state of Tamil Nadu , Malaysia , Brunei , Myanmar and Singapore rels Islam related Indian Muslims , Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka , Dravidian people File TPL Mosque.JPG thumb 160px Tamil Muslim mosque,in the village of Thiruppanandal , Thanjavur District , Tamil nadu Tamil Muslim refers to those Muslims who have Tamil as their mother tongue. There are around 500,000 in Malaysia which is 2.6 of the total population of Malaysia and 20,000 in Singapore. Citation needed date June 2011 Tamil Muslims are largely urban traders rather than farmers. There is a substantial diaspora of Tamil Muslims, particularly ... www.1421.tv pages evidence content.asp?EvidenceID 462 Tamil Muslims in Zheng He s fleet ref In the late ... in Myanmar, Mamaks in Malaysia and Rathas in South Africa. Racial identity Tamil Muslims are identifiable ... a pejorative term addressing Tamil Muslims in Malaysia , ref http www.hanafionline.com 2007 10 branding study of booming mamak food.html Tamil Muslims dominate restaurant industry in Malaysia ref ... thumb 260px right A typical minaret of mosques in Tamil Nadu as seen here of Erwadi in Ramanathapuram District . The Aqidah of the Tamil Muslims is based on Sunnah basically influenced by the Sufi s. Tamil Muslim families are patrilocal though their marriages incorporate Islamic mahr practice ... doctrines. Tamil Muslims practice monogamy and male circumcision . Like the thali of Tamil Hindu brides, Tamil Muslim women wear a chain strung with black beads called Karugamani which is tied ... Tamil Muslim women usually wear white thuppatti from Hindi Urdu duppatta instead of the black burqas .... This has remained a hurdle in genealogy genealogical research . Almost all Tamil Muslims go to Qabr Dargah ziyarat which is an important Sunnah . Economy The global purchasing power of Tamil Muslims in 2005 was estimated at almost 8 billion viz. 3 billion in Tamil Nadu, 1 billion in Malaysia, 600 million in Singapore. Tamil Muslims have historically been money changer s not money lenders ... more details
Infobox language family name Tamil region South India familycolor Dravidian fam2 Southern fam3 Tamil Kannada fam4 Tamil Kodagu fam5 Tamil Malayalam sil 1319 16 The Tamil languages are the group of Dravidian languages most closely related to Tamil language Tamil , and include Irula language Irula , Kaikadi language Kaikadi , Betta Kurumba language Betta Kurumba , and Yerukala language Yerukala , in addition to Tamil itself. DEFAULTSORT Tamil Language Family Category Agglutinative languages Category Dravidian languages Category Tamil languages Dr lang stub ta ... more details
The Tamil Trinity also known as the Tamil Moovar commonly refers to the three Tamil language Tamil composers of early Carnatic music . They were Muthu Thandavar ?1560 ?1640 CE , Arunachala Kavi 1712 1779 and Marimutthu Pillai 1717 1787 , and lived five decades before the Tiruvarur Trinity or Trinity of Carnatic Music . They introduced several innovations that led to the evolution of the Carnatic Kriti song . Other Tamil Trinity Also sometimes referred to as the Tamil Trinity was the earliest Trinity associated with Indian Music. They were the peerless Tevaram Trinity Appar Thirunavukkarasar , Sundaramoorthy Nayanar Sundarar and Thirugnana Sambanthar Gnanasambandar , who were well known for their language and devotion. References http www.carnatica.net tmusic.htm Tamil Music Carnatica http carnatica.net composer muthutandavar.htm Tamil Trinity Category Tamil people Category Carnatic composers Carnatic music stub ... more details
Infobox TV channel name Tamil One logofile Tamil one.png logocaption Tamil One logo logosize 150px launch September 6, 2001 closed date picture format network owner Tamil One Inc. slogan country Canada broadcast area National headquarters Toronto, Ontario former names TamilTV web http tamilone.tv Tamil One sat serv 1 sat chan 1 cable serv 1 Rogers Cable cable chan 1 Channel 868 iptv serv 1 Bell Fibe TV iptv chan 1 Channel 844 Tamil One is a Canadian Category B Services Category B Tamil language specialty channel . It offers a variety of programming from Canadian productions to Tamil programming from around the world. Tamil One was previously known as TamilTV until it was rebranded Tamil