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Dravidian culture and history
Origin Indus Valley Civilisation Keezhadi excavation site
History History of South India Ancient history of Sri Lanka Dravidian dynasties Chola Chera Pandyan Satavahana Rashtrakuta Chalukya Pallava Kakatiya Hoysala Sangama Saluva Tuluva Aravidu Nayak Reddy Aryacakravarti Western Ganga Eastern Ganga
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People Dravidian peoples Brahui people Gondi people Kannadigas Kodavas Malayalis Telugus Tamils Tuluvas Irulas Nagas (Extinct) Giraavarus (Extinct) Cholanaikkans Khonds Kodavas Kurukhs Paniyas Malar Soligas Koragas
Politics Kannada language rights Tulu Nadu state movement Telugu Desam Party Tamil nationalism Dravidian nationalism Dravidian parties Dravida Nadu
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Persons

• Freedom Fighters: Arumai Perumal . Velu Nachiyar . Dheeran Chinnamalai . Edouard Goubert . Maruthu Pandiyar . Migapulle Arachchi . U. Muthuramalingam Thevar . Cankili II . Pandara Vanniyan . Puli Thevar . Thileepan · Tiruppur Kumaran . Veeran Sundaralingam . Vanchinathan . Veerapandiya Kattabomman . Oomaithurai . Velupillai Prabhakaran

• Monarchs: visit List of Tamil monarchs

• Poets: Tiruvalluvar · Ilango Adigal · Kambar · Avvaiyar · Eelathu Poothanthevanar · Kannadasan · Subramanya Bharathi · Tirutakkatevar · Chithalai Chathanar

• Saints: Alvars · Nayanars

• Social Reformers: Ayya Vaikundar . S. J. V. Chelvanayakam . E. V. Ramasami Naicker · Subramanya Bharathi

Kingdoms and Dynasties

• Chieftaincies: Vannimai · Velirs · Polygar

• Dynasties: Aryacakravarti dynasty · Chola dynasty · Pallava dynasty · Chera dynasty · Kadava dynasty · Madurai Nayak Dynasty · Thanjavur Nayaks . Thanjavur Marathas

• Kingdoms: Pandyan kingdom . Jaffna kingdom . Ay kingdom

Historic Freedom Struggles

• In Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan Civil War
  • Eelam War I . Eelam War II . Eelam War III . Eelam War IV

Movements

• Self-Respect Movement, Anti-Hindi agitations

Tamilakam

• History of Tamil Nadu · Tamilakam · Religion in ancient Tamil country · Agriculture in ancient Tamil country · Economy of ancient Tamil country · Education in ancient Tamil country · Industry in ancient Tamil country · Early Pandyan Society · Early Pandyan Government · Chola government · Sources of ancient Tamil history · Sangam period

Eelam

• History of Sri Lanka · Eelam · History of the Jaffna Kingdom · Tissamaharama Tamil Brahmi inscription, Naga people (Lanka)

Language and Writing

• Dialects: Madurai Tamil · Madras Tamil · Brahmin Tamil · Mandyam Tamil · Kannada-Tamil · Judeo-Malayalam · Jaffna Tamil · Negombo Tamil dialect · Sri Lankan Tamil dialects . Thanjavur Marathi

• Language: Dravidian languages: Dravidian languages · Tamil language · Sankethi language

• Other: List of English words of Tamil origin . Loan words in Sri Lankan Tamil

• Scripts: Tamil script · Tamil copper-plate inscriptions · Vatteluttu · Grantha script

Literature

• Epics: The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature · Silappatikaram · Manimekalai · Civaka Cintamani · Kundalakesi Valayapathi · Ramavataram

• Grammar: Tolkāppiyam · Date of the Tolkappiyam

• Literature: Tamil literature · Sangam literature · Chola literature . Tamil history from Sangam literature, Sri Lankan Tamil literature

• Novels: Ponniyin Selvan · Tamil historical novels

• Poetry: Pathinenmaelkanakku (Eighteen Anthology Series) · Ettuthokai (Eight Anthologies) · Pattupattu (Ten Idylls)

Music and Dance

• Dance: Bharatanatyam · Dance forms of Tamil Nadu

• Instruments: Veena · Pullanguzhal · Villuppattu · Yazh · Thavil · Murasu · Melam · Kombu · Parai · Urumi

