula. Moreover, the 2000 year old Sangam Tamil literature and Sri Lanka 's Chronicle "Mahavamsam" specifically mentioned that Palmyrah trees are abodes of Gods. The earliest form of Sanskrit writing was made on Palm leaves some 6000 years ago (Ferguson, 1888)[2]. Ancient Tamil scripts have also been found in dried Palm leaves. Such a practice has been in vague for Thousands of years in many parts of peninsular

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