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Karka Sankranti: July 16, marks the transition of the Sun into Karka Râshi . This also marks the end of the six-month Uttarayana period on the Hindu calendar, and the beginning of Dakshinayana, which itself end at Makar Sankranti. [2] Simha Sankranti: It is celebrated on the first day of the solar month on the Hindu calendar i.e. Bhadrapada.
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Dakshinayana (Sanskrit: दक्षिणायन, romanized: Dakṣiṇāyana) [1] is a Hindu astronomical concept that refers to the movement of the sun to the south of the equator, [2] [3] and is also a term that indicates the six-month period between the summer solstice and the winter solstice.
Tiru (Tamil: திரு), [9] also rendered Thiru, is a Tamil honorific prefix used while addressing adult males and is the equivalent of the English "Mr" or the French "Monsieur". The female equivalent of the term is tirumati .
Puthandu: Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, India, and northern and eastern regions of Sri Lanka; Vishu: Kerala, India; Bisu: Tulu Nadu region of Karnataka and Kerala, India; Jur Sital: Mithila region of Bihar, India, and Nepal; Vaisakhi: Punjab, north and central India; Nepalese New Year [3] [4] Sangrai: Bangladesh; Aluth Avurudda: Sri Lanka; In ...
Only two of his books are available in English translation, When Stone Melts and Other Stories (translation of Kallu Karaguva Samaya) [21] and Sankranti. [22] His works have also been translated into Tamil and Hindi .
Bhogi [a] is the first day of the four-day Sankranti festival. It falls on the last day of Agrahāyaṇa or Mārgaśīrṣa month of Hindu Solar Calendar, which is 13 January by the Gregorian calendar. It is the day before Makar Sankranti, celebrated widely in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra. [2] [3]
The List of Tamil Proverbs consists of some of the commonly used by Tamil people and their diaspora all over the world. [1] There were thousands and thousands of proverbs were used by Tamil people, it is harder to list all in one single article, the list shows a few proverbs.