there are also several other ancient accounts of non-pandyan land lost to the sea. many tamil hindu shrines have legendary accounts of surviving the floods mentioned in hindu mythology. these include the prominent temples of kanyakumari, kanchipuram, kumbakonam, madurai, sirkazhi and tiruvottiyur. there are also legends of temples submerged under the sea, such as the seven pagodas of mahabalipuram. the puranas place the beginning of the most popular hindu flood myth - the legend of manu - in south india. the sanskrit-language "bhagavata purana" (dated 500 bce-1000 ce) describes its protagonist manu (aka satyavrata) as the lord of dravida (south india). the "matsya purana" (dated 250–500 ce) also begins with manu practicing "tapas" on mount malaya of south india. "manimeghalai" (dated around 6th century ce) mentions that the ancient chola port city of kaverippumpattinam (present-day puhar) was destroyed by a flood. it states that this flood was sent by the hindu deity indra, because the king forgot to celebrate a festival dedicated to him.