Chola Nadu (Tamil: சோழநாடு) is a region of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. It encompasses the lower reaches of the Kaveri River and its delta‚ and formed the cultural homeland and political base of the Chola Dynasty which ruled most of South India and parts of Sri Lanka and South-East Asia between the 9th and 13th centuries AD. Uraiyur served as the early Chola capital‚ then medieval Cholas shifted to Thanjavur and later cholas king Rajendra Chola I moved the capital to Gangaikonda Cholapuram
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the strategy that went into making this song an instant hit. It’s a classic case of ‘viral marketing’ gone wild‚ says brand expert Harish Bijoor about the far-reaching impact of the song Why this Kolaveri Di. This quirky Tanglish (a portmanteau for Tamil and English) number‚ which became an instant hit as soon as it was digitally released by Sony Music India in the second week of November‚ has now entered the lexicon of one and all. Three weeks on‚ the song has received a whopping 19 million hits on
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Jallikattu. Both the central and state governments were given notices by the Supreme Court as well. To know about the ban on Jallikattu‚ first one has to be clear enough on the event called “Jallikattu.” It is a traditional sport event of the state Tamil Nadu. Significance of this sport stems from its being ancient; in fact‚ it is mentioned in the Sangam literature as Eru Thazhuvuthal. Even the English administrators had mentioned it as an important part of the Indian culture. The cultural significance
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The Murugan Temple situated at the top of the Palani hills one of the Six holy abodes The 16th Century Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health at the coastal town of Velankanni Tamil Nadu has the credit of having 34000 Hindu temples which are several centuries Old. The cities in ancient Tamil Nadu is believed to have revolved around the magnificent temples built by the Pallava‚Chola and Pandya empires and therefore most of the cities in the state have a lot of religious significance and
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Vedanthankal Lake Bird Sanctuary (Tamil: வேடந்தாங்கல் பறவைகள் சரணாலயம்) is a 30-hectare (74 acres) sanctuary located in the Kancheepuram District of the state of Tamil Nadu‚ India. The sanctuary is about 75 kilometres (47 mi) from Chennai on National Highway 45 (NH45) south of Chengalpattu. Vedanthangal is a home for migratory birds‚ such as pintail‚ garganey‚ grey wagtail‚ blue-winged teal‚ common sandpiper and some more.[1] Vedanthangal is about one and half hour journey from Chennai. It is one
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Honey-Stream Contents Preface 6 PUBLISHERS VIEW 8 READERS’ REVIEW 9 1. Introduction 10 2. Wise Old Woman 11 2.1 General 11 2.2 First Auvaiyar 11 2.3 Second Auvaiyar 12 2.3 Third Auvaiyar 12 2.4 Attribution to Auvaiyar 13 3. TAMIL LANGUAGE 15 4. CHILDREN CHANNEL 17 4.1 General 17 4.2 Arthi Chudhi 18 4.3 Konrai Venthan 19 4.4 Muthurai 19 4.5 Nalvahi 19 5.0 MORAL MANNERS 20 5.1 Blameless Behaviour 20 5.2 Virtuous Vision 26 5.3 Wholesome Wisdom 31
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written in the ‘Sangam Age’‚ which is not a concrete time range. Some literature may have been written as long ago as 10‚000 BCE‚ but most was written from c. 400 BCE to c. 400 CE. of Between 350 BCE to 200 CE‚ South India (mostly Tamil Nadu) was ruled by the three Tamil dynasties of Chola‚ Pandya and Chera. The Cholas The heartland of the Cholas was the fertile valley of the Kaveri River‚ but they ruled a significantly larger area at the height of their power from the later half of the 9th
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thereby‚ forming a quadrilateral. The principal objective of India’s most vaunted highway project is to connect most of the major agricultural industrial and cultural centers of India. Some of the more important centers being (Karnataka)‚ Chennai (Tamil Nadu)‚ Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)‚ Jaipur (Rajasthan)‚ Gandhinagar (Gujarat)‚ Mumbai and Pune (Maharashtra)‚ Bangalore‚ Bhubaneswar (Orissa)‚ Kolkata (West Bengal) and Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh). The Golden quadrilateral project was a cherished dream
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case‚ the dry spell and resulting starvation in the mid-1870s put a limit on the usage of these arrangements. The arrangements were resuscitated by Mysore in 1881‚ by which time Mysore was back in the hands of the Mysore rulers‚ while present day Tamil Nadu kept on remaining a piece of the Madras Presidency. Things reached a critical stage in 1910 when Mysore‚ thought of an arrangement to build a dam at Kannambadi town to hold up to 41.5 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of water. The dam was wanted
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familiar with the South Indian Tamil language‚ his style would come across as a curious mixture of English and Tamil. While the syntax and grammar conform to English conventions‚ several of the idioms are clearly influenced by Tamil. Particularly in dialogue‚ as in the exchange between the astrologer and Guru Nayak‚ the language moves between standard English and dialect. Sometimes‚ it is evident that what he is providing is a literal translation of expressions in Tamil. The un-selfconscious skill with
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