One in the mid 2000s and was owned by Phillip Koneswaran. Tamil One is now owned by Subanasri. Programming consists of news, cultural programs, comedies, children s programs, movies, music, religious programming, live special events and more. A majority of the shows it broadcasts are from its media partner Kalaignar TV in Chennai , India . External links http tamilone.tv Tamil One http www.kalaignartv.co.in Kalaignar TV Tamil language television channels Category Canadian digital cable television networks Category Tamil language television channels Category Multicultural and ethnic television in Canada Canada tv stub ta ... more details
Expand Tamil date April 2012 Infobox website name Wiki favicon Tamil Wiktionary screenshot logo caption slogan url http ta.wiktionary.org http ta.wiktionary.org commercial No location Miami, Florida type Internet encyclopedia project language Tamil language Tamil registration Optional owner Wikimedia Foundation author The Tamil Wiktionary lang ta is the Tamil language edition of Wiktionary , run by the Wikimedia Foundation . It consists of more than 2,42,000 words. ref http ta.wiktionary.org wiki E0 AE 9A E0 AE BF E0 AE B1 E0 AE AA E0 AF 8D E0 AE AA E0 AF 81 Statistics Tamil Wiktionary Statistics ta icon , 17, April, 2012. ref References reflist External links InterWiki code ta ta icon http ta.wiktionary.org Tamil Wiktionary ta icon http ta.m.wiktionary.org Tamil Wiktionary mobile version Category Wiktionaries by language Category Tamil language ta ... more details
unreferenced date January 2008 Madurai Tamil is the dialect spoken in the city of Madurai and over a vast geographical area of South Tamil Nadu , the area once ruled by the Pandiya Kings. It differs substantially from Nellai Tamil , a region which was also part of the Pandiya domain. Region of Madurai Tamil Madurai Aruppukottai Virudunagar Melur Usilampatti Paramakudi Dindigul Theni Ramanathapuram Sivagangai Natham The common dialect has made the term Madurai refer to a much larger area than it actually is. It is not uncommon for people from any of the above cities to introduce themselves as people of Madurai. Tamil language Dialects of Tamil Category Madurai Category Tamil dialects ta ... more details
Refimprove date October 2007 The Tamil Nesan lang ta is a Tamil newspaper published in Malaysia , and the oldest Tamil newspaper in the country, established in 1924. The first issue was published on September 24, 1924. ref cite web title About Us url http www.tamilnesan.com.my aboutus.html publisher Tamil Nesan accessdate 25 March 2011 ref It is published in the Tamil language , and caters to the ethnic Indian community in Malaysia. References Reflist External links http www.tamilnesan.com.my about us.html Newspaper web page under construction as of Jan 2008 Category Newspapers published in Malaysia Category Tamil language newspapers Category Publications established in 1924 Asia newspaper stub Malaysia stub ms Tamil Nesan ... more details
Expand Tamil date August 2011 Infobox website name Wiki favicon Tamil Wikipedia screenshot ... language Tamil language Tamil registration Optional owner Wikimedia Foundation author The Tamil Wikipedia lang ta is the Tamil language edition of Wikipedia , run by the Wikimedia ... title The Tamil Wiki six years on work The Hindu accessdate May 26, 2009 last Frederick first ... 44,000 articles on 26 January 2012. The Tamil Wikipedia is the 59th largest Wikipedia by article count ... to common academic Reliability of Wikipedia criticism of Wikipedia in the Western countries, the Tamil Wikipedia is widely regarded as an important source of information in the Tamil language on the Internet. ref name mayuonline.com http mayuonline.com eblog 2007 01 04 tamil wikipedia 1000 articles cd project proposal E2 80 93 version 10 Tamil Wikipedia 1000 Articles CD Project Proposal Version 1.0 ... of computers or Internet service in rural areas of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka . Most of the project s development comes from the overseas Tamil diaspora . ref name mayuonline.com ref http www.kiruba.com 2009 01 photologue of tamil wikipedia academy.html The Photologue of the Tamil Wikipedia Academy kiruba.com Bot generated title ref In April 2010, the Tamil Internet Conference