In prehistoric days also there were tsunamis. they were called in different names.

1. this is purana:
In the land now called India In pre-puranic times there lived a race of people called "sagaras" and
they were descendents of the Solar Race - "Surya Vamsam" the same race from which King
Dasaratha's Raghuvamsha ancestry is traced.
Once the Sagaras performed the "aswamedha-yagnyam"
Unfortunately after the set period of the yagnya, although the Sagaras travelled far and wide they
could not locate their horse.
The sagaras suspected that the horse might have been stolen by a horse-thief. They travelled and
travelled until they came to a great ocean ( Probably the massive water body which later got
divided into various oceans). They travelled aross it to what they believed was into the bowels of
"bhu loka" - the "patala-loka".
The Sagaras finally found the horse in a forest near the hermitage of Kapila Maharishi. In their
tired fury the mistook the Maharishi for a petty thief and abused him. Tempers flared and the
Maharishi with a mere glance of his eye reduced all the 60000 Sagaras to ashes.
Entire area was sucked by the fire and air created by him.
Many ages later Sage Bhagiratha performed great austerities and brought the River Ganges from
the heavens to earth. With the waters of the sacred Ganges the Sage Bhagiratha brought the
Sagaras, turned ashes, back to life. ANn thus prospered the race of the Solar Dyanasty, the
Raghuvamsha, the precursors to the Ramayana.
The story goes that North America which is on the anti-podes to the Indian subcontinent is to be
taken to be "patalaa" i.e. the core of "hollow earth" ( Think of the flat earth theory).
'KapilAranya', the forest where they found Kapila's hermitage, is the present day "California".
Also warranting this theory is the fact that near California there is both a "Horse Island" and an
"Ash Island". Some people argue that these names were given long after the pre-puranic times
and hence bode no validity for the theory of Kapilaranya. I will leave it to your judgement.
this is now happening:

2. a tarnado in california.

3. this is purana:
After a pralaya which destroyed the entire life of the world,
Brahma, the creator after the Pralaya Era, to continue with his work of creation wanted to have a Peetam. Lord
Shiva asked him to make a pot made of "Amirhtam" and sand. The pot had a Peetam in it, with the vedas around it
on four sides. A coconut was kept over the pot and garlands of Poonul (Sacred Thread ) and Tharpai were decorated
and Brahma worshipped it.
During a flood, the pot floated and moved towards south from Kailash. Lord Shiva in the disguise of a hunter, broke
the pot with an arrow and the amirtham spilled as "AMIRTHA THEERTHAM". Mixing the amirtham of the
Kumbha with sand Lord Shiva emerged as LINGAM. The sacred place where he gave darshan as
"KUMBESWARAN" is now called as KUMBAKONAM.
this is what is happening today:
this is named as tsunami today.
this is purana:
Vasishteswaraswamy temple, a very ancient temple situated in the village "Thittai" near
Thanjavur. As the village is situated south of river Cauvery, its also called "Thenkudi Thittai".

4. The presiding diety is Swayambootheswarar and the Godess, Ulaganayaki. As the main diety is a
Swayambu Lingam he got the name "Swayambootheswarar".
The main diety is also called as Vasishteswarar as he was worshipped here by Saint Vasishtar.
"Thittai", the name of the village means "Thittu" in Tamil, (i-e) a Mound. When the whole
world was surrounded by water because of "Pralayam", Brahma & Vishnu
worshiped the Lord Maheshwara for protection. After wandering much for a
safe place, they found this only mound, which did not drown in the Pralaya
waters, where there was a Shiva Lingam.
They performed Pooja to the Lingam and worshiped Lord Shiva, who
appeared before them and delegated their duties of Creation and Protection.
Its believed that this is the only place, which was not destroyed even during
Pralayam.
Unlike many other temples, here the complete temple is built using the stone. Not only for the
main deities, but also all other Sannidhi's are constructed using stones, right from floors, pillars,
walls and roof.
An unique feature of this temple is a drop of water falls on the Lingam (Main Diety) exactly
every twenty four minutes (1 Naazhigai) from the roof. But for a small hole, there is no source of
water or anything, on the Vimana of the main deity.
Two stones "Suryagaanthakkal" and "Chandragaanthakkal" which are placed at strategic points
above the Vimana are the reasons for the droplets of water which falls on the deity.
These 2 stones absorb moisture from the atmosphere, convert into 1 water droplet, performing a
natural Abhishegam to the deity, every 24 minutes (1 Naazhigai), be it the day or night.
A small piece of yellow cloth (Dhothi) which covers the Lingam is always wet because of this. If
one can wait patiently, they can view this amazing act.
this is tsunami now

5. Sri Ekambareswarar and Sri Nilathunda Perumal Temple
Significance: Sri Ekambareswarar temple is one of 275 sacred Shiva temples of Tamilnadu (one
of the 5 of Kanchi) glorified by the Thevara hymns and also one of the Pancha Bootha temples
representing land. Sri Nilathunda Perumal shrine within the same temple premises is one of the
108 Vishnu divya desams.
Sri Ekambareswarar Temple
Main deity: Ekambaranadhar and Elavarkuzhali ammai in separate shrines.
Other deities are Vikata chakra Vinayakar, Arumugar, 1008 lingas, 108 lingas, 63 nayanmars,
Markendeyar, Bikshadanar, Nataraja, Pralayam katha ammai (mother who has saved us from
tsunami) and Navagrahas.
Note Kanchipuram is 70 kilometers away from the sea vertically (from Mahabalipuram the
nearest seashore). But there is a Pralayam katha ammai means that sea
has come all the way more than 70 kilometers to kanchipuram.....isn't it? But what we are doing
now.
Even after the warning of the Government after tsunami that habitats are not allowed one
kilometer from the sea people
are refusing and constructing houses especially the fishermen saying that it is easy for them to go

