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Outline of Tamil Nadu

Index Outline of Tamil Nadu

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu – state in South India. [1]

159 relations: Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve, Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Andhra Pradesh, Architecture of Tamil Nadu, Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Arunachala Kavi, Asia, Ballad, Bay of Bengal, Bharatanatyam, Bharathidasan, Biosphere reserves of India, Capital city, Carnatic music, Central Asian Flyway, Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary, Christianity in Tamil Nadu, Climate of Tamil Nadu, Demographics of Tamil Nadu, Devadasi, Easter, Eastern Ghats, Eastern Hemisphere, Economy of Tamil Nadu, Education in Tamil Nadu, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, Elections in Tamil Nadu, Eurasia, Ganesh Chaturthi, Geography of Tamil Nadu, Government, Government of Tamil Nadu, Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary, Guindy National Park, Gulf of Mannar, Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Head of government, Head of state, Hinduism in Tamil Nadu, History of Tamil Nadu, India, Indian general election, 2009 (Tamil Nadu), Indian general election, 2014 (Tamil Nadu), Indian Ocean, Indian Standard Time, Jallikattu, Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary, Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, ..., Karakattam, Karnataka, Kattaikkuttu, Kerala, Kolam, Koothankulam Bird Sanctuary, List of adjectives and demonyms for states and territories of India, List of airports in Tamil Nadu, List of birds of Tamil Nadu, List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, List of constituencies of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, List of districts in Tamil Nadu, List of governors of Tamil Nadu, List of Indian states and territories by Human Development Index, List of Indian states and union territories by GDP, List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate, List of Indian states by life expectancy at birth, List of institutions of higher education in Tamil Nadu, List of lakes in Tamil Nadu, List of Monuments of National Importance in Tamil Nadu, List of most populous towns in Tamil Nadu, List of national parks of India, List of Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu, List of rivers of Tamil Nadu, List of State Protected Monuments in Tamil Nadu, List of states and union territories of India by area, List of states and union territories of India by crime rate, List of states and union territories of India by population, List of Tamil people, List of temples in Tamil Nadu, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Madras Music Season, Man and the Biosphere Programme, Marimutha Pillai, Mayilattam, Melam, Motor vehicle registration, Mudumalai National Park, Mukurthi National Park, Music of Tamil Nadu, Muthu Thandavar, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Naattupurapaattu, Nadaswaram, Navaratri, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Nilgiri mountains, Northern Hemisphere, Outline (list), Outline of India, Palani Hills Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park, Palk Strait, Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, Paripāṭal, Parliamentary system, Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary, Politics of Tamil Nadu, Project Elephant, Project Tiger, Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary, Puthandu, Representative democracy, Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary, Schools of Equality, Seal of Tamil Nadu, South Asia, South India, Sports in Tamil Nadu, State governments of India, States and union territories of India, Subramania Bharati, Suchindram Theroor Birds Sanctuary, Syama Sastri, Tamil cinema, Tamil cuisine, Tamil language, Tamil literature, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee, Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, Tamil Nadu cricket team, Tamil Nadu football team, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Tamil Nadu Police, Tamil Sangams, Tamil Thai Valthu (Tamil Nadu), Tamil Trinity, Tamils, Terukkuttu, Thai Pongal, Thevaram, Thiruvaiyaru, Thiruvalluvar, Time zone, Tirukkuṛaḷ, Tourism in Tamil Nadu, Transport in Tamil Nadu, Tyagaraja, Udayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary, UNESCO, UTC+05:30, Vallanadu Wildlife Sanctuary, Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary, Vellode Birds Sanctuary, Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary, Villu Paatu, Viralimalai, Western Ghats, Wildlife of Tamil Nadu. Expand index (109 more) »

Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve

The Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve (ABR) (Malayalam: അഗസ്ത്യമല ജെെവ സംരക്ഷണ മേഖല) was Established in 2001 and includes of which 1828 km² is in Kerala and 1672.36 km² is in Tamil Nadu.

