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Tamil Christian Keerthanai or kīrttaṉai (Keerthanai meaning Songs of Praise) are devotional Christian songs in Tamil. They are also referred to as "lyrics" (a genre term) by Tamils in English. These are mostly a collection of indigenous hymns written by Protestant Tamil Christian poets.
The movie Neethaane En Ponvasantham had a climax shootout there and the coverage exposed the place to many Tamil people. A major part of Maniratnam's Kadal movie was shot in Manapad. Singam II has some parts pictured at this church premises. Many short films were shot there. A major part of Seenu Ramaswamy's Neerparavi was shot in Manapad.
Henry Alfred Krishnapillai (1827–1900) was a well-known poet in Tamil language. He was born in a Hindu family, but later converted to Christianity. He was an accomplished Tamil teacher and hence after his conversion sought to work on Tamil literary works. After his retirement he worked on his magnum opus, Ratchanya Yaatrigam.
Nagoor Saheb, known by his stage name Mano, is an Indian playback singer, voice-over artist, actor, and composer. [1] Mano has recorded more than 35,000+ songs for film and private various Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Tulu, Konkani and Assamese films.
Tamil Nadu has a very ancient and rich form of folk music, some of which is disappearing due to the importance given to Carnatic music as well as the pop movie industries taking over. Some of the well known Tamil folk singers today are Dr. Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan , Pushpavanam Kuppusamy , Anitha Kuppusamy , Chinnaponnu Paravai ...
Thayumanavar or Tayumanavar (Tamil: தாயுமானவர் Tāyumānavar) (1705–1744) was a Tamil spiritual philosopher from Tamil Nadu, India. Thayumanavar articulated the Saiva Siddhanta philosophy. He wrote several Tamil hymns of which 1454 are available.
The Kalaimamani is the highest civilian award in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.These awards are given by the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram (literature, music and theatre), a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Tamil Nadu, to recognise artists in the state for their achievements.
Alai Payuthey is the soundtrack album, composed by A. R. Rahman, to the 2000 Indian Tamil film of the same name.The soundtrack album consists of nine tracks from the original Tamil version of the album, whereas the Telugu version has seven tracks.