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However the literal meaning in Tamil of the word Perumal is "Great God" or "Great Man". The worship of Murugan has strong roots in Tamil Nadu. According to Tamil legends, Murugan was the brave warrior who defeated the powerful demon Surapadman, [5] and was seen as being the epitome of youth, compassion and beauty. Arunagirinathar's songs build ...
Nellai S. Muthu (born May 10, 1951) is a Tamil writer and a scientist working at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. He has written many technical books and novels based on science in Tamil . He has won several awards from the Tamil development department of Tamil Nadu for his works Vinveli 2057 , Arivutom vingana vilaiyattu , Einsteinum ...
This is the list of the scientists that are of Tamil origin, or are from Tamil Nadu.. A P J Abdul Kalam. C. V. Raman; Kailasavadivoo Sivan; Mylswamy Annadurai; V. S. Ramachandran
Avvaiyar was a Tamil poet who lived during the period of Kambar and Ottakoothar during the reign of the Chola dynasty in the twelfth century. [1] She is often imagined as an old and intelligent lady by Tamil people. Many poems and the Avvai Kural, comprising 310 kurals in 31 chapters, belong to this period.
N. S. Chidambaram is a Tamil journalist and scientific Tamil writer. He retired as a school physics teacher. For 19 years, he publishes a monthly magazine called Arivuchudar. He currently runs a monthly magazine called Ariviyal Oli. He received the National Science Award in year 2011 for this magazine. [1]
The Athichudi (Tamil: ஆத்திசூடி, romanized: Āthichūdi) is a collection of single-line quotations written by Avvaiyar and organized in alphabetical order. There are 109 of these sacred lines which include insightful quotes expressed in simple words.
The Eighteen Greater Texts, known as Patiṉeṇmēlkaṇakku (Tamil: பதினெண்மேல்கணக்கு) in the literature, is the collection of the ...
The Tirumurukarruppatai was likely included in this corpus for god Shiva, because Murugan is one of his sons and the historic reverence for the text. [7] The text is part of these two anthologies, but in some Tamil Hindu communities, the Tirumurukarruppatai manuscripts are found as a separate text, on its own, as a devotional guide.