kalyan | April 19, 2008
A joint effort of French Institute of Pondicherry and the Tamil University, Thanjavur Project Period: June 2005 to May 2008 Reference URL: http://www.ifpindia.org/histatlas/ The Indian subcontinent, it need hardly be stated, has a rich history of more than 500,000 years. During this long period it has been a melting pot of diverse cultures in varied [...]
kalyan | April 8, 2008
A chronological listing of Rulers of Tamilnadu (since 6th C A.D to 1948) This web page text is based on the Tamil Unicode/utf-8 format So you need to use any Unicode font that has Tamil character block and any Unicode-compliant browser. ——————— The following transliteration scheme used in this page : a, A, i, I, [...]
kalyan | April 7, 2008
A civilized society must naturally have had a system of medicine which catered to the health needs of its people. This was the Siddha system. The term ‘Siddhi’ means ‘achievement’ and the Siddhars were men who achieved certain results in medicine, as well as in yoga or tapas. The results in medicine were achieved by [...]
kalyan | April 7, 2008
by M. Sangeelee Paper presesnted at the First International Tamil Conference – Seminar Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18 – 23 April 1966 Mauritius is a small island lost in the Indian Ocean. It is some 550 miles to the east of Madagascar. It is 31 miles long and 28 miles broad and has an area of [...]
kalyan | April 7, 2008
தமிழ் திரைப்படங்கள் (1931 -1950) அருந்ததி (1943) அசட்டுப்பிள்ளை (1943) அபலா (1940) அலிபாதுஷா (1935) அதிரூப அமராவதி (1935) அம்பிகாபதி (1937) அனாதைப்பெண் (1938) அதிர்ஷ்டம் (1939) அதிர்ஷ்ட நட்சத்திரம் (1939) அசோக்குமார் (1941) அலிபாபாவும் 40 திருடர்களும் (1941) அல்லி விஜயம் (1942) அனந்த சயனம் (1942) அர்தனாரி (1946) அஹிம்சாயுத்தம் (1948) அபூர்வ சகோதர்கள் (1949) ஆண்டாள் (1948) ஆண்டாள் திருக்கல்யாணம் (1937) ஆனந்த ஆஸ்ரமம் (1939) ஆதித்தன் கனவு (1948) ஆரவல்லி [...]
kalyan | April 7, 2008
Chronology of Events – from the arrival of the first Colonial Powers until 1948 by: Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam, Unit for Strategic and Security Studies, National University of Malaysia Bangi, 43600 Bangi/Selangor, Malaysia This factsheet may only be reproduced in its entirety and with due acknowledgment to the author of this compilation D. Hellmann-Rajanayagam. Any changes, abridgments [...]
kalyan | April 6, 2008
by B.M. Sundaram) Source Acknowledgement: SRUTI (India’s Premier Music and Dance Magazine(, Issue 132, p. 23 (1995). It was adapted from a lecture delivered by B.M. SUNDARAM at the 53rd annual festival of music and dance organized by Sri Tyagaraja Festival Committee in Tirupati. In regard to performers, the author has, with few exceptions, not [...]
kalyan | April 6, 2008
Aspects of Numismatics of Interest to Tamil Diaspora Numismatics (Wikipaedia): Numismatics is the scientific study of money and its history in all its varied forms. While numismatists are often characterized as studying coins, the discipline also includes a much larger study of payment media used to resolve debts and the exchange of goods. Lacking a [...]
kalyan | April 6, 2008
by V. Sivasupramaniam Source: murugan.org http://murugan.org/research/sivasupramaniam.htm Diaspora comes from the Greek word ‘diaspeirein’ meaning to disperse or scatter. Diaspora is the dispersal or the scattering of persons with common identity such as culture and language in different directions. Diaspora transcends all its variations. The diaspora maintain and nurture their civilisational and cultural distinctiveness and its [...]
kalyan | April 6, 2008
BOOKS IN TAMIL ainkurunUru Aciriyak kuzhuvinarAl pala piratihkalai oppunokki, paricothiththu veliyitap peRRathu. 2. pathippu. Chennai : Niyu Cencuri Puk Havus, 1981. ainkurunUru Ettuththokaiyul mUnravathakiya AinkurunUru mUlamum pazhaiya vuraiyum U. Ve. Caminataiyaravarkal paricothiththu ezhuthiya kuRippukkalutan. 6. patippu. ThiruvAnmiyur, Cennai : Taktar U. Ve. cAminathaiyar nUl nilaiyam, 1980. Series title: Makamakopattiyaya Taktar U. Ve. cAminathaiyar nUl nilaiya [...]