In search of imprints of Buddhism : Mangalam
May 1998 From The Hindu of 8.5.1998 (10th century Buddha statue to get separate shrine ) I came to know about the prevalence of a Buddha statue in my study area. So far I had books and articles as source material for my research. This is the first time that a newspaper clippping became a source. From it I came to know that, according to historian Mr K.Sridharan, a 10th century CE Buddha was found in Aravandiamman temple in Mangalam, Musiri taluk, Trichy district of Tamil Nadu and a separate shrine was being built there for the Buddha statue. June 1998 After one month, I went to the All India Radio, Trichy, to record my talk entitled Buddhism in Thanjavur district (in Tamil) . After the assignment, as I planned to go to Mangalam, I went to Musiri from Trichy. It was noon. I enquired for the bus, I was informed that buses plying through Thatthayangarpettai and some buses to Mettuppalayam would go through Mangalam. In order to not to waste the time I had my meals t...