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  2. Tamil literature - Wikipedia

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    Tamil literature is even available in the form of e-books. Tamil literature boasts a rich tradition of novel writing, with many talented authors contributing to the literary landscape. Some prominent Tamil writers include: Kalki Krishnamurthy (1899–1954) S. Ramakrishnan (1937–) Jayakanthan (1934–2015) Akilan (1922–1988) R. K. Narayan ...

  3. Taj Mahal - Wikipedia

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    The Taj Mahal is a major tourist attraction and attracts a large number of domestic and foreign visitors. About five million visitors visited Taj Mahal in the financial year 2022–23. [3] A three-tier pricing system is in place, with a significantly lower entrance fee for Indian citizens and more expensive ones for foreigners.

  4. Ten Idylls - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] They range between about 100 and 800 lines, and the collection includes the celebrated Nakkīrar's Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai (lit. "Guide to Lord Murukan"). [ 1 ] The collection was termed as "Ten Idylls" during the colonial era, though this title is considered "very incorrect" by Kamil Zvelebil – a scholar of Tamil literature and ...

  5. Architecture of India - Wikipedia

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    The Taj Mahal does contain tilework of plant ornaments. [1] The architecture during the Mughal Period, with its rulers being of Turco-Mongol origin, has shown a notable blend of Indian style combined with the Islamic. Taj Mahal in Agra, India is one of the wonders of the world. [101] Mughal gardens are gardens built by the Mughals in the ...

  6. Peacock Throne - Wikipedia

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    Shah Jahan seated on a minor throne, which probably shared some stylistic elements with the Peacock Throne. Shah Jahan ruled in what is now considered the Golden Age of the vast Mughal Empire, which covered almost all of the Indian subcontinent. He ruled from the newly constructed capital of Shahjahanabad. The emperor was the focus around which ...

  7. Five Great Epics - Wikipedia

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    It is a Buddhist "anti-love" sequel to the Cilappatikaram, with some characters from it and their next generation. [16] The epic consists of 4,861 lines in akaval meter, arranged in 30 cantos. Manimekalai is the daughter of Kovalan and Madhavi, who follows in her mother's footsteps as a dancer and a Buddhist nun. [17] The epic tells her story.

  8. Commentaries in Tamil literary tradition - Wikipedia

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    Scholars consider this period as "the golden age of Tamil prosaic literature". [20] In the Tamil literary tradition, it is conventional to regard the commentators on par with the author of the original work. [21] In line with the Tamil traditional practice of naming a work eponymous with the author, the exegeses written by the commentators, too ...

  9. Tamil culture - Wikipedia

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    [48] [49] The Tamil literature that followed in the next 300 years after the Sangam period is generally called the "post-Sangam" literature which included the Five Great Epics and the Five Minor Epics. [42] [49] [50] [51] Another book of the post Sangam era is the Tirukkural, a book on ethics, by Thiruvalluvar. [52]