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  • Ref. Sheets on Tamil people, Language, Literature, Culture, . . .

    • A Brief Introduction to Tamils’ History, Culture and Literature (Prof. Velupillai)

    Tamil Language -History and Features (Prof. M. Varadarajan)

    History of the Tamil Diaspora (V. Sivasupramaniam)

    Aspects of South Indian Numismatics of Interest to Tamil Diaspora

    Tamilnadu’s Contribution to Carnatic Music (B.M.Sundaram)

    Kural verses in early Tamil script forms

    tirukural: internet resources & translations in languagues of theworld

    Thamizh thaai vaazhthu - Official Prayer Hymn of Tamilnadu

    Symbolic forms of Tamil numerals and fractions

    Time count, days, months and years as per Tamil Calender

    Kolam - simple ones for beginners

    A collection of Tamil names for new born babies (Bala Swaminathan)

    Historical Atlas of South India (French Inst. of Pondicherry)

    A collection of small Tamil verses for Children

    A List of 64 kinds of arts (aayakalaikal 64)

    Tamilnadu Arts and Handicrafts Specialities

    Tanjore Picture Paintings and their lead Artists of Tamilnadu

    Chronology of events related to Tamils in Sri Lanka (1500 -1948)

    archana in Tamil (thamizhil archanaigaL)

    A chronological listing of Rulers of Tamilnadu

    Great Anthologies of Tamil Literature

    Chrono. Listing of Tamil Literature - Part I (….BC - 17th C. AD)

    Chrono. Listing of Tamil Literature - Part II 18th C - 20th C. AD)

    authors of akanaanooru and puranaanooru (compiled by M. Karunanidhi)

    List of Tamil Saints: Alwars and Nayanmars

    A short collection of popular tamil proverbs (in tamil unicode)

    A short collection of popular tamil folk/country songs (in tamil unicode)

    Glossary of Tamil Names for Hindu Gods, Goddesses, Zodiac signs, stars, objects, ..

    A collection of Tamil Marriage songs
    Dalits (SC, ST communities) of Tamilnadu (S. Clarke)

    Review of some books on Dalits of Tamilnadu

    Persistence of Caste and Anti-Caste Resistance in India and the Diaspora

    Siddha Medicinal system of Tamilnadu

    On the Silk Industry of Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu

    A glossary of computer-related words in Tamil

    Hindu, Muslim and Christian faith-based Tamil festivals

    Dates of Hindu, Muslim and Christian festivals-2006

    Batu Caves Murugan Temple of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Temples of Tamilnadu - part I

    Temples of Tamilnadu - part II

    Largest Hindu Temple in Europe for Balaji consecrated in British Midlands

    Little Jaffna: South Asian part of Paris, France

    Little India: The Tamilian Quartier of Singapore

    Tamil Diaspora in Switzerland

    A Brief History of the Tamils of Mauritius (M. Sangalee)

    Indian Diaspora of the Gulf States Region

    Building of Hindu Temples, integration in Germany

    Recipes for South Indian Food Speciality items

    Items for Indian Cuisine available online at Amazon.com

    Resources for Learning Tamil (books, cassettes, websites)

    A List of Tamil Films of Thirties and Forties

    Chronology of Events related to Tamils in Sri Lanka (1500 -1948)

    Universal Declaration of Human Rights (in Tamil)

    Online Store to buy items of interest to Tamil Diaspora
  • A Potpurri of Websites (>1000) of interest to Tamil Diaspora

    • A List of Hindu Temples in Europe

    A List of Hindu Temples in Australia, Singapore & Africa

    A List of Hindu Temples in Canada

    List of Hindu Temples in the USA -part I (states AK -CA)

    List of Hindu Temples in the USA -part II (states CO- GA)

    List of Hindu Temples in the USA -part III (states HI -LA)

    List of Hindu Temples in the USA -part IV (states MA-MS)

    List of Hindu Temples in the USA -part V (States NC -NM)

    List of Hindu Temples in the USA -part Va (states States OH - WV)

    List of Tamil Ezines (magazines) and periodicals on the Net

    Website links for Carnatic Music Instrumentalists

    Website links for Carnatic Music Vocalists

    List of Tamil Sangams / Manrams / Associations around the world

    I: Tamil Portals, TN Govt sites, sites on Cities of Tamilnadu

    II: Carnatic Music and Classical Dance (bharathanatyam)

    III: Hindu Temples, Religion, Philosophy

    IV: Newspapers, ezines, magazines, tamil learning,…

    V: Tamil Cinema, Actors, Actresses, …

    VI: Educ. Institutions, Sangams, Srilankan, Tamil muslim sites

    VII: South Indian Businesses on the Net, Miscellaneous

    List of Indian Book Publishers & Distributors on the Net
  • Tamil Fonts, Softwares, Interconversion of files, Tamil webpages,…

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    BharateeyaOO - Open Office localised Tamil version

    Online resources for Tamil Unicode on computers

    Tamil Text convertors (for interconversion between ISCII, TSCII, Unicode, IPA, ITRANS,..)

    Official Font encoding, Keyboard Standards of Tamilnadu Govt.

    Free Tamil (TAB) fonts based on the new standards of Tamilnadu Govt.