• Music: Ancient Tamil music · Music of Tamil Nadu · Pann

Sports and Festivals

• Festivals: Thaipusam . Thai Pongal . Puthandu

• Martial arts: Dravidian martial arts · Silambam · Kalarippayattu · Varma Kalai · Adithada · Kuttu Varisai · Valari · Maduvu · Surul Pattai · Marmam · Origins of Kalarippayattu · Malyutham

• Sports: Jallikattu · Kabaddi

• People: Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam

Art and Architecture

• Dravidian architecture · Tamil architecture · Kallanai Dam · Tamil Bell · Brihadeeswarar Temple · Chola art · Pancha Rathas · Pancha Ishwarams · Meenakshi Amman Temple

Religion

• Religion in ancient Tamil country · Dravidian folk religion · Hinduism in Tamil Nadu · Hinduism in Sri Lanka · Tamil Christians · Tamil Muslims · Tamil Jains · Tamil Buddhists, Village deities of Tamil Nadu, Village deities of Tamils of Sri Lanka

Society

• People: Dravidian people · Proto-Dravidian · Sri Lankan Tamil people · Tamil people · Negombo Tamils · Malabars · List of Indian Tamil castes · List of Sri Lankan Tamil castes · Sri Lankan Tamil castes

• Diaspora: Tamil diaspora · Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora · Sri Lanka Tamils (Indian origin) . Indians in Singapore · Tamil Malaysians · Tamil Canadian . Tamil South Africans · Burmese Indians · Indo-Martiniquais · Indo-Caribbeans · Tamils of Réunion

Other

• South Indian culture · Dravidian University

Cinema

• Tamil Cinema · Sri Lankan Tamil cinema

Film

• Chemman Chaalai · In the Name of Buddha · Veerapandiya Kattabomman (film) · Lists of Tamil-language films · List of Sri Lankan Tamil films

Media

Persons

• Activists: Meena Kandasamy · Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy . Thirumurugan Gandhi . Nedumaran . Sengai Aaliyan . Ameer . Bharathidasan . Jayakanthan . Seeman . V. Gowthaman . Thozhar Thiyagu · S. P. Adithanar

• Ministers/ Chief Ministers: V. Gopalswamy · M. Karunanidhi . J. Jayalalithaa . M. K. Stalin . Anbumani Ramadoss

• National Leader: Velupillai Prabhakaran

Parties

• India (Tamil Nadu): AIDMK · DMK · MDMK · PMK · NTK · VCK
• Sri Lanka: TNA . TULF

Social Movements

• India: DPI

• Malaysia: HINDRAF

Nationalism

• Tamil Nationalism
• Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism

Irredentism

Greater Tamil Nadu . Tamil Eelam

Paramilitary groups

• in Sri Lanka: LTTE . PLOTE . EPRLF . EPDP . TMVP . Sri Lankan Tamil militants

• in India: TNLA . TNRT . Tamil Nadu Liberation Front (TNLF)

Major Cities of Tamil Nadu and Tamil areas of Sri Lanka

• Chennai . Coimbatore . Erode . Madurai . Salem . Tiruchirapalli . Thanjavur . Kanchipuram . Tirunelveli . Tirupur . Rameswaram . Jaffna . Vavuniya . Mannar . Trincomalee . Velanai . Ampara . Batticaloa . Kalmunai . Kilinochchi . Mullaitivu . Puttalam . Chavakacheri

Districts of Tamil Nadu and Tamil areas of Sri Lanka

• Chennai . Coimbatore . Thanjavur. Kanchipuram . Cuddalore . Dharmapuri . Dindigul . Erode . Kanyakumari . Karur . Krishnagiri . Madurai . Nagapattinam . Namakkal . Perambalur . Pudukkottai . Ramanathapuram . Salem . Sivagangai . Thanjavur . Nilgiris . Theni . Thoothukudi . Tiruchirapalli . Tirunelveli . Tiruvarur . Thiruvannaamalai . Tiruvarur . Vellore . Viluppuram . Virudhunagar . Tiruvarur . Jaffna District . Mannar District . Batticaloa District . Vavuniya District

States - Union Territories - Province

• Tamil Nadu · Puducherry · North Eastern Province ( Northern Province and Eastern Province)

Landcapes

• Sangam landscape · Kaveri River · Gulf of Mannar · Coromandel Coast · Palk Strait

Regions

• South India · Malabar · Sri Lanka ( Jaffna peninsula, Vanni, Mannar Island)