J.M. Nallasamy Pillai’s Magazine “Siddhanta Deepikai” Study Summary

Abstract

Newspapers are the primary means in giving information to the people. Newsapapers contains various types of publications such as daily, weekly and monthly. The present era which is excellent in information technology, publishes many magazines with various innovations throughout world in different languages. In Tamil Nadu, many magazines have been published in many languages including English, Telugu, Malayalam, etc. Political Magazines, Medical Magazines, Religious Magazines, Literary Magazines, Sports Magazines are also published. In the history of Tamil journalism, there are many magazines that have been published continuously since its inception, there are magazines that have been re- published after a hiatus, and magazines that have not been published again after a hiatus. Among them J.M. Nallasamy Pillai’s “Siddhanta Deepikai” was a magazine of Saivism and Tamil literature that began in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Siddhantha Deepika magazine which was published in Tamil as “Siddhanta Deepika” and in English as “The Siddhanta Deepika or The Light of Truth”. The purpose of this article is to briefly explore about Nallasamy Pillai. This article follows both historical research and evaluation research.