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Anamalai Tiger Reserve

Anamalai Tiger Reserve, earlier known as Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park (IGWLS&NP) and previously as Anamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, is a protected area located in the Anaimalai Hills of Pollachi, Valparai and Udumalpet taluks of Coimbatore District and Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu state, South India.

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh is one of the 29 states of India.

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Architecture of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu architecture that emerged thousands of years ago.

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Arignar Anna Zoological Park

Arignar Anna Zoological Park (abbreviated AAZP), also known as the Vandalur Zoo, is a zoological garden located in Vandalur, a suburb in the southwestern part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, about from the city centre and from Chennai Airport.

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Arunachala Kavi

Arunachala Kavi (அருணாசல கவி) (1711–1779) was a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.

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Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal (Bengali: বঙ্গোপসাগর) is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and north by India and Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India).

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Bharatanatyam

Bharatanatyam (Tamil: "பரதநாட்டியம்"), is a major genre of Indian classical dance that originated in Tamil Nadu.

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Bharathidasan

Kanakasabai Subburathinam (பாரதிதாசன்; 29 April 1891 – 21 April 1964, popularly called Bharathidasan) was a 20th-century Tamil poet and writer rationalist whose literary works handled mostly socio-political issues.

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Biosphere reserves of India

The Indian government has established 18 Biosphere Reserves in India, (categories roughly corresponding to IUCN Category V Protected areas), which protect larger areas of natural habitat (than a National Park or Animal Sanctuary), and often include one or more National Parks or preserves, along with buffer zones that are open to some economic uses.

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Capital city

A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.

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Carnatic music

Carnatic music, Karnāṭaka saṃgīta or Karnāṭaka saṅgītam is a system of music commonly associated with southern India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, as well as Sri Lanka.

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Central Asian Flyway

The Central Asian Flyway (CAF), Central Asian-Indian Flyway, or Central Asian-South Asian Flyway is a flyway covering a large continental area of Eurasia between the Arctic Ocean and the Indian Ocean and the associated island chains.

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Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary

Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary locally known as "Chitrangudi Kanmoli" is a Protected area declared in 1989 and a part of Chitrangudi village, Mudukulathur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Christianity in Tamil Nadu

Christianity in the state of Tamil Nadu, India is believed to be almost 2000 years old.

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Climate of Tamil Nadu

The Climate of Tamil Nadu, India is generally tropical and features fairly hot temperatures over the year except during the monsoon seasons.

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Demographics of Tamil Nadu

According to the 2011 census, the total population stood at 72,147,039, with 36,137,975 males, 36,009,055 females, a sex ratio of 996 females per 1000 males, literacy rate of 80.09%, 10.51% of the population below seven years and a population density of 555.

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Devadasi

In South and parts of Western India, a devadasi (deva (god)) or jogini is a girl "dedicated" to worship and service of a deity or a temple for the rest of her life.

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Easter

Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the Book of Common Prayer, "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher and Samuel Pepys and plain "Easter", as in books printed in,, also called Pascha (Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary 30 AD.

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Eastern Ghats

The Eastern Ghats are a discontinuous range of mountains along India's eastern coast.

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Eastern Hemisphere

The Eastern Hemisphere is a geographical term for the half of Earth which is east of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, UK) and west of the antimeridian (which crosses the Pacific Ocean and relatively little land from pole to pole).

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Economy of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu has the Second largest economy in India with a current GSDP of.

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Education in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the most literate states in India.

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Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha (lit), also called the "Festival of Sacrifice", is the second of two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year (the other being Eid al-Fitr), and considered the holier of the two.

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Eid al-Fitr

Eid al-Fitr (عيد الفطر) is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting (sawm).

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Elections in Tamil Nadu

Elections in Tamil Nadu are conducted every five years to elect the State assembly and its share of members to the Lok Sabha.

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Eurasia

Eurasia is a combined continental landmass of Europe and Asia.

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Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesh Chaturthi (IAST), also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi or Vinayaka Chavithi is the Hindu festival that reveres god Ganesha.

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Geography of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is the eleventh largest state in India and covers an area of.

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Government

A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state.

