Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu·festival · farmland

Wife of Tamil Nadu House officer starts making Sakarai Pongal Sakarai pongal (lit. sugar pongal) is generally prepared in temples as a prasadam, (an offering made to a deity, as a thanksgiving).

festival · wildlife

Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, also called Vinayagar in Tamil Nadu, is the Hindu festival celebrated on the occasion of birthday of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati, who is believed to bestow his presence on e…

sport · festival

According to Wikipedia: "Jallikattu or Eruthazhuvuthal or Manju Virattu is a bