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Mayilattam is an artistic and religious form of dance performed in the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in reverence to Murugan, a regional form of the Hindu deity Kartikeya. Literally translating as the "peacock dance", [ 1 ] the performers seat themselves upon a peacock replica, which is the mount of the deity.
Dayakattai or Dayaboss is a Tamil dice game played by 2 or 4 people (or multiples) by forming teams. It originated in Tamil Nadu (a southern state of India) and is comparable to another dice game from the country called Pachisi. [1] Dayakattai takes many different forms.
Kalittokai (Tamil: கலித்தொகை meaning the kali-metre anthology) is a classical Tamil poetic work and the sixth of Eight Anthologies (Ettuthokai) in the Sangam literature. [1] It is an "akam genre – love and erotic – collection par excellence", according to Kamil Zvelebil – a Tamil literature and history scholar. [1]
Jatakam (/ dʒ ɑː ð ə ɡ ə m / transl. Horoscope; also spelt Jathakam) is a 1953 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by R. Nagendra Rao. The film stars T. K. Balachandran and Suryakala. It was simultaneously made in Kannada as Jataka Phala and in Telugu as Jatakaphalam. The film was released on 25 December 1953. [2]
The Tamil purism movement successfully lobbied for Tamil to be declared a "classical language" of India in 2004, [1] a status also accorded to few other languages (Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada etc.) later in the Indian constitution. This gave rise to the Centre for the Study of Tamil as a Classical Language in Chennai, but it took another year to ...
The almanac is popularly referred to as the Pambu Panchangam because the cover page of the almanac carries a prominent image of a snake (Tamil: பாம்பு, pāmpu). The snake referred to here is the Moon in the Panchangam. The image of the snake contains 27 small circles embedded with it.
Kallattam (transl. Foul Play) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by G. Ramesh.The film features Nandha, Richard Rishi, and Ilavarasu in the lead roles, while Sharika, Arthi, and Baby Rethva Isvar play pivotal supporting roles.
Kagam in Tamil means crow. Sri Kaagapujandar is the master in the art of Immortality. [2] He is the one who obtains diksha (initiation) from Almighty Lord Shiva [2] in every era. Sri Kaagapujandar gave upadhesa (instruction) to Sri Vashistar, guru of Sri Rama as mentioned in Yoga Vasistha. [2] Siddhar Sri Roma rishi is said to be son of Sri ...