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Thirukural – Couplets To Live By That Transcend Time

Over two thousand years ago, a sage from South India named Thiruvalluvar  wrote a collection of maxims - 133 chapters, each containing ten short, forceful couplets. He wrote in the South Indian Dravidian...

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The Pongal or The Harvest Festival

The Pongal festival,is a four day Thanksgiving festival like the Harvest Festival and is celebrated by Tamils, that is, the people of a state called Tamil Nadu in South India. Pongal also symbolizes the...

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Fig.1 Front View of the Main Hall at Valluvar Kottam.68

Valluvar Kottam - A Monument for Ancient Tamil Poet in Tamil Nadu, India.

Czech Professor Dr. Kamil Zvelebil noted in an article a few decades ago about 2000 years old book named Thirukkural in Tamil language. He said, "The Thirukkural, one of the great books of the world, one of...

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