held a contest for college students across the state of Tamil Nadu, India for increasing content on the Tamil Wikipedia ... work The Hindu title Move for more Tamil content in Wikipedia date April 1, 2010 ref The contest was made with regards to the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010 , a meeting of Tamil people Tamil ... enrolled, the contest concluded with the creation of 1,200 new academically reviewed articles on the Tamil ... selected to Tamil Wikipedia upload date 15 June 2010 ref See also Malayalam Wikipedia Telugu ... Tamil Wikipedia ta icon http ta.m.wikipedia.org Tamil Wikipedia mobile version homepage not yet configured http stats.wikimedia.org EN TablesWikipediaTA.htm Statistics for Tamil Wikipedia by Erik ... more details
Negombo Tamil may refer to Negombo Tamils , native Sri Lankan Tamils who live in the western Gampaha and Puttalam districts Negombo Tamil dialect , a language dialect used by the fishers of Negombo, Sri Lanka disambig ... more details
was a landslide for the newly formed alliance between DMK , TamilMaanilaCongress and its leader ... Munnetra Kazhagam DMK and TamilMaanilaCongress TMC joined it, with outside support from Indian National ... Seats style height 55px style text align right 1. TamilMaanilaCongress style text align center File ... Lok Sabha constituency 6. Arakkonam A. M. Velu TamilMaanilaCongress 264,845 R. Raviram INC style ... constituency 9. Vandavasi L. Balaraman TamilMaanilaCongress 173,304 M. Krishnaswamy INC style ... P. R. S. Venkatesan TamilMaanilaCongress 205,204 V. Sathyamurthy INC style background ffe6e6 Chidambaram ... 14. Krishnagiri C. Narasimhan TamilMaanilaCongress 194,676 E. V. K. S. Elangovan INC style background 0ff Rasipuram Lok Sabha constituency 15. Rasipuram K. Kandasamy TamilMaanilaCongress 193,178 ... background 0ff Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency 18. Nilgiris S.R. Balasubramoniyan TamilMaanilaCongress ... V. Kandasamy TamilMaanilaCongress 138,891 R. Anna Nambi ADMK style background 0ff Palani Lok Sabha constituency 22. Palani Salarapatty Kuppusamy Kaarvendhan TamilMaanilaCongress 192,633 P. Kumarasamy ... A. G. S. Ram Babu sup c sup TamilMaanilaCongress 189,806 Subramanian Swamy JP style background ... TamilMaanilaCongress 168,274 M. Thambi Durai ADMK style background 0ff Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency 27. Tiruchirappalli L. Adaikalaraj sup c sup TamilMaanilaCongress 264,708 K. Gopal .... Mayiladuturai P. V. Rajendran TamilMaanilaCongress 153,544 Mani Shankar Iyer INC style background ... c sup TamilMaanilaCongress 247,302 M. Gowrishankaran INC style background 0ff Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency 34. Ramanathapuram S. P. Udayappan TamilMaanilaCongress 195,304 V. Rajeshwaran ... c sup TamilMaanilaCongress 95,926 V. Selvaraj INC style background 0ff Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency 38. Tiruchendur R. Dhanuskodi Athithan sup c sup TamilMaanilaCongress 203,711 S. Justin INC ... Transport M. Arunachalam TamilMaanilaCongress TMC Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency Tenkasi Ministry ... more details
Multiple issues wikify January 2011 unreferenced January 2011 Tamil drama in Tamil language Tamil is still being produced, and has been for the last 2000 years. Description Its a kind of play doing live with predefined scripts and roles. There are many types of Tamil drama as such. They are Street Drama in Tamil , Stage Drama. From the olden days, Tamils used to play dramas as part of recreation. The drama can be about the culture, Political issues, Happiness, festivals, sad moments, etc. Still in the Villages of TamilNadu they have street dramas and it s the family profession form certain people and they have the history rooted back to BC. Category Tamil theatre ml ... more details
orphan date November 2011 Tamil folklore Tamil Nadu has rich cultural history. Tamil people had unique arts in the past.They had different techniques in dancing , singing .They had different types of musical instrument s.The songs are classified according to the mood of the singer.Tamil people used various war wepons and war techniques.Some of the martial arts practised by the temil people spreaded to the north eastern countrties. References Tamil folklore http www.everyculture.com wc Rwanda to Syria Tamils.html Category Tamil culture Category Cultural history of Tamil Nadu ... more details