    Draft Font encoding & Keyboard Standards announced at Tamilnet 99 Conf.

    Tamil Script Code for Information Interchange TSCII - Details

    FREE Tools (fonts, keyboard editors,…) based on TSCII Encoding

    Mylai Tamil font (free)

    Mylai Web Forum

    Mylai tamil font for use on UNIX machines!!

    Historical overview on the development of charset standards

    Tamil Fonts and Interconversion of files

    Softwares for transliterated form of Tamil, Word Processors

    Setting up Web pages in Tamil based on Mylai and other fonts

    An overview of software tools for word-processing in Tamil

    Introduction to 8-bit bilingual font encoding standards

    Guidelines & Sample tamil webpages based on TSCII

  • Classified Bibliography of Books on Tamil Langauge, Literature, Culture, . . .

    • List of Books in Tamil Language available at Amazon.com

    List of Books in Tamil Literature available at Amazon.com

    List of Books in Indian Cuisine available at Amazon.com

    List of Books in Tamil History, Politics available at Amazon.com

    Tamil Books You can buy Online from Amazon bookstore-page 1

    Tamil Books You can buy Online from Amazon bookstore-page 2

    Tamil Books You can buy Online from Amazon bookstore-page 3

    A List of Tamil Novels published prior to 1950

    Tamil Novels of 20th Century and Their Authors (In english)

    A short list of Tamil scholars from Overseas and their works

    Ref. Books for Tamil Literature (Lexicon), Language (dictionary)

    Tamil books on Literature of Sangam Period

    Books on Tamil Epics (cilappatikaram, manimekalai,…..)

    English commentaries of tamil literary works/Religion

    Books on Tamil History and Culture

    List of Etexts of Tamil Literary works available free at Project Madurai

    Books on Tamil Drama

    Books on Sri Lankan Tamils and Srilankan Conflit

    50 years of Srilankan Tamil Literature (Prof. K. Sivathamby)

    Books on Tamilnadu Politics, ethnicity, culture,…

    Books on Dravidian (Tamil) Linguistics

    Tamil Book Classics available in Microforms

    English translations of tamil novels & short stories

    Tamil translations of Indian language works

    Tamil translations of English language works

    Books on Carnatic & Hindustani Music - a bibliography

    Books on South Indian Temples - a bibliography
  • Tamil Research and Research Centers In India

    • Pondicherry Inst. of Linguistics and Culture, Pondy, India

    Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai, India

    Tamil Publications of Inst. of Asian Studies, Chennai, India

    International Inst. of Tamil Studies, Chennai, India

    Tamil Publications of International Inst. for Tamil Studies,Chennai, India

    Mozhi Trust, Madras, India

    Tamil University,Tanjavur, Tamilnadu, India

    Thanjavur Sarawathi Mahal Library

    Tamil Publn. of Annamalai Univ, Tamilnadu

    A collection of articles on Tamil Literature from research journals

    A collection of articles on Tamil Language, Linguistics from research journals

    Doctoral thesis dissertations on tamil novels

    Tamil Music College & Tamil Isai Sangam

  • InfoSheets on Tamilnadu State and its Major Cities

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    List of Chief Ministers of Tamilnadu since 1920

    Postal (PIN) Codes for different parts of Chennai, Tamilnadu

    State Council of Ministers (as of May 2006)

    Web directory for State, Central Govt. Departments in Tamilnadu

    List of Higher Educational Institutions in Tamilnadu

    A list of leading Tamil Book Publishers of Tamilnadu

    Deemed Universities of Tamilnadu

    Flight Departures from Chennai Airport (+domestic timings)

    Train Timings at Madras Central station

    List of Radio Stations broadcasting in Tamilnadu

    History, Geographical and Physical Features of Chennai City

    Industrial and Real Estate Growth in Chennai in recent Times

    A list of malls and shopping Centers in Chennai

    List of Government and Private Hospitals in Chennai,

    A List of wildlife sanctuaries of Tamilnadu

  • 20th Century Tamil Authors and Their Literary Works

    • 20th C authors whose works are in public domain ( in TSCII format)

    List of 20th C tamil novels by authors-part I ( in tamil script/TSCII)

    List of 20th C tamil novels by authors-part 2 ( in tamil script/TSCII)

    List of 20th C tamil novels by authors-part 3 ( in tamil script/TSCII)

    notable contributions of 20th century tamils-part 1

    notable contributions of 20th century tamils-part 2

    Literary works of Meenakshisundaram Pillai

    Life History, Literary Works of C.N. Annadurai

    Life History, Literary Works of T.P. Meenakshisundaram

    Literary Works of M. Karunanidhi

    Life History & Literary Works of Bharathidasan

    Life History & Literary Works of Kavinjar Kannadhasan

    Life History & Literary Works of C.Subramania Bharathiyar

    Literary Works of Ma.Po. Sivagnanam

    A short collection of Songs of Bharathidasan (in unicode format)

    A short collection of Songs of C. Subramania Bharathi (in tamil unicode format)

    A short collection of Film Songs of Kannadhasan (in unicode format)

    A short collection of Songs of Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram (in TSCII format)

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