“Without Bhakti, there is no Tamil literature,” D. Gnanasundaram, Kamban Chair Professor at Pondicherry University, says. “Look at the number of songs and range of the topics covered. It is not just ...

Raveena Tandon Apologises to Yami Gautam After Fangirling Over Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar From box-office records to heart-melting fan moments, Dhurandhar continues its winning streak. After its ...

M D Muthukumaraswamy is a writer and folklorist. On Janmashtami, we recall works of Tamil Vaishnava saints who expressed love for god the way a woman would for her lover Tamil Vaishnavite Krishna ...

Tata Play has introduced a new platform service called Deiveegam, which is dedicated to Tamil devotional content. The service, powered by Shemaroo Entertainment, is available ad-free on channel #1593 ...

In the colonial period, many Indians thought that a mastery of English was the apogee of education. Caught up in this craze for English, Duraisami, Parthasarathi, Ekambaram and Kalyanasundaram (later ...

Kambaramayanam is one of the most celebrated works of Tamil literature. Composed by the poet Kamban around the ninth century ...

In Tamil Nadu, Hanuman Jayanthi is observed with deep devotion and quiet discipline during Margashirsha Amavasya. Unlike many festivals fixed to a single calendar date, this observance follows a more ...

Ariyalur (Tamil Nadu): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday participated in the valedictory function at the 'Aadi Thiruvathirai' Festival on the occasion of the birth anniversary of King Rajendra ...

To mistake this land of piety as a land of uniformity is to misread its very text. Devotion has never meant submission; faith ...