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Government of Tamil Nadu

The Government of Tamil Nadu is the governing authority for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary

The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary (GSWS), also known as Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary, was established in 1988 to protect the vulnerable grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura).

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Guindy National Park

Guindy National Park is a Protected area of Tamil Nadu, located in Chennai, South India, is the 8th smallest National Park of India and one of the very few national parks situated inside a city.

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Gulf of Mannar

The Gulf of Mannar is a large shallow bay forming part of the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean.

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Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park

The Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park is a protected area of India consisting of 21 small islands (islets) and adjacent coral reefs in the Gulf of Mannar in the Indian Ocean.

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Head of government

A head of government (or chief of government) is a generic term used for either the highest or second highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, (commonly referred to as countries, nations or nation-states) who often presides over a cabinet, a group of ministers or secretaries who lead executive departments.

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Head of state

A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona that officially represents the national unity and legitimacy of a sovereign state.

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Hinduism in Tamil Nadu

Hinduism in Tamil Nadu dates back to 5th century BC finding literary mention in Sangam literature.

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History of Tamil Nadu

The region of Tamil Nadu or Tamilakam, in the southeast of modern India, shows evidence of having had continuous human habitation from 15,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian general election, 2009 (Tamil Nadu)

The Indian general election, 2009 polls in Tamil Nadu was held for 39 seats in the state.

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Indian general election, 2014 (Tamil Nadu)

The Indian general election, 2014 polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state on 24 April 2014.

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface).

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Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

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Jallikattu

Jallikattu (or sallikkattu), also known as eru thazhuvuthal and manju virattu, is a traditional spectacle in which a Bos indicus bull, such as the Pulikulam or Kangayam breeds, is released into a crowd of people, and multiple human participants attempt to grab the large hump on the bull's back with both arms and hang on to it while the bull attempts to escape.

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Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve

Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), (Tamil:களக்காடு முண்டந்துறை புலிகள் சரணாலயம்) located in the Southern Western Ghats in Tirunelveli District and Kanyakumari District in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is the second-largest protected area in Tamil Nadu State (behind only Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary in Erode).

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Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary

Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary is a Protected area near Mudukulathur Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu.

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Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary

Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu South India declared in February 2008.

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Karakattam

Karakattam (கரகாட்டம் or "karakam (கரகம் 'water pot') dance") is an ancient folk dance of Tamil Nadu performed in praise of the rain goddess Mariamman.The ancient Tamil epic says that this type of dance has derived from Bharatham and a mixture of multiple forms of Tamil Dance forms like Bharatanatyam postures,mudras.The offering of this dance is to the goddess to bless Rain.

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Karnataka

Karnataka also known Kannada Nadu is a state in the south western region of India.

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Kattaikkuttu

Kattaikkuttu is a rural theatre form practiced in the State of Tamil Nadu in South India.

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Kerala

Kerala is a state in South India on the Malabar Coast.

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Kolam

Kolam is a form of drawing that is drawn by using rice flour/chalk/chalk powder/rock powder often using naturally/synthetically colored powders in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and some parts of Goa, Maharashtra as well as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and a few other Asian countries.

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Koothankulam Bird Sanctuary

Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary or Kunthankulam is a protected area declared as a sanctuary in 1994.

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List of adjectives and demonyms for states and territories of India

Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name.

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List of airports in Tamil Nadu

* TAMIL NADU Airports.

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List of birds of Tamil Nadu

This article lists the birds found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu

The complete list of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu consists of the heads of government in the history of the state of Tamil Nadu in India since 1920.

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List of constituencies of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

The state of Tamil Nadu has operated a unicameral system since 1 November 1986.

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List of districts in Tamil Nadu

The state of Tamil Nadu, in southern India is divided into 32 districts.

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List of governors of Tamil Nadu

The Governor of Tamil Nadu is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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List of Indian states and territories by Human Development Index

The national average HDI for India in 2008 was 0.467.

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List of Indian states and union territories by GDP

These are lists of Indian states and union territories by their nominal gross state domestic product (GSDP).

