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Gandhi
Jayanthi. Kalainjar Kavi Arangam. |
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Statement on the status of
Tamil as a living classical language
Let me state unequivocally that, by any criteria one may choose, Tamil is
one of the great classical literatures and traditions of the world. |
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Tamil Language:
Tamil is a classical language and one of the mafor languages of the Dravidian language
family. Spoken predominantly by Tamil in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore. It has
smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. As of 1996, it was the eighteenth
most spoken language, with over 4 million speakers worldwide. It is one of the official
languages of India, Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. |
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Companion
Studies to the History of Tamil Literature
by Kamil Zvelebil - Architecture - 1991 - 291 pages
Page 178 - ... to verify the statements found in so-called Sangam literature.
... upon to preside over the annual conference of the Madurai Tamil Sangam
in 1905, ...
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Footprint South India Handbook
by Robert Bradnock - Travel - 2001 - 616 pages
Page 74 - Tamil Sangam literature underwent an extraordinary test,
see page 162. Books would be
thrown into the sacred ... |
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Dravidian race
The Dravidian Race is the name sometimes still given to
the peoples of southern and central India and northern SriLanka who speak Dravidian
languages, the best known of which are Telugu and Tamil. |
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Tirunelveli
Tirunelveli District enjoys the benefit of the early
showers of south west monsoon and of the later rains of the north-east monsoon. |
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Tamil Sangam
The Sangam is a collection of Tamil Literature composed
between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago. |
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Ettuthokai/Melkannaku
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The following works of art
and literature are among the most remarkable contributions of the Tamil creative genius to
the world's cultural treasure and should be familiar to the whole world and admired and
beloved by all in the same way as the poems of Homer... |
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Madurai Tamil Sangam
Pandiyan Kings patronized Tamil language in a great way. They created
Sangams to develop the language. The Mudhal Sangam was established in Southern Madurai
which was situated in the land Kumari by the river called Kanni. |
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Tamil Language
Tamil - The Ancient Language of Dravidian Speech.. Ancient Indian
literature is not all about the Vedas. it is about Sangam literature too. Tamil, the
oldest and truest of the Dravidian speeches, boasts of this literary tradition of more
than2,200 years. |
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Tolkappiyam
The Tolkappiyam
in Tamil) is a book on the grammar of
the Tamil language. Published in about the 6th century BC by Tolka¯ppiyar, is
said to be the world's oldest surviving grammar for any language. |
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Dravidian
Temple Architecture
The art and literature are among the most remarkable contributions
of the Tamil creative genius to the world's cultural treasure and should be familiar to
the whole world. |
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Dalit Anti-Dravidianism Debunked
Mukesh Paswan - Unfortunately, a section of Dalits has swallowed
another Brahminist poison pill and have of lately started to take on an anti-Dravidian
stance. |
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Dravidian
Dictionary
A large family of languages spoken especially in southern India and
northern Sri Lanka that includes Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. |
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TAMIL
HERITAGE :
The Tamils are an ancient people. Their history had its beginnings in
the rich alluvial plains near the southern extremity of peninsular
India which included the land mass known as the island of Sri Lanka to
day. The island's plant and animal life (including the presence of
elephants) evidence the earlier land connection with the Indian sub
continent. .... |
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