manlion
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How can you say Proto Dravidians are ex Tamils? Malayalis are also from proto Dravida lineage are they also ex Tamils?
should be pre Tamils not "ex Tamils"
the 4 "native tribes" are non existent, only the wanniyal-aetto/veddahs (forest dwellers/hunters - according to Mahavamsa descendents of yaksa - Kuveni) . exist today, cultural the veddahs are closer to proto Dravidians of Tamilnadu ..... e.g the worship of Kataragama deviyo - Kanda Yaka , the spiritual ancestor of wanniyal-aettos..
.Tamil Hindus of Sri Lanka and South India refer to the place as Katirkamam and it has a famous Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Muruga
Till today the indigenous Veddah people come to venerate at the temple complex from their forest abodes.
As a link to the Veddah past the temple holds its annual festival, that celebrates the Gods courtship and marriage to a Veddah princess, in July to August