Original research date January 2011 Brahmin Tamil lang ta is the name for a series of closely related Tamil language Tamil dialects spoken by Tamil Brahmin communities. The language has heavy Sanskrit vocabulary, unlike the mainstream Tamil spoken by the non Brahmin Tamils. ref name kasbekarp217 ... ISBN 1851096361, ISBN 9781851096367 year 2006 ref Brahmin Tamil was largely used by Brahmins who introduced ... Brahmin Tamil is believed to have evolved over a long period of time starting from the days of the legendary ... Empire . During the heyday of Brahmin domination in the early 1900s, Brahmin Tamil was used as the lingua ... or Restandardization the case for Standard Spoken Tamil author Harold F. Schiffman url http ccat.sas.upenn.edu haroldfs public stantam STANTAM.HTM ref The principal characters in the Tamil movies of the period also spoke the Brahmin dialect. However, with the rise of the Pure Tamil Movement and the entry of Dravidian ideologues into Tamil cinema in the 1950s, Brahmin Tamil was gradually displaced from public spheres. Brahmin Tamil, has however, continued to flourish among the expatriate community ... of the two styles. Both styles of Brahmin Tamil dialects augment their vocabulary by freely borrowing from Tamil language Tamil and Sanskrit The Iyengars, particularly those outside the Tamil ... prabandham. For a detailed mapping of words and spoken dialects and standard Tamil, see Wiki reference Iyengar Tamil . The Braahmik Alphabet Short vowel s a, i, u, e, o Long vowel s aa, ii ie, uu ... with standard spoken Tamil Brahmin Tamil varies slightly from the standard spoken Tamil used by non Brahmin communities. Brahmin Tamil retains minor adaptations of classical Tamil Centamil words which are no longer in common usage, like m , the Brahmin Tamil word for house which is derived from the archaic Tamil word Agam while it also incorporates Sanskrit corruptions as the Brahmin Tamil ... FF00FF Differences with standard spoken Tamil Brahmin Tamil Spoken Tamil English av l , av averkal ... more details
Tamil Murasu is a Singapore based Tamil language newspaper. Launched in 1935 by Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani , Tamil Murasu is Singapore s only Tamil language newspaper. It is one of the list of newspapers in Singapore sixteen newspapers in Singapore. Tamil Murasu is the main information source for the Indian community, with its coverage of wide ranging news, from current affairs to local and foreign news as well as the latest in sports and entertainment, in addition to its strong coverage on news from the Indian community and the Indian sub continent. The newspaper has established itself as a voice for the Tamil speaking community in Singapore. Daily circulation Daily Average Circulation for 2004 238,504 weekday and 304,002 Sundays br Daily Average Circulation for 2005 866,012 weekday and 907,117 Sundays External links Ta icon http tamilmurasu.com.sg Singapore Tamil News http facebook.com tamilmurasu Official Tamilmurasu Facebook Page Sun TV Network Singapore Press Holdings Category Newspapers published in Singapore Category Indian diaspora in Singapore Category Culture of Indian diaspora Category Tamil language newspapers id Tamil Murasu ta ... more details
File Ear piercing ceremony.jpg right thumb 200px A Tamil people Tamil child s ear piercing ceremony. ref ... O 7xYYt0oJsC&pg PA314 ref Tamil culture is the culture of the Tamil people . Tamil culture is rooted in the arts and ways of life of Tamils in India , Malaysia , and across the globe. Tamil culture is expressed ... . Language and Literature Tamil language and Tamil literature Religion The tamils are not just hindus in fact, only 88 of the population in Tamil Nadu are hindus , 6 are christians , 5.57 are muslims ... deity of the Tamil Culture. He is usually referred to as the Tamil people Tamil god because it s said ... to find his own group of people, the Tamilans and decided to make Tamil Nadu his residence. The Tamils ... main Tamil architecture The Tamil architecture is one of the most ancient and best architecture in the world. Tamil architecture is the style and techniques developed in the Tamil people Tamil regions over thousands years. Although ancient Tamil architecture included houses, palaces and public ... . Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York City. Tamil sculpture ranges from elegant stone sculptures ... art, the material in Tamil sculpture does not influence the form taken by the sculpture instead ... main Chola art Tanjore painting Medicine main Siddha medicine Folk main Dance forms of Tamil Nadu Bharatanatyam Martial Arts main Tamil martial arts Music main Ancient Tamil music Music of Tamil Nadu Folk Arts main Tamil folk culture Film The Tamil cinema industry is the second largest film industry in India after Bollywood Cuisine The Tamil cuisine contains all sorts of food, it s traditionally served on a banana leaf , which has many medical properties. Tamil culinary terminology absorbed in English The word curry is an anglicisation of the Tamil word kari The Tamil phrase milagu thanneer ... is derived from the Tamil word Maangaai The English word rice may have been ultimately derived from Tamil Arisi The word Congee may have been derived from the Tamil word Kanji See also Tamil people ... more details
Use dmy dates date February 2012 Infobox writing system name Tamil altname type Abugida time c. 700 present languages Tamil language Tamil br Sanskrit br Saurashtra language Saurashtra fam1 Br hm ... iso15924 Taml sample Tamil Sample.svg imagesize 250px indicText Tamil transliteration NOTE Before editing .... You can check it here http en.wikipedia.org wiki WP INDIC The Tamil script transl ta ISO tami ariccuva i Tamil alphabet is a script that is used to write the Tamil language as well as other ... Saurashtra and, by Tamil people Tamils , to write Sanskrit . ref Citation title The Unicode 5.0 ... tamilalphabet.jpg thumb A sign in Tamil script. Characteristics The Tamil script has 12 vowel s lang ... is classified in Tamil grammar as being neither a consonant nor a vowel lang ta transl ... and not alphabet ic. ref http dsal.uchicago.edu cgi bin romadict.pl?table tamil lex&page 148&display utf8 University of Madras Tamil Lexicon, page 148 lang ta transl ta ISO aliye uttu ... is different from the standalone character for the vowel. The Tamil script is written from left to right. History File History of Tamil script.jpg thumb 400px History of Tamil script See also Tamil Brahmi Vatteluttu File Tamil Palm 1.JPG thumb A page from a Tamil Palm Leaf Manuscript. The Tamil script ... of Tamil writing date to a time just after the Asoka n period. The script used by these inscriptions is commonly known as the Tamil Brahmi or Tamili script, and differs in many ways from standard Asokan Brahmi. For example, early Tamil Brahmi, unlike Asokan Brahmi, had a system to distinguish between ..., early Tamil Brahmi used slightly different vowel markers, had extra characters to represent letters not found in Sanskrit , and omitted letters for sounds not present in Tamil, such as voiced ... use a later form of the Tamil Brahmi Tamil Brahmi script, which is substantially similar to the writing system described in the Tolkappiyam , an ancient Tamil grammar. Most notably, they use the unicode ... more details
Orphan date October 2010 Tamil 99 is a keyboard layout approved by the Tamil Nadu Government. The layout, along with several monolingual and bilingual fonts for use with the Tamil language , was approved by government order on 13 June 1999. ref cite web title Tamil Font Encoding and Keyboard Layout standards of the Tamilnadu Government url http tamilelibrary.org teli tnstd.html publisher Tamil Electronic Library date 2005 11 16 accessdate 2010 05 17 ref Designed for use with a normal QWERTY keyboard, typing follows a consonant vowel pattern. The arrangement of the characters allow for fast and simple tying for users familiar with the script. References reflist External links http help.keymanweb.com keyboards keyboard ekwtamil99uniext.php Tamil99 Extended Keyboard Help Use dmy dates date October 2010 Category Keyboard layouts Category Indic computing tamil stub Tech stub ta 99 ... more details