6. to sea
for fishing.
we are playing with fire (offcourse water) I think.
Satchinathar Temple - Thirupurambiyam

7. God
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Satchinathar
Goddess
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Karumbanna
Sollammai
Holy Water
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Brahma and
Saptha Sahara
Theertham
Holy Tree
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Punnai
Festivals
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Thenabishekam
Place
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8. Thirupurambiyam is situated on the river side of Kollidam 11Kms away from Kumbakonam.
Legend: During the great deluge, flood stopped away from the village. Hence it is
known as Thirupurambiyam. For a lady merchant, this temple Lord Siva went to Madurai and
reported as an evidence against her case. Hence the name of the god is known as Satchinathar.
Pralayam Katha Vinayakar Temple, literally translated as the Ganesha Who Saved the World
from Pralaya (Great Deluge). The Ganesha at this temple is unique from all others and his
importance is paramount. During the Krita Yuga, Lord Siva asked Lord Ganesha to save the
world from the Great Deluge caused during the gestation period of Rahu. Lord Ganesha created a
well on the east side of the temple tank and channeled all the 7 seas into that well and controlled
the deluge and saved the world. This well is known as Yezhu Kadal Kinaru. Lord Varuna
created an idol of Lord Ganesha from sea shells and other materials obtained from the
sea and worshipped Him as Pralayam Katha Vinayakar.
This Idol of Ganesha is still worshipped in this temple. On the night before Ganesha's Birthday, a
special abishekam is being performed for this Ganesha idol only with honey. This
(Thenabishekam) abishekam with honey is performed all through the night. During the
abishekam it is a wonderful experience to watch that all the honey that is being poured on the
idol is being drawn into the idol. At the end of the abishekam the Ganesha deity turns a crimson
color. No abishekam is performed during the rest of the year. Hence in order to save the world
from destructions and protect, Astroved is performing the Ganesha Birthday in this temple.
The place is sung in the Thevaram hymns of Thirugnanasambandar, Sundarar and
Thirunavukkarasar.
The temple theertham are known as Brahma Theertham, Saptha Sahara Theertham, River
Manniyaru and River Kollidam. Agathiyar, Pulasthiyar, Sanahar, Sanandhanar and Viswamithrar
are said to have worshipped here Lord Siva and got grace.
1.water turned at this place (thiru puram piyam)
2.pralayam katha vinayagar (ganapathy who saved us from tsunami.)
3.yelu kadal kinaru (seven seas water)
all these three points are explaining that there was a great destruction by tsunami.
This place is vertically 40 kilometers from the sea.

9. See this picture the navagrahas are in sea water. It is in Devipattinam. The entire
temple is washed away by the sea water. This is the only remaining.
Immediately before the 2004 tsunami struck the Indian Ocean, including the bay of bengal the
ocean water off Mahabalipuram’s coast pulled back approximately 500 meters. Tourists and
residents who witnessed this event from the beach later recalled seeing a long, straight row of
large rocks emerge from the water (Seven pagodas). As the tsunami rushed to shore, these stones
were covered again by water. However, centuries’ worth of sediment that had covered them was
gone. The tsunami also made some immediate, lasting changes to the coastline, which left a few
previously covered statues and small structures uncovered on the shore (Maguire).....wikipedia

10. In arjun thabash you can see the statue is ten feet below the sand level. This
place was
originaly filled by the earlier tsunamis sand then it was removed for visibility.
This place is inside the sea itself hence this much of effect.
This is satellite view by wikimapia:
But we are living like this. isn't good? This is

11. adayaru,
mylapore,t.nagar area of chennai !
This is aerial view :
கைைசியா தனஸோகாட
தணணோே விைையாைாதீஙகனன பாடடகள திடடவாஙக. அைதோய
ீ
திரமபவம
ொசாலோேன. கைல பககம ோபாகாதீஙக. சரயா.

12. Avudaiyar koil : The houses and the town are not proportionate to the size of the temple. Sea
shore sand is around. This place is five kilometer from the sea. The town might be washed
away by a tsunami.
Thiruvengadu: Here also some ten to fifteen small houses are only there. Sea shore sand is
around. This palce is three kms from the sea.
Thirukkadaiyur: The temple is five feet below the sea shore sand which is there around. At the
entrance the dry sand is every where which is non fertile. Here also some fifteen to twenty
medium sized houses were only there twenty years back. Now as the Sasti aptha poorthy
homam is becoming famous here day by day more and more new buildings are coming slowly.
At the place where the original Markandeyan temple is situated there is only sand and sand
everywhere. This place is twenty kms from the sea.
The Nagarathar (chettiar) community shifted their habitat from Poombuhar (Cauvery poom
pattinam) (Cauvery Puhum Pattinam which means the city where the river Cauvery enters the
sea) and settled in Chettinadu (the places around Karaikkudi) after a tsunami. They have
constructed their houses with the basement of fifteen feet with granite so that even if water
comes it won’t reach that height. Their previous experience has given this extra caution in
building their houses. Only ninethy six boys who went to a school (ashram type of education)
had escaped and came to this area. King Pandiya of Madurai had given them ninety six villages
to settled. Poombuhar is in the seashore and Karaikkudi is hundred kms from the sea.
Sidhdha doctors are collecting fossils of sea crabs in and around the villages of Erode to prepare
paspams (ash) and lehiams (medicines) for calcium treatment. Erode is four hundred kms from
sea. Unlike the previous places mentioned as the fossiles of sea crabs are available here the
incident might be happened during lemuria continent period and it might be a big one as it
reached four hundred kms.