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Tamil Christian Keerthanai or kīrttaṉai (Keerthanai meaning Songs of Praise) are devotional Christian songs in Tamil. They are also referred to as "lyrics" (a genre term) by Tamils in English. These are mostly a collection of indigenous hymns written by Protestant Tamil Christian poets.
An important area of work started initially by Ziegenbalg and then later on taken up by Fabricius was Tamil Christian hymnody. Johann Philipp Fabricius published a collection of 335 Tamil hymns, most of them translated from German. The initial compositions by Ziegenbalg were not very well done and when Fabricius came to Madras he had this field ...
In addition to this masterpiece, Krishnapillai wrote several other books in Tamil on Christianity. [2] Although he was a converted Christian, he used many analogies from Hindu text in his work. [1] He is sometimes referred to as Christian Kamban. [6] Some of the hymns he composed are still prevalent amongst Tamil Protestants. [7]
Pages in category "Indian Christian hymns" ... Tamil Christian keerthanai; Thembavani This page was last edited on 17 September 2021, at 21:02 (UTC ...
"I Have Decided to Follow Jesus" is a Christian hymn that originated in Assam, present-day Meghalaya, India. According to P. Job, the lyrics are based on the last words of Nokseng, a Garo man, a tribe from Meghalaya which then was in Assam, who converted to Christianity in the middle of the 19th century through the efforts of an American Baptist missionary.
He was proficient in the local Sinhala and Tamil Languages. He is known as the "Father of Catholic Literature in Sri Lanka" because of his tremendous literary output. He had written many books, prayers, hymns and translated many Latin hymns into local languages. Some of his hymns and prayers are in popular use even today among Sinhala and Tamil ...
Rev. N. Samuel wrote several books [1] on Lutheran history, theology, and practical Christian living. He also wrote for children. He wrote in both Tamil and German, and also translated several books from German to Tamil. Among the books authored by him are: Thoopa Kalasam, Censer of Incense; Thiru tiru virunthadi, Pocket Communion Book; Ullathu ...
This is a list of original Roman Catholic hymns. The list does not contain hymns originating from other Christian traditions despite occasional usage in Roman Catholic churches. The list has hymns in Latin and English.