Infobox Newspaper name Tamil Mirror image File Tamil Mirror logo.jpg 200px type News website format foundation ceased publication price owners Wijeya Newspapers Ltd publisher chiefeditor web editor Easwaran Rutnam assoceditor staff language Tamil language Tamil political Progressivism Progressive circulation headquarters No. 48, Park Street, Colombo 2, Sri Lanka oclc ISSN website http www.tamilmirror.lk tamilmirror.lk The Tamil Mirror is a Tamil language news website in Colombo , Sri Lanka . It is published by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. ref name press cite web url http www.pressreference.com Sa Sw Sri Lanka.html title Sri Lanka Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers work PressReference.com publisher Advameg Inc date 2007 accessdate 2009 02 11 ref Its sister newspapers are, The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka The Daily Mirror , The Sunday Times Sri Lanka The Sunday Times , Lankadeepa and Daily FT . See also List of newspapers in Sri Lanka Notes Reflist External links http www.dailymirror.lk Daily Mirror official Website http www.sundaytimes.lk Sunday Times official Website http www.ft.lk Daily FT official Website DEFAULTSORT Tamil Mirror Category Wijeya Newspapers Category Tamil media ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Tamil American br image image table border 0 align center ... Predominantly br American English Tamil Language Tamil br Minority br French Language French Sinhala ... Minority br Christianity Islam Jainism br related Tamil people Indian American Sri Lankan American Tamil Americans lang ta or American Tamils are nationals of the United States who are of Tamil people Tamil ethnic origins mostly from India and Sri Lanka and other countries such as Malaysia ... of Indian Americans of Tamil descent. New Jersey houses its own Tamil Sangam . ref http www.njtamilsangam.info New Jersey Tamil Sangam Bot generated title ref A sizeable population has also settled in New York City , as well as on the West Coast in the Silicon Valley, where there are Tamil associations such as the Bay Area Tamil Manram. ref name Bay http www.bayareatamilmanram.org eng introduction.php Bay Area Tamil Manram Bot generated title ref On the other hand, New York City and Los Angeles metropolitan areas are home to the largest concentrations of Tamil speaking Sri Lankan Americans. Tamil as a Language The number of speakers of the Tamil Language amounted to 83,000 in the country.The ... http www.usefoundation.org userdata file Research Languages tamil.pdf Usefoundation Tamil ref 2009 Tamil diaspora protests Tamil Americans had taken part in the worldwide 2009 Tamil diaspora protests Tamil diaspora protests in 2009 where they urged national and world leaders and organizations to take ... by local Tamil American groups, with the help of Tamil Canadians . Major protesting occurred a few ... . Notable Tamil Americans Ananda Coomaraswamy Philosopher Ashok Amritraj Film producer Aziz Ansari ... Vijay Iyer Pianist See also Portalbox India Sri Lanka Singapore Asian Americans Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America Tamil Canadians Indian American Sri Lankan American References Reflist Asian Americans Tamil Diaspora NRI PIO Sri Lankan diaspora Category Ethnic groups in the United States ... more details
orphan date May 2010 Tamil Renaissance refers to the literary, cultural, social reform and political movements that took place in the Tamil speaking districts of Southern India starting in the second half ... was characterized by a literary revival, spearheaded by Tamil writers of two different factions. One preferred an increased mixture of Sanskrit words with Tamil, believing that such a fusion raised the quality of Tamil language. The other faction favored reducing Sanskrit words to the barest minimum, in the belief that Sanskrit origin words made the Tamil language lose its individuality. Rapid ... of Tamil nationalism , which inspired both the Indian Independence movement as well as the Dravidian ... a profound impact on Tamil cinema. Citation needed date March 2011 Background Tamil Nadu history begins in the 3rd century BC. From then until a few centuries AD, the Tamil country was ruled by the Chera dynasty Chera , Chola , and Pandya kings, who patronized Tamil language . The Pandya kings, especially ..., when these kingdoms began to decline, Tamil arts, culture and