Following the excavations in Keezhadi that unearthed the hectares of nectar which had rewritten the history of Tamil Civilization, the state government of Tamil Nadu has announced that it would start the excavations next week at three other archaeological sites in the state and the excavation would be the part of the sixth phase of exhuming what these sites have got beneath it.

The reports say that the government will camp the excavations at Adichanallur and Sivakalai in Thoothukudi district and Kodumanal in Erode district next week. On Sunday, Tamil Nadu minister for Tamil Culture and Archaeology K Pandiarajan has inspected the excavations sites in Keezhadi and while addressing the reporters, the minister stated that the excavation at Manalur would begin soon.

By citing the evidence that suggested the habitation at Manalur and Agaram villages, the minister said that about 160 have been involved in the excavation of these sites and during the last month's excavation, the archaeologists had exhumed six pot-like structures from these sites and the minister had asserted the government will set up the onsite museum at Keezhadi.

The onsite museum will be completed by January 2021. The state government has allotted Rs 12.21 crore to construct the museum with three stories and the reports say the government would lay the foundation stone next month and after construction, this museum will be housing 15,000 artefacts that were unearthed during excavations in Keezhadi.

Keezhadi, which lies in Sivaganga district, has gone through five phases of excavations and the village had exhumed various artefacts and earthenwares that had rewritten and redefined the history of the Tamil civilization. The fifth phase of excavation was concluded in October 2019 and during its course, the archaeologists discovered nearly 900 artefacts and precious items that were used by the ancient Tamil people.

Keezhadi uncovered the real age of the Tamil Sangam era which is about 2,600 years older and further exhumed that the Tamil Sangam people had attained the literacy and art of writing and the proven possibilities of promoting the agriculture and cattle. After the fifth phase, the state archaeological department revealed that the discoveries show that there is a high possibility that the Tamil Brahmi civilization and Indus Valley civilization were linked together. The discoveries also exhumed that the people from the Indus Valley civilization moved to settle down in the banks of the Vaigai river around 1500 B.C. and the sixth phase of excavation that camped last month has become one of the important phases as it would lead to more discoveries.