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Tamil culture refers to the culture of the Tamil people. The Tamils speak the Tamil language , one of the oldest languages in India with more than two thousand years of written history . Archaeological evidence from the Tamilakam region indicates a continuous history of human occupation for more than 3,800 years.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. Dravidian ethnolinguistic group Ethnic group Tamils Tamilar Total population c. 77 million Regions with significant populations India 69,026,881 (2011) Sri Lanka 3,108,770 (2012) Malaysia 1,800,000 (2016) United States 238,699+ (2017) Canada 237,890 (2021) [note 2] Singapore 174,708 ...
It is to the Tamil culture what the Iliad is to the Greek culture, states R. Parthasarathy. It blends the themes, mythologies and theological values found in the Jain, Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions. It is a Tamil story of love and rejection, happiness and pain, good and evil like all classic epics of the world.
The Tamil language is native to Tamil Nadu , Puducherry (India) and Sri Lanka, where most of the native Tamil speaking population is highly concentrated. Tamil is also recognized as a classical language by the Government of India in 2004 and was the first language to achieve such status. [1] Tamil is one of the 22 official languages of India. [2]
Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people of Indian origin settled to Malaysia; Singapore Tamils, Tamil people of Indian origin settled in Singapore; Tamil diaspora, descendants of Tamil immigrants living outside of India and Sri Lanka; Tamil language, the native language of the Tamils; Tamiloid languages, Dravidian languages related to Tamil, spoken in ...
Tamil folk culture refers to folk arts and crafts of the Tamil people. Folk arts and crafts are an integral part of the Tamil culture . Tamil folk arts include music i.e. Naattupurapaattu , dance styles, songs, games, crafts, herbal medicine, food, sculpture, costumes, stories, proverbs, and mythology.
Bharatanatyam is a classical dance form of South India is immensely popular in Karnataka as well. The Karnataka Tamils are a social community of Tamil language speakers living in Bangalore, capital city of the Indian state of Karnataka and Mysore, Mandya, Kolar Gold Fields, Chamrajnagar, and other districts of old Mysore Kingdom.
Tamilization is the cultural expansion of the Tamil people native to the southern part of India and the northern and eastern part of Sri Lanka. [1] [2]The Tamils traditional homeland according to Sangam period sources covered the modern states Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and southern parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, although ancient Tamil settlement were also found in Sri ...