A little bit of history - Valluvan
The earliest reference of Valluvan can be traced to 2nd century BC. Here we come across Nanjil Valluvan. There are references of Nanjil Valluvan as a king in some place and a chieftain in other sources. But all the historical sources agree to, he being the ruler of Nanjil Nadu. Present day, Historians has located the ancient Nanjil Nadu to Kanyakumari district and parts of Tirunelveli district. He is spoken highly in poems of Avaiyar, a poetess of repute in those days. Near about in the same period, the saint poet of Tamil Nadu Thiruvalluvar too finds mention. But some historian are of the view that he was born somewhere in 1st century AD or 2nd Century AD and he flourished during these period. There is a small minority of historians who agrees that Nanjil Valluvan and Thiruvalluvar are one and the same person. Anyway one thing is clear from it, Valluvans have a lineage dating back to 2 BC and further back. Even is some places poetess Availyar...