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List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate

Literacy rate in India is uneven and as such, different States and Union Territories of India have differences in their literacy rates.

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List of Indian states by life expectancy at birth

This is a list of Indian states by Life expectancy at birth.

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List of institutions of higher education in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is home to some of the most reputed institutes for higher education in India.

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List of lakes in Tamil Nadu

This page lists the lakes in the South Indian state, Tamil Nadu.

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List of Monuments of National Importance in Tamil Nadu

This is a list of Monuments of National Importance (ASI) as officially recognized by and available through the website of the Archaeological Survey of India in the Indian state Tamil Nadu.

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List of most populous towns in Tamil Nadu

The list of most populous towns in Tamil Nadu provides the population of towns in Tamil Nadu, the 7th largest state in India.

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List of national parks of India

National parks in India are IUCN category II protected areas.

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List of Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu

The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India.

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List of rivers of Tamil Nadu

This page lists the main rivers of Tamil Nadu.

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List of State Protected Monuments in Tamil Nadu

This is a list of State Protected Monuments as officially reported by and available through the website of the Archaeological Survey of India in the Indian state Tamil Nadu.

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List of states and union territories of India by area

The following is a list of states and union territories of the Republic of India by area from largest to smallest according to the census of 2011.

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List of states and union territories of India by crime rate

This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked by the recognizable Crime Rate as on 2012 and 2015, and represents the number of cognizable crimes occurred for every 100,000 persons.

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List of states and union territories of India by population

India is a union of 29 states and 7 union territories.

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List of Tamil people

This is a list of notable Tamils.

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List of temples in Tamil Nadu

This is a list of popular tamil temples in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, known as the Land of Temples.

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Madras Crocodile Bank Trust

The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology (MCBT) is a reptile zoo and herpetology research station, located south of the city of Chennai, in state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Madras Music Season

Chennai Music Season is an event hosted every December–January in the Chennai (formerly known as Madras) Tamil Nadu.

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Man and the Biosphere Programme

Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) is an intergovernmental scientific programme, launched in 1971 by UNESCO, that aims to establish a scientific basis for the improvement of relationships between people and their environments.

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Marimutha Pillai

Marimutha Pillai (1712 – 1787 CE) was a composer of Carnatic music and, along with Arunachala Kavi and Muthu Thandavar, was one of the pioneering Tamil Trinity of Carnatic music.

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Mayilattam

Mayilattam (Tamil:மயிலாட்டம்) is an artistic and religious form of dance performed in the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in reverence to Lord Subrahmanya.

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Melam

A melam (or mathalam) is a type of percussion instrument that is unique to Tamil Nadu, Kerala and parts of South India.

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Motor vehicle registration

Motor vehicle registration is the registration of a motor vehicle with a government authority, either compulsory or otherwise.

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Mudumalai National Park

The Mudumalai National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary also a declared tiger reserve, lies on the northwestern side of the Nilgiri Hills (Blue Mountains), in Nilgiri District, about north-west of Coimbatore city in Tamil Nadu.

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Mukurthi National Park

Mukurthi National Park (MNP) is a protected area located in the western corner of the Nilgiris Plateau west of Ootacamund hill station in the northwest corner of Tamil Nadu state in the Western Ghats mountain range of South India.

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Music of Tamil Nadu

Music of Tamil Nadu has a long tradition and history going back thousands of years.

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Muthu Thandavar

Muthu Thandavar (1525 – 1600 CE) (Tamil:முத்துத்தாண்டவர்)was composer of Carnatic music.

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Muthuswami Dikshitar

Muthuswami HARSH (muddusvami dikshita in Telugu and Kannada) (March 24, 1775 – October 21, 1835) was a South Indian poet and composer and is one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music.

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Naattupurapaattu

Naattupurapaattu is a form of Tamil folk music and Tamil folk culture.

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Nadaswaram

The nadhaswaram, nagaswaram, or nathaswaram is a double reed wind instrument from Tamilnadu.

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Navaratri

Navaratri (नवरात्रि, literally "nine nights"), also spelled Navratri or Navarathri, is a nine nights (and ten days) Hindu festival, celebrated in the autumn every year.

