Bodhidharma

Painting of Bodhidharma

Suriya as Bhodhidharma in the tamil movie 7aam Arivu

• Bodhidharma was a buddhist monk who lived in the 6th century.
• He is credited as transmitter of Zen from India to China.
• Zen is derived from the sanskrit word Dharma which means Meditation
• Bodhidharma was born in Kanchipuram in TamilNadu in India.
• He was a Tamil prince from Pallava empire
• After becoming a Buddhist, he traveled to china as there was a strong trade between pallavas and the chinese at that time.
• Throughout Buddhist art, he is depicted as a rather ill-tempered, profusely bearded and wide eyed person.
• He is often popularly considered to be the creator of the shaolin monastery's arts and was a great expert in Martial Arts
• He combined the already existent martial arts in china with his own knowledge to create KungFu.