literature suffered a temporary setback ... were systematically destroyed and the indigenous Tamil culture relegated to secondary status. Though there was a partial revival under the Vijayanagar Empire , Tamil civilization never recovered its ... or Sanskrit . For instance, though there were several Tamil literary works penned during the rule ... also saw the birth of Tamil pride, based on a distinct non Aryan Dravidian identity. The Comparative ... equivalents. ref name tamilrenaissance europeanp53 cite book title European impact on modern Tamil ... ref The antiquity and greatness of Tamil civilization was further revealed by the archaeological discoveries of Robert Bruce Foote and the rediscovery and reproduction of ancient Tamil classics by U. V ... . It also inspired the romanticism of V. Kanakasabhai and L. D. Swamikannu Pillai . Tamil nationalism ... movement in Tamil Nadu. Indian independence activists like Subramanya Bharathy , Chakravarthi ... more details
unreferenced date April 2012 Infobox University name Tamil University native name image Deleted image removed Image Tamil uni.gif motto mottoeng Whatever you think, think it in a big way established 1981 Registrar A. Karthikeyan vice chancellor M. Thirumalai city Thanjavur state Tamil Nadu country India country students type Public university Public campus Tanjore Outskirts affiliations University Grants Commission India UGC website http www.tamiluniversity.ac.in www.tamiluniversity.ac.in The Tamil University , India , was established to provide higher research in the Tamil language and advanced study in allied branches such as linguistics, translation, lexicography, music, drama and manuscriptology. M.Phil and Ph.D programmes were introduced in 1992 ... convert 900 acre km2 , granted by the State government of Tamil Nadu, making it the largest ... at New Delhi Fact date October 2008 . The Karikalan Gallery, built on the occasion of the World Tamil Conference is capable of accommodating about 2000 people. History The Tamil language, in the south ... of Tamil in the British period that motivated a meeting of Tamil scholars at Thanjavur to consider starting a university for the development and growth Tamil in August, 1925. But, perhaps due to the lack ... 1981, the location of the Tamil University was chosen on the outskirts of Thanjavur. The Tamil Nadu State Assembly unanimously passed the Tamil University Act in the second week of September ... Department of Epigraphy Department of Underwater Archaeology Centre Developing Tamil Department of Tamil Studies in Foreign Countries Department of Translation Department of Lexicography Department of Social Science Department of Scientific Tamil and Tamil Development Department of Education ... in Tamil Nadu Education in India coord missing Tamil Nadu Category Education in Thanjavur Category Universities and colleges in Tamil Nadu Category Thanjavur Category Association of Commonwealth ... more details
Infobox TV channel name Zee Tamil logofile Zee Tamil 2011 logo.png logosize 100px logoalt Zee Tamil Logo owner Zee Entertainment Enterprises headquarters Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India sat serv 1 Dish TV India sat chan 1 Channel 910 sat serv 2 DD Direct India sat chan 2 Channel 111 sat serv 3 SCV India sat chan 3 Channel 312 sat serv 4 Sun Direct DTH India sat chan 4 Channel 121 Zee Tamil is an India based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises , Zee Network, which carries broadcasts in Tamil language Tamil and other regional languages of India . As well as broadcasting in South Asia , it also reaches audiences in Europe , the Middle East , Africa , East Asia , Australasia and North America . It is a part of the Essel Group . Cookery show Anjarai Petty, soaps like Jhansi Rani, Chinna Marumagal, reality shows like Solvathellam Unmai, nambinal Nambungal and TOP 10 are notable programs on Zee Tamil. Popular Shows in Zee Tamil Anjaraipetti This show explores the exotic and authentic food of Tamil Nadu and takes viewers on a journey across Tamil Nadu exploring the various delicacies of Tamil Nadu. Anjaraipetti has segments such as public cooking, tastings, instant .... Nambinal Nambungal Marumathin Marupakkam Nambinal Nambungal was a successful show in Zee Tamil which