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Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is an International Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats and Nilgiri Hills ranges of South India.

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Nilgiri mountains

The Nilgiri Mountains (Tamil: நீலகிரி;Neelagiri, literally blue hills) form part of the Western Ghats in western Tamil Nadu of Southern India.

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Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.

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Outline (list)

An outline, also called a hierarchical outline, is a list arranged to show hierarchical relationships and is a type of tree structure.

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Outline of India

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to India: India – seventh-largest country by area, located on the Indian subcontinent in South Asia.

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Palani Hills Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park

The Palani Hills Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park is a proposed protected area in Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu State South India.

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Palk Strait

The Palk Strait (பாக்கு சலசந்தி / பாக்கு நீரிணை, Sinhala: පෝක් සමුද්‍ර සන්ධිය Pok Samudra Sandhiya) is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka.

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Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, which also includes the erstwhile Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, is a protected area in Chittur taluk in Palakkad district of Kerala state, South India.

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Paripāṭal

Paripaadal (பரிபாடல்), a classical Tamil poetic work, is the fifth book in the Ettuthokai, a Sangam literature anthology.

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Parliamentary system

A parliamentary system is a system of democratic governance of a state where the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the confidence of the legislative branch, typically a parliament, and is also held accountable to that parliament.

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Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary

Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary (PCWBS) is a protected area in Tamil Nadu, South India along the Palk Strait where it meets the Bay of Bengal at Point Calimere (Tamil: கோடியக்கரை Kodiakkarai) at the southeastern tip of Nagapattinam District.

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Politics of Tamil Nadu

Politics of Tamil Nadu is the politics related to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Project Elephant

Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Government of India Ministry of Environment and Forests to provide financial and technical support of wildlife management efforts by states for their free ranging populations of wild Asian Elephants.

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Project Tiger

Project Tiger is a tiger conservation programme launched in 1973 by the Government of India during Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's tenure.

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Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary

Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary is a famous 481 km² located in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh and Protected area in Thiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu state in South India.

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Puthandu

Tamil Puthandu (Tamil: தமிழ்புத்தாண்டு), also known as Puthuvarusham or Tamil New Year, is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar.

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Representative democracy

Representative democracy (also indirect democracy, representative republic or psephocracy) is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

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Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary

Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve is a protected area and tiger reserve along the Western Ghats in the Erode District of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Schools of Equality

Started in 2014, Schools of Equality is a non-profit organization aimed to shift social attitudes of youth surrounding gender-based violence and other injustices.

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Seal of Tamil Nadu

The Seal of Tamil Nadu is the official state emblem of Tamil Nadu and is used as the official state symbol of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

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South Asia

South Asia or Southern Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent) is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.

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South India

South India is the area encompassing the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry, occupying 19% of India's area.

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Sports in Tamil Nadu

Many sports are played by the people of Tamil Nadu, including both traditional sports and sports from other countries.

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State governments of India

State governments in India are the governments ruling States of India and the head of the council of ministers in a state is chief minister.

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States and union territories of India

India is a federal union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.

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Subramania Bharati

Chinnaswami Subramania Bharati, also known as Bharathiyar (11 December 1882 – 11 September 1921) was a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and a social reformer from Tamil Nadu.

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Suchindram Theroor Birds Sanctuary

The Suchindram Theroor Birds Sanctuary is a protected area comprising the Suchindram Kulam wetlands at, and the Theroor Kulam wetlands at, both near Suchindram town in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu state, South India.

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Syama Sastri

Syama Sastri (also commonly transliterated as Shyama Shastri) (1762–1827) was a musician and composer of the Carnatic music tradition.

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Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is Indian motion pictures produced in the Tamil language.

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Tamil cuisine

Tamil cuisine is a cuisine native to the Tamil people who are native to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and northern Sri Lanka.

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians.

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Tamil literature

Tamil literature (தமிழ் இலக்கியம்) refers to the literature in the Tamil language.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (• tamiḻ nāḍu ? literally 'The Land of Tamils' or 'Tamil Country') is one of the 29 states of India.

