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[edit] History

• Persons: Tiruvalluvar · Ilango Adigal · E. V. Ramasami Naicker · S. J. V. Chelvanayakam · Thileepan · Veerapan· Ayyankali
• Dynasties: Chola dynasty · Pandyan kingdom · Pallava · Chera dynasty · Jaffna kingdom · Kadava · Reddy dynasty . E. M. S. Namboodiripad
• Movements: Self-Respect Movement
• Sites: Kerala Kalamandalam

[edit] Culture and society

[edit] Culture

• Languages: Dravidian languages: Dravidian languages · Tamil language · Malayalam language · Telugu language · Kannada language · Tulu language · Sankethi language

• • Dialects: Madurai Tamil · Madras Tamil · Brahmin Tamil · Mandyam Tamil · Kannada-Tamil · Judeo-Malayalam · Jaffna Tamil · Negombo Tamil dialect · Sri Lankan Tamil dialects . Mappila Malayalam

• Scripts: Tamil script · Malayalam script · Telugu script · Tulu script · Tamil copper-plate inscriptions · Vatteluttu · Grantha script · Kannada script

• Literature: Tamil literature · Kannada literature · Malayalam literature · Telugu literature

• • Novels: Ponniyin Selvan · Tamil historical novels

• • Epics: The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature · Silappatikaram · Manimekalai· Civaka Cintamani · Kundalakesi

• Music: Ancient Tamil music · Panchavadyam

• Dance: Bharatanatyam · Kathakali · Kuchipudi · Mohiniyattam · Dance forms of Tamil Nadu

• Martial arts: Dravidian martial arts · Silambam · Kalarippayattu · Varma Kalai · Adithada · Kuttu Varisai · Valari · Maduvu · Surul Pattai · Marmam · Origins of Kalarippayattu · Malyutham

• Festivals: Thaipusam . Onam . Pongal

• Unsorted: South Indian culture · Dravidian Architecture · Dravidian University · Tamil Bell · List of English words of Tamil origin

[edit] Society

• People: Dravidian people · Proto-Dravidian · Tamil people · Sri Lanka Tamils (native) · Tuluva · Brahui people · Malabars · Malayalee · Kodava · Paliyan· Mudugar

• Diaspora: Indians in Singapore · Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora · Tamil diaspora · Malaysian Indian · Tamil Canadian · Tamil Malaysian · Burmese Indians

[edit] Cinema and Media

[edit] Cinema

• Kollywood · Mallu movies · Tollywood · Kannada movies

[edit] Film

• Chemman Chaalai · In the Name of Buddha

[edit] Media

[edit] Politics

• Persons: V. Gopalswamy · M. Karunanidhi . Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy . Anbumani Ramadoss
• Parties: AIADMK · DK · DMK · MDMK · PMK · TDP . TNA . TULF
• Social movements: DPI . HINDRAF

[edit] Geography

[edit] Cities

• Tamil Nadu

• • Chennai . Coimbatore . Erode . Madurai . Salem . Tiruchirapalli . Tirunelveli . Tirupur

• Kerala

• • Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Kozhikode

• Andhra Pradesh

• • Hyderabad . Guntur . Warangal . Tirupati . Vijayawada . Visakhapatnam . Rajahmundry . Kakinada . Nellore . Karimnagar . Machilipatnam . Eluru . Anantapur . Kurnool . Kadapa . Khammam . Nizamabad

• Karnataka

• • Bangalore . Mangalore . Mysore

[edit] States

• Andhra Pradesh · Kerala · Tamil Nadu · Karnataka

[edit] Provinces

[edit] Regions

• South India · Malabar