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Thaipusam 2025: Know the date, timings, history, significance, and celebrations
February 11, 2025 9:17 am
Thai Poosam/Thaipusam 2025: Significance and Celebrations 2025 Date and Time: Widely celebrated by the Tamil community in Tamil Nadu India and across the world, especially in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, and more; this year, it will be observed on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
Understanding the different types of pongal and their significance
January 14, 2025 5:49 pm
While vadai, appam, and other South Indian staples can also be made on the occasion, it is customary to make venn pongal and sakkarai pongal.
Meet Iykki Berry, the Tamil-English rapper trying to break stereotypes – one song at a time
November 26, 2024 2:00 pm
Based in Chennai, Iykki Berry, a doctor who hails from Thanjavur, has released her latest single ‘Itihasam’.
Know Your City: How ancient Tamil inscriptions found in and around Bengaluru hark to fluid linguistic borders
August 12, 2024 10:01 am
The hundreds of stone inscriptions found in and around modern Bengaluru talk about land grants and the building of villages.
Why Bridgerton Season 2, despite its many shortcomings, is a satisfying slow burn
April 22, 2022 5:10 pm
The period drama is replete with anachronisms, misplaced portrayal of the colonised and confused cultural references, but by casting two dark Dravidian female British-Tamil actors in leading roles, the Netflix show has done a better job than mainstream Tamil cinema
Sanskrit song at IIT Madras hits wrong note, sparks row
February 27, 2018 3:20 am
Traditionally, Tamil Thaai Vazhthu, considered the Tamil anthem, is sung as the invocation song at official functions. Opposition parties accused the Central government of ignoring Tamil language and culture and imposing Hindi, Hindu and Sanskritic ideas in the state.
Tamil Wrap Star
August 04, 2014 2:52 pm
What comes scented with jasmine and sandal, unites inimical Dravidian parties, and adds to Dhanush’s flamboyance? The dhoti, central to Tamil identity, is trendier than ever before.
Tamil Sangam trying hard to keep language alive in Gujarat
June 14, 2010 1:32 am
The Ahmedabad Tamil Sangam has been striving hard for the last 18 years to preserve and propagate the rich and ancient Tamil culture among the younger generation settled in Gujarat,said V Thiruppugazh (IAS),the Chief Information Officer of Gujarat.
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