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Bull Sport Indus seals (and its similarities to Jallikattu in Tamilnadu)

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Tamil Genealogical Kinship Terms

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Some examples of Sangam era square coins, their megalithic graffiti & comparisons with Indus iconography

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Example of an Indus script vs Tamil Nadu megalithic graffiti similarity

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Indus script vs Tamil Nadu megalithic graffiti comparison

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Medieval Chola War poem from the Kalingatthuparani literary text (on the Kalinga war)

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Names of the stages of flowers in Tamil

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Triyampavai: The Thai Royal Festival that Preserves the Tamil Tiruvempavai Tradition

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Tamil hymns from the Thiruppavai chanted at Tirupathi during Thomala Seva

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Description of the Kannada speaking lands from the Kavirajamarga - Original Halekannada verses recited (trans. in comments)

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Inside India: Village Life in Southern India - Filmed in 1940s rural Tamilnadu

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Sadiraattam (the precursor to Bharathanatyam) in 1914 - Performed at a temple in Villianur, French India

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Munneru Vaaliba - A Singapore national song in Tamil

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Traditional rules relating to the Sirappupaayiram (Special Preface), a necessary section of any published Tamil texts as accorded by Nooliyal (treatise-writing) rules - An insight into the conventions and institutions that enabled the writing, publication and dissemination of texts in Tamilakam

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A Sangam era Akam composition from the Kalithokai

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A Tamil Elections Nomination Day speech in Singapore today by a Chinese candidate (context in comments)

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Scenes from the Sri Thyagaraja Aradhana - An annual festival in Thiruvaiyaaru, Tamil Nadu, in adoration of the Telugu poet Thyagaraja

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Comparatively speaking, it seems Tamil was much more conservative over the last 1000 years (and arguably since the Sangam period)

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Some preliminary results of trying to stratify layers within the Sangam era Akanaanuru anthology using the shift in the pronunciation of ற

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Bathukamma festival folk song

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Importance of preserving punarcchi (sandhi) during recitation to hold meter - Illustrated by two different recitations of Akaval verses from the Kander Anubhoothi

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Visualisation of the meaning of the Tamil Thai Vazhthu with Eng Subs (Adopted as TN state anthem)

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Redacted Verses of the Tamil Thai Vazhtthu, today adopted as TN's state anthem with these verses removed (Written 1891)

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Gond Bison Horn Dance and parallels with depictions on Indus seals

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Silapathikaaram is NOT Sangam literature (nor are any of the other 4 great epics)

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