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[edit] History

[edit] Persons

• Freedom Fighters: Arumai Perumal . Dheeran Chinnamalai . Edouard Goubert . Maruthu Pandiyar . Migapulle Arachchi . U. Muthuramalingam Thevar . Pandara Vannian . Puli Thevar . Thileepan · Tiruppur Kumaran . Vanchinathan . Veerapandiya Kattabomman

• Kings: King Elara · Karikala Chola . Kulothunga Chola I · Mahendravarman I . Narasimhavarman I . Raja Raja Chola I · Rajendra Chola I . Senguttuvan

• Poets: Tiruvalluvar · Ilango Adigal · Kambar

• Social Reformers: Ayya Vaikundar . S. J. V. Chelvanayakam . E. V. Ramasami Naicker · Subramanya Bharathi

[edit] Kingdoms and Dynasties

• Chieftancies: Vannimai

• Dynasties: Aryacakravarti dynasty · Chola dynasty · Pallava dynasty · Chera dynasty · Kadava dynasty · Madurai Nayak Dynasty · Thanjavur Nayaks . Thanjavur Marathas

• Kingdoms: Pandyan kingdom . Jaffna kingdom

[edit] Movements

• Self-Respect Movement

[edit] Other

• History of Tamil Nadu · Ancient Tamil country · Religion in ancient Tamil country · Economy of ancient Tamil country · Early Pandyan Society · Early Pandyan Government

[edit] Culture and Society

[edit] Language and Writing

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

• Language: Dravidian languages: Dravidian languages · Tamil language · Sankethi language

• Other: List of English words of Tamil origin . Loan words in Sri Lankan Tamil

• Scripts: Tamil script · Tamil copper-plate inscriptions · Vatteluttu · Grantha script

[edit] Literature

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

• Grammar: Tolkāppiyam · Date of the Tolkappiyam

• Literature: Tamil literature · Sangam literature · Chola literature

• Novels: Ponniyin Selvan · Tamil historical novels

• Poetry: Pathinenmaelkanakku (Eighteen Anthology Series) · Ettuthokai (Eight Anthologies) · Pattupattu (Ten Idylls)

[edit] Music and Dance

• Dance: Bharatanatyam · Dance forms of Tamil Nadu

• Instruments: Veena · Pullanguzhal · Villuppattu

• Music: Ancient Tamil music · Music of Tamil Nadu

[edit] Sports and Festivals

• Festivals: Thaipusam . Pongal

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

[edit] Art and Architecture

• Dravidian Architecture · Tamil Bell

[edit] Society

• Diaspora: Tamil diaspora . Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora . Sri Lanka Tamils (Indian origin) . Indians in Singapore · Tamil Malaysians · Tamil Canadian . Tamil South Africans ·Burmese Indians

• People: Dravidian people · Proto-Dravidian · Tamil people · Sri Lanka Tamils (native) · Negombo Tamils . Malabars · Paliyan· Mudugar . Pallar . Pulayar

[edit] Other

• South Indian culture · Dravidian University

[edit] Cinema and Media

[edit] Cinema

• Kollywood

[edit] Film

• Chemman Chaalai · In the Name of Buddha · Veerapandiya Kattabomman (film) · List of top Tamil-language films

[edit] Media

[edit] Politics

[edit] Persons

• Activists: Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy

• Ministers/ Chief Ministers: V. Gopalswamy · M. Karunanidhi . J. Jayalalithaa . Anbumani Ramadoss

• National Leader: Velupillai Prabhakaran

[edit] Parties

• India (Tamil Nadu): AIADMK · DMK · MDMK · PMK
• Sri Lanka: TNA . TULF

[edit] Social Movements

• India: DPI

• Malaysia:HINDRAF

[edit] Liberation Movements

• LTTE

[edit] Paramilitary Groups

• PLOTE . EPRLF . EPDP . TMVP

[edit] Other

• Sri Lankan Tamil militants

[edit] Geography

[edit] Major Cities of Tamil Nadu and Tamil areas of Sri Lanka

• Chennai . Coimbatore . Erode . Madurai . Salem . Tiruchirapalli . Tirunelveli . Tirupur . Jaffna . Batticaloa . Vavuniya . Mannar . Trincomalee

[edit] Districts of Tamil Nadu and Tamil areas of Sri Lanka

• Chennai . Coimbatore . Thanjavur. Kanchipuram . Cuddalore . Dharmapuri . Dindigul . Erode . Kanyakumari . Karur . Krishnagiri . Madurai . Nagapattinam . Namakkal . Perambalur . Pudukkottai . Ramanathapuram . Salem . Sivagangai . Thanjavur . Nilgiris . Theni . Thoothukudi . Tiruchirapalli . Tirunelveli . Tiruvarur . Thiruvannaamalai . Tiruvarur . Vellore . Viluppuram . Virudhunagar . Tiruvarur . Jaffna District . Mannar District . Batticaloa District . Vavuniya District

[edit] States - Union Territories

• Tamil Nadu · Puducherry

[edit] Landcapes

• Sangam landscape · Kaveri River · Gulf of Mannar

[edit] Regions

• South India · Malabar