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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 ...
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.
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.
Ayyavazhi. Thirunamam ( Tamil: திருநாமம்; Tirunāmam) represents the 'Sacred name of God'. The phrase Namam also represents the white clay found at the deeper layer of earth, which is used as the powder to wear a flame shaped mark. The Ayyavazhi people wore this Namam, starting from the central point between the eyebrows ...
The village deities of Southern India are the numerous spirits and other beings venerated as part of the Dravidian folk tradition in villages throughout South India. These deities, mainly goddesses, are intimately associated with the well-being of the village, and can have either benevolent or violent tendencies.
In Tamil sources. A fragmentary Chera inscription datable to 1000 CE in the reign of Bhaskara Ravi, found on three broken stones in a mosque in Pandalayini-Kollam (near Kozhikode), refers to Valanjiyar and other merchants found in the assembly of Ayyavole-500 trade guild. The Ayyavole-500 were simply called Ainuruvar in Tamil.
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 .
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 ...