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5M x 10M. Korkai is a small village in the Srivaikuntam taluk of Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu, India. It was called Pandya-Kavada in the Kapatapuram in Kalithogai. It is situated about 3 km north of the Thamirabarani River and about 6 km from the shore of Bay of Bengal.
The capital of the Early Pandyan kingdom was initially Korkai, Thoothukudi and was later moved to Koodal (now Madurai) during the reign of Nedunjeliyan I. The kingdom lay to the south of the Maurya Empire of India.
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Korkai and Alagankulam are believed to have been the exchange centres of the Pandyas. Korkai, a port at the mouth of the river Tambraparni, was linked to the famous pearl fisheries and Alagankulam was also developed as a port.
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Mar 6, 2021 · 06 Mar 2021, 12:27 pm. 4 min read. THOOTHUKUDI: The ancient port city of Korkai is all set to be excavated after 52 years again. The Tamil Nadu Department of Archaeology had surveyed the region...
Aug 26, 2019 · In the Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu lies the small village of Korkai. Though largely off the radar today, this was one of the oldest port towns of the Tamil region, going back more than 2000 years. It was also the early capital of the Pandyas. But what made Korkai really famous through history was the fact that it was one of the greatest ...
Pandyas were one of the three ancient Tamil kingdoms (Chola and Chera being the other two) that ruled the Tamil country from pre-historic times until end of the fifteenth century. They ruled initially from Korkai, a seaport on the southern-most tip of the Indian peninsula, and in later times moved to Madurai.