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Tamil Nadu Congress Committee

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee(TNCC) is the wing of Indian National Congress serving in Tamil Nadu.

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Tamil Nadu Cricket Association

The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) is the governing body of Cricket activities in the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Tamil Nadu cricket team.

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Tamil Nadu cricket team

The Tamil Nadu Cricket Team is a domestic cricket team run by Tamil Nadu Cricket Association representing the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Tamil Nadu football team

The Tamil Nadu football team is an Indian football team representing Tamil Nadu in the Santosh Trophy.

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Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly alone has powers to legislate laws covering state subjects in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Tamil Nadu Police

Tamil Nadu Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency of the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Tamil Sangams

The Tamil Sangams or Cankams were assemblies of Tamil scholars and poets that, according to traditional Tamil accounts, occurred in the remote past.

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Tamil Thai Valthu (Tamil Nadu)

Tamil Thai Vaazhthu (Invocation to Mother Tamil) is the State song of Tamil Nadu.

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Tamil Trinity

The Tamil Trinity (also known as the Tamil Moovar) commonly refers to the three Tamil composers of early Carnatic music.

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Tamils

The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar, Tamilans, or simply Tamils, are a Dravidian ethnic group who speak Tamil as their mother tongue and trace their ancestry to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian Union territory of Puducherry, or the Northern, Eastern Province and Puttalam District of Sri Lanka.

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Terukkuttu

Terukkuttu is a Tamil street theatre form practised in Tamil Nadu state of India and Tamil-speaking regions of Sri Lanka.

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Thai Pongal

Thai Pongal (தைப்பொங்கல்)is a harvest festival dedicated to the Sun God.

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Thevaram

Thevaram is a Town Panchayat in Theni district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thiruvaiyaru

Thiruvaiyaru (also spelled as Tiruvaiyaru or Tiruvayyaru) is a panchayat town in Thanjavur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar, also known as Valluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher.

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Time zone

A time zone is a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes.

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Tirukkuṛaḷ

The Tirukkural or Thirukkural (திருக்குறள், literally Sacred Verses), or shortly the Kural, is a classic Tamil text consisting of 1,330 couplets or Kurals, dealing with the everyday virtues of an individual.

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Tourism in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is a state in the south-eastern part of the Indian Peninsula.

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Transport in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu, a state in South India, has a highly developed, dense, and modern transportation infrastructure, encompassing both public and private transport.

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Tyagaraja

Kakarla Tyagabrahmam (4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847) or Saint Tyagaraja, also known as Tyāgayya in Telugu, was one of the greatest composers of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music.

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Udayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary

Udayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary is a.45 km2 (0.2 sq mi) protected area in Tiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu, India at.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.

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UTC+05:30

UTC+05:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +05:30.

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Vallanadu Wildlife Sanctuary

Vallanadu Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area of Tamil Nadu in South India created for the protection of blackbuck antelope.

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Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary is a protected area located in the Kancheepuram District and Madurantakam taluk of the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Vellode Birds Sanctuary

Vellode Birds Sanctuary (வெள்ளோடு பறவைகள் சரணாலயம்) is an sanctuary located in the Erode District in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary

Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary is a protected area, declared in June 1977 near Thirupattur in the Sivaganga District that includes the periya kollukudi patti, chinna kollukudi patti, and vettangudi patti irrigation tanks.

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Villu Paatu

Villu Paatu (English: Bow Song, Malayalam: വില്ലുപാട്ട്, Tamil: வில்லுப்பாட்டு), also known as Villadichampaatu is an ancient form of musical story-telling in India where narration is interspersed with music, an art of southern state of Kerala and Thovalai in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.

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Viralimalai

Viralimalai is a town located 28 km from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Western Ghats

Western Ghats also known as Sahyadri (Benevolent Mountains) is a mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, located entirely in India.

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Wildlife of Tamil Nadu

There are more than 2000 species of fauna that can be found in Tamil Nadu.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_Tamil_Nadu

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