TAMIL ELECTRONIC LIBRARY RESOURCES

Ref. Sheets on Tamil people, Language, Literature, Culture

A Brief Introduction to Tamils' History, Culture and Literature (Prof. Velupillai)
Tamil Language -History and Features (Prof. M. Varadarajan)
History of the Tamil Diaspora (V. Sivasupramaniam)
Aspects of South Indian Numismatics of Interest to Tamil Diaspora
Tamilnadu's Contribution to Carnatic Music (B.M.Sundaram)
Kural verses in early Tamil script forms
tirukural: internet resources & translations in languagues of the world
Thamizh thaai vaazhthu - Official Prayer Hymn of Tamilnadu
Symbolic forms of Tamil numerals and fractions
Time count, days, months and years as per Tamil Calender
Kolam - simple ones for beginners
A collection of Tamil names for new born babies (Bala Swaminathan)
Historical Atlas of South India (French Inst. of Pondicherry)
A collection of small Tamil verses for Children
A List of 64 kinds of arts (aayakalaikal 64)
Tamilnadu Arts and Handicrafts Specialities
Tanjore Picture Paintings and their lead Artists of Tamilnadu
Chronology of events related to Tamils in Sri Lanka (1500 -1948)
archana in Tamil (thamizhil archanaigaL)
A chronological listing of Rulers of Tamilnadu
Great Anthologies of Tamil Literature
Chrono. Listing of Tamil Literature - Part I (....BC - 17th C. AD)
Chrono. Listing of Tamil Literature - Part II 18th C - 20th C. AD)
authors of akanaanooru and puranaanooru (compiled by M. Karunanidhi)
List of Tamil Saints: Alwars and Nayanmars
A short collection of popular tamil proverbs (in tamil unicode)
A short collection of popular tamil folk/country songs (in tamil unicode)
Glossary of Tamil Names for Hindu Gods, Goddesses, Zodiac signs, stars, objects, ..
A collection of Tamil Marriage songs
Dalits (SC, ST communities) of Tamilnadu (S. Clarke)
Review of some books on Dalits of Tamilnadu
Persistence of Caste and Anti-Caste Resistance in India and the Diaspora
Siddha Medicinal system of Tamilnadu
On the Silk Industry of Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu
A glossary of computer-related words in Tamil
Hindu, Muslim and Christian faith-based Tamil festivals
Dates of Hindu, Muslim and Christian festivals-2006
Batu Caves Murugan Temple of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Temples of Tamilnadu - part I
Temples of Tamilnadu - part II
Largest Hindu Temple in Europe for Balaji consecrated in British Midlands
Little Jaffna: South Asian part of Paris, France
Little India: The Tamilian Quartier of Singapore
Tamil Diaspora in Switzerland
A Brief History of the Tamils of Mauritius (M. Sangalee)
Indian Diaspora of the Gulf States Region
Building of Hindu Temples, integration in Germany
Recipes for South Indian Food Speciality items
Items for Indian Cuisine available online at Amazon.com
Resources for Learning Tamil (books, cassettes, websites)
A List of Tamil Films of Thirties and Forties
Chronology of Events related to Tamils in Sri Lanka (1500 -1948)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (in Tamil)
Online Store to buy items of interest to Tamil Diaspora

Classified Bibliography of Books on Tamil Langauge, Literature, Culture

A List of Tamil Novels published prior to 1950
Tamil Novels of 20th Century and Their Authors (In english)
A short list of Tamil scholars from Overseas and their works
Ref. Books for Tamil Literature (Lexicon), Language (dictionary)
Tamil books on Literature of Sangam Period
Books on Tamil Epics (cilappatikaram, manimekalai,.....)
English commentaries of tamil literary works/Religion
Books on Tamil History and Culture
List of Etexts of Tamil Literary works available free at Project Madurai
Books on Tamil Drama
Books on Sri Lankan Tamils and Srilankan Conflit
50 years of Srilankan Tamil Literature (Prof. K. Sivathamby)
Books on Tamilnadu Politics, ethnicity, culture,...
Books on Dravidian (Tamil) Linguistics
Tamil Book Classics available in Microforms
English translations of tamil novels & short stories
Tamil translations of Indian language works
Tamil translations of English language works
Books on Carnatic & Hindustani Music - a bibliography
Books on South Indian Temples - a bibliography

Tamil Research and Research Centers In India

Pondicherry Inst. of Linguistics and Culture, Pondy, India
Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai, India
Tamil Publications of Inst. of Asian Studies, Chennai, India
International Inst. of Tamil Studies, Chennai, India
Tamil Publications of International Inst. for Tamil Studies,Chennai, India
Roja Muthiah Research Library, Chennai, India
Tamil University,Tanjavur, Tamilnadu, India
Thanjavur Sarawathi Mahal Library
Tamil Publn. of Annamalai Univ, Tamilnadu
A collection of articles on Tamil Literature from research journals
A collection of articles on Tamil Language, Linguistics from research journals
Doctoral thesis dissertations on tamil novels
Tamil Music College & Tamil Isai Sangam

InfoSheets on Tamilnadu State and its Major Cities

List of Chief Ministers of Tamilnadu since 1920
Postal (PIN) Codes for different parts of Chennai, Tamilnadu
State Council of Ministers (as of May 2006)
Web directory for State, Central Govt. Departments in Tamilnadu
List of Higher Educational Institutions in Tamilnadu
A list of leading Tamil Book Publishers of Tamilnadu
Deemed Universities of Tamilnadu
Flight Departures from Chennai Airport (+domestic timings)
Train Timings at Madras Central station
List of Radio Stations broadcasting in Tamilnadu
History, Geographical and Physical Features of Chennai City
Industrial and Real Estate Growth in Chennai in recent Times
A list of malls and shopping Centers in Chennai
List of Government and Private Hospitals in Chennai,
A List of wildlife sanctuaries of Tamilnadu

20th Century Tamil Authors and Their Literary Works

20th C authors whose works are in public domain ( in TSCII format)
List of 20th C tamil novels by authors-part I ( in tamil script/TSCII)
List of 20th C tamil novels by authors-part 2 ( in tamil script/TSCII)
List of 20th C tamil novels by authors-part 3 ( in tamil script/TSCII)
notable contributions of 20th century tamils-part 1
notable contributions of 20th century tamils-part 2
Literary works of Meenakshisundaram Pillai
Life History, Literary Works of C.N. Annadurai
Life History, Literary Works of T.P. Meenakshisundaram
Literary Works of M. Karunanidhi
Life History & Literary Works of Bharathidasan
Life History & Literary Works of Kavinjar Kannadhasan
Life History & Literary Works of C.Subramania Bharathiyar
Literary Works of Ma.Po. Sivagnanam
A short collection of Songs of Bharathidasan (in unicode format)
A short collection of Songs of C. Subramania Bharathi (in tamil unicode format)
A short collection of Film Songs of Kannadhasan (in unicode format)
A short collection of Songs of Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram (in TSCII format)

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Ancient Tamil engravings
 

Kolam festival in Sanjeevinagar village

Clikc here for Stories from Sanjeevi Nagar