Tamil Nadu (a third portion of former state of Madras) is a state in
south-east part of bhaarat (India) with a population of about 50 million
people...
Tamil Nadu capital city is Chainai (formerly known as Madras). Tamil is the
language spoken by ninety percent of the state's population.
Tamil language is the oldest among the Dravidian family of languages of
southern bhaarat. Its grammar and form is independent of sanskrit. Tamil is
famous for its retroflexed consonants and a very powerful oratory
capability.
Tamil has produced major historical stories, epic poetry, devotional hymns to
shiv-dev under the influence of vedik sanskrit, buddhism and Jainism dating back
to 6 B.C. However, in the 20th century, Dravidian movement emerged rejecting the
excessive influence of sanskrit language to "purify" Tamil language.
This also prompted non-acceptance of Hindi as official language with a
compromise to have tri-language, Hindi, Tamil and English for all state
schools and colleges. The state has some magnificent temples with high and
ornamented gourams which exhibit distinctive Dravidian temple
architecture.
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NADU -THE KNOWLEDGE BASED STATE to see this land with historic
vedik culture.....
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