Rajendra IerRajendra I (/rɑːdʒeɪndrə/; Middle Tamil: Rājēntira Cōḻaṉ; Classical Sanskrit: Rājēndradēva Cōla; Old Malay: Raja Chulan; c. 971 CE – 1044 CE), who is often referred to as Rajendra the Great and Gangaikonda Cholan (Middle Tamil: Kaṅkaikoṇṭa Cōḻaṉ; Bringer of the Ganges), and Kadaram Kondan (Middle Tamil: Kaṭāram Koṇṭāṉ; Conqueror of Kedah), was a Chola Emperor who reigned from 1014 and 1044 CE. He was born in Thanjavur to Rajaraja I and his queen Vanathi and assumed royal power as co-regent with his father in 1012 until his father died in 1014, when Rajendra ascended to the Chola throne.
District de TirunelveliTirunelveli district is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in India. It is the largest district in terms of area with Tirunelveli as its headquarters. The district was formed on 1 September 1790 by the British East India Company (on behalf of the British government), and comprised the present Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi, Tenkasi and parts of Virudhunagar and Ramanathapuram district. As of 2011, the undivided district (along with Tenkasi) had a population of 3,077,233.
M. KarunanidhiMuthuvel Karunanidhi (né et mort le ) est un homme politique indien qui a été premier ministre de l'État du Tamil Nadu pendant cinq mandats entre 1969 et 2011. Il est président du parti politique Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam depuis 1969. En soixante ans de carrière politique, il est connu pour avoir remporté chaque élection à laquelle il s'est présenté. Avant sa carrière politique, il était scénariste de cinéma à Kollywood. Il est surnommé (« l'artiste ») par ses partisans.
KambanKambar or Kavichakravarthy Kamban (1180 CE–1250 CE) was an Indian Tamil poet and the author of the Ramavataram, popularly known as Kambaramayanam, the Tamil version of the epic Ramayana. Kambar also authored other literary works in Tamil, such as Thirukkai Vazhakkam, Erezhupathu, Silaiyezhupathu, Kangai Puranam, Sadagopar Anthathi and Saraswati Anthathi. Kambar was born in Therazhundur. His father was a wealthy farmer named Sadaiyepa Vallal. He grew up the Chola Empire under the reign of Kulothunga III.
History of South IndiaThe history of southern India covers a span of over four thousand years during which the region saw the rise and fall of a number of dynasties and empires. The period of known history of southern India begins with the Iron Age (c. 1200 BCE to 200 BCE), Sangam period (c. 600 BCE to 300 CE) and Medieval south India until the 15th century CE. Dynasties of Chera, Chola, Pandyan, Travancore, Cochin, Zamorin, Kolathunadu, Chalukya, Pallava, Satavahana, Rashtrakuta, Kakatiya, Reddy dynasty, Seuna (Yadava) dynasty, Vijayanagara, Bahamani empire and Hoysala were at their peak during various periods of history.
VishnouismeLe vishnouisme (vaishnavisme) est un courant de l'hindouisme basé sur le système philosophique et religieux du Védanta. Sa pratique est la dévotion (bhakti) envers Vishnou comme Dieu suprême en tant que tel ou à travers ses incarnations Krishna et Rāma. C'est l'une des plus importantes expressions spirituelles de l'hindouisme avec le shivaïsme. Le nom des dévots de la divinité, les vishnouites, est vaishnava (vaiṣṇava en sanskrit ; devanāgarī : वैष्णव), mais il désigne aussi toute chose en relation avec elle.
Mutharaiyar dynastyThe Mutharaiyar was a south Indian dynasty that governed the Thanjavur, Trichy and Pudukottai regions between 600 and 850 CE. The origin of the Mutharaiyar is shrouded in mystery. Historian T. A. Gopinatha Rao equates them with the Kalabhras as Suvaran Maaran, a prominent 8th century Mutharaiyar king of Thanjavur is styled KalavaraKalvan in one of his inscriptions. Few historians like Rao read the epithet it as KalabhraKalvan interchanging the letter v with b.
Tamil JainTamil Jains (Tamil Samaṇar, from Prakrit samaṇa "wandering renunciate") are ethnic-Tamils from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, who practice Jainism, chiefly the Digambara school (Tamil ). The Tamil Jain is a microcommunity of around 85,000 (around 0.13% of the population of Tamil Nadu), including both Tamil Jains and north Indian Jains settled in Tamil Nadu. They are predominantly scattered in northern Tamil Nadu, largely in the districts of Tiruvannamalai, Kanchipuram, Vellore, Villupuram, Ranipet and Kallakurichi.
TirunelveliTirunelveli (en திருநெல்வேலி, en तिरुनेल्वेली) ou Nellai (நெல்லை), autrefois Tinnevelly, est une grande ville du sud de l'Inde situé dans le district de Tirunelveli de l'État du Tamil Nadu. Sise sur les rives de la Tamraparni, la ville est historiquement divisée entre une ville-centre (Tirunelveli proprement-dite) articulée autour du temple de Nellaiappar, sur la rive gauche du fleuve, et une ville-jumelle autrefois fortifiée et militarisée appelée Palayamkottai, sur la rive droite.
Dravidiensvignette|Langues dravidiennes Les peuples dravidiens, également appelés Dravidiens, sont les termes utilisés pour désigner, parmi les peuples non aryens et non himalayens en Inde, ceux parlant des langues dravidiennes. Vingt-six langues dravidiennes sont recensées, parlées par plus de 250 millions de personnes. Pour la plupart, elles sont concentrées dans la moitié sud de la péninsule indienne, mais deux exceptions existent dans le nord : les Brahouis au nord-ouest et les Kurukhs et Maltos au nord-est.