shows the paranormal happenings around Tamil Nadu. The first season had crossed 375 episodes. From ... only in Tamil language. This show has Illakiya Ilaval Avani Madasamy as the judge. Defunct on mio TV Singapore Telecommunications SingTel confirmed that Zee Tamil would no longer be available ... earlier launched a Tamil channel called Bharati channel Bharathi in collaboration with Asianet , in 2000. External links http www.zeetamizh.com Zee Tamil Official website http www.mediaworldasia.dk Media World Asia Essel Group Tamil language television channels Category Media in Chennai Category Tamil ... Category Essel Group Category Zee Group id Zee Tamil ta ... more details
who retain positions of importance in Tamil mythology with iva, Vi u, and the Goddess are iva s sons Murugan and Ga e a . The twelfth century saw a flowering of Tamil literature , particularly featuring the poet Kambar poet Kampa s Ramavataram , the Tamil version of the R m ya a epic. Since the sixteenth ... of Tamil mythology. Tamil mythology remains one of the richest and most complex narrative traditions in India. See also Portal box India Mythology The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature Sangam ... DEFAULTSORT Tamil Mythology Category Tamil epic poems Category Hindu mythology Category Tamil history Category History of Hinduism Category History of religion Category Tamil literature Category Sangam literature Category Tamil language Literature, Tamil Category Tamil mythology mr ... more details
unreferenced date January 2009 notability date January 2009 Thondar Congress Volunteer Congress , a political party in the India n state of Tamil Nadu . It was founded on March 6, 2001 by former Indian National CongressTamil Nadu Congress Committee president Kumari Ananthan . It was mainly based amongst the Nadar caste. TC joined the National Democratic Alliance India NDA in the 2001 Tamil Nadu assembly elections. TC failed to make any success in the elections. In September 2001 Thondar Congress merged with Indian National CongressCongress . See also Indian National Congress breakaway parties Category Political parties in Tamil Nadu ... more details
Other uses Tamil nationalism disambiguation multiple issues disputed February 2010 essay like February 2009 Dravidian politics col File Tamil distribution.png thumb Distribution of Tamil language Tamil speakers in South India and Sri Lanka 1961 . Tamil nationalism has developed among the Tamil people Tamils of both Tamil Nadu and Sri Lankan Tamil people Sri Lanka . It expresses itself in the form of linguistic purism Pure Tamil , of nationalism and irredentism Dravida Nadu , and of Anti Brahminism Self Respect Movement . Tamil nationalists in Sri Lanka attempted to create an independent state Tamil ... Publication. Within India, Tamil irredentism led to the Madras anti Hindi agitation of 1965 anti Hindi agitation during the 1960s. Linguistic purism main Pure Tamil History see Madras anti Hindi agitation of 1965 Anti Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu In late 1964, an attempt was made to expressly provide ..., for all of them, was Hindi. However, the only non Hindi state to seek a similar power Tamil Nadu , which sought the right to conduct proceedings in Tamil language Tamil in its Madras High Court ... on Tamil in High Court newspaper The Hindu pages 1 date 12 March 2007 url http www.hindu.com 2007 ... not object to Tamil Nadu state s desire to conduct Madras High Court proceedings in Tamil language Tamil . ref http www.hindu.com 2006 12 03 stories 2006120306220800.htm The Hindu Tamil Nadu Thanjavur News No objection to Tamil as court language A.P. Shah Bot generated title ref ref http www.silobreaker.com DocumentReader.aspx?Item 5 848171789 Silobreaker Make Tamil the language of Madras ... The Hindu Tamil Nadu News Karunanidhi hopeful of Centre s announcement Bot generated title ref ... ref http www.tn.gov.in pressrelease archives pr2007 pr110307 pr110307 45.pdf Tamil Nadu government ... in Tamil.. ref cite news title Advocate argues in Tamil in High Court url http expressbuzz.com cities chennai advocate argues in tamil in high court 183847.html accessdate 27 June 2010 newspaper The New ... more details
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