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Nadar Regions with significant populations Chennai, Kanyakumari, Kollam, Madurai, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thoothukudi, Tiruchendur, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar Languages Tamil, Malayalam Religion Hinduism, Christianity, Ayyavazhi Related ethnic groups Tamil people Nadar (also referred to as Nadan, Shanar and Shanan) is a Tamil caste of India. Nadars are predominant in the districts of ...
State Motto. Vāymaiyē Vellum. வாய்மையே வெல்லும். Truth Alone Triumphs. Vaaymaiyae Vellum is a quote taken from the Mundaka Upanishad, the concluding part of the sacred Hindu Vedas is the Sanskrit to Tamil language translation of Satyameva Jayate, the National Motto of the Republic of India. State Anthem.
The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu manages and controls the temple administration within the state. The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act XXII of 1959 controls 36,425 temples, 56 mathas or religious orders (and 47 temples belonging to mathas), 1,721 specific endowments and 189 trusts.
Government of Tamil Nadu. Adopted. 1949. Shield. Srivilliputhur Andal temple. Motto. Vāymaiyē vellum. ("Truth Alone Triumphs", from Mundaka Upanishad) The Emblem of Tamil Nadu ( ISO: Tamiḻnāṭṭiṉ ciṉṉam) is the official state emblem of Tamil Nadu and is used as the official state symbol of the Government of Tamil Nadu .
e. Iyers ( Tamil: [ajːɐr]) (also spelt as Ayyar, Aiyar, Ayer, or Aiyer) are an ethnoreligious community of Tamil-speaking Hindu Brahmins. Most Iyers are followers of the Advaita philosophy propounded by Adi Shankara and adhere to the Smarta tradition. [1] This is in contrast to the Iyengar community, who are adherents of Sri Vaishnavism.
Tamil has a numeric prefix for each number from 1 to 9, which can be added to the words for the powers of ten (ten, hundred, thousand, etc.) to form multiples of them. For instance, the word for fifty, ஐம்பது ( aimpatu) is a combination of ஐ ( ai, the prefix for five) and பத்து ( pattu, which is ten). The prefix for nine ...
Symbols of Tamil Eelam. The emblem was designed by an Indian artist from Tamil Nadu. [1] The flag depicting a tiger jumping through a circle of 33 bullets, with crossed black bayonets on a red background. The flag of Tamil Eelam was designated as the national flag of the proposed state in 1990. The tiger symbol of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil ...
v. t. e. The Tamil script ( தமிழ் அரிச்சுவடி Tamiḻ ariccuvaṭi [tamiɻ ˈaɾitːɕuʋaɽi]) is an abugida script that is used by Tamils and Tamil speakers in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and elsewhere to write the Tamil language. [5] It is one of the official scripts of the Indian Republic.