Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg: A Legacy of Equality and Learning in Tamil Nadu

Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, a German missionary, researcher and educator, arrived in the Tamil coastal town of Tranquebar (now Tharangambadi) in 1706. Tasked by the Danish King Frederick IV with establishing a mission in Tamilnadu, Ziegenbalg and his colleague Heinrich Plütschau faced…