A Journey into the history, culture, heritage and greatness of this wonderful language and people who speak, breathe and love it!
Tamil is a language only next to Sanskrit when it comes to divinity. Although it is said to follow the Dravidian script and not Devanagiri, which Sanskrit does, it is the next most ancient language of the world and one of the best, as its people would acknowledge. Tamil Literature and Tamil language experts would know very well how many
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Known as the first Siddhar of the world, his abode was Mount Podhigai, the home of the great Lord Muruga. Here, the Lord is said to have blessed him with powers to heal others and also to be known as a great Siddhar who has attained “ashta siddhis”. He is said to have existed around 500 BCE and also to
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Thiru Aadi pooram is a very important festival celebrated by Tamil Iyengars and along with them, all communities to celebrate the birthday of Goddess Poetess Andal, who has written the very famous 30 sonnets of ‘Thiruppavai’. It is celebrated in various parts of Tamil Nadu in cities such as Srirangam and Srivilliputtur amongst others. This year’s Thiru aadi poora festival
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As per the literary work of Tolakkapiyam, Tamil language was born even before 1st Century B.C. Tamil language is a part of Dravidian literature much as several other languages in India are a pert of the Aryan. It is said that Tamil was the language of Lord Shiva. Saint Agastya, who is the first rishi and who write several books
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