Kumaritamil

Another name used was "Pandiya nadu", after the  Pandyas , regarded as the oldest of the Tamil dynasties. Some writers used "Navalan Tivu" (or Navalam Island), the Tamil name of  Jambudvipa , to describe the submerged land.

The Tamil writers characterized Kumari Kandam as an ancient, but highly advanced civilization located in an isolated continent in the Indian Ocean. They also described it as the  cradle of civilization  inhabited solely by the speakers of Tamil language. 

Kumari Kandam refers to a mythical lost continent with an ancient Tamil civilization located south of present day India, in the Indian Ocean. Alternative names and spellings include Kumarikkantam and Kumari Nadu. 

Kumari Kandam refers to a mythical lost continent with an ancient Tamil civilization, located south of present-day India, in the Indian Ocean. Alternative name and spellings include Kumarikkantam and Kumari Nadu. Kumari Kandam was the place where the first two Tamil literary academies (sangams) were organized during the Pandyan reign. They claimed Kumari Kandam as the cradle of civilization to prove the antiquity of Tamil language and culture.

Kumar kandam is under sea now because of some tsunami but the reference of Kumari kandam is there in tholkappiyar and other tamil books.