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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Tamil on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Tamil in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
The rules of pronunciation given in the Tolkāppiyam, a text on the grammar of old Tamil, says that the āytam in old Tamil patterned with semivowels and it occurred after a short vowel and before a stop; it either lengthened the previous vowel, geminated the stop or was lost if the following segment is phonetically voiced in the environment. [26]
Karakattam (karakam-'water pot'), or Karagam Puja in the Caribbean, is an ancient folk dance of Tamil Nadu performed in praise of the rain goddess Mariamman. The ancient Tamil epic says that this type of dance derived from Bharatham and a mixture of multiple forms of Tamil dance forms like Bharatanatyam postures and mudras. The offering of this ...
Kattavarayan is a heroic saviour god and a deity of the Kōviars. [5] Naccimar is a women's goddess often conflated with Mariamman or Ampal, the mother Goddess. Naka Tampiran, a form of Shiva is also common deity in most villages. Periyatampiran, a form of Shiva is a caste deity of the Vannar [6] Valliyakkan, a Yaksha deity popular among the ...
Mariamman, often abbreviated to Amman (Tamil: மாரியம்மன்), is a Hindu goddess of weather, predominantly venerated in the rural areas of South India. [3] [4] Her festivals are held during the late summer/early autumn season of Ādi throughout Tamil Nadu and the Deccan region, the largest being the Ādi Thiruviḻa. Her ...
Thaipusam or Thaipoosam (Tamil: Taippūcam, IPA: [t̪əjppuːsəm]) is a Tamil Hindu festival celebrated on the first full moon day of the Tamil month of Thai coinciding with Pusam star. The festival signifies that Lord Murugan is a Siddha and an enlightened being.
Roshni Haripriyan, better known as Roshini is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Tamil films. She is well-known for playing the lead in the Tamil-language television series Bharathi Kannamma. [2] In 2022, she was a contestant on the reality cooking series Cooku with Comali (season 3).
The sanctum sanctorum (garbhagriha) of goddess Akhilandeswari and the sanctum sanctorum of Prasanna Ganapathi are in the shape of the pranava mantra, "Om" in Tamil script. It is believed that Akhilandeswari was originally an angry deity ( ugra devata ) in the form of Varahi and devotees would pray to her only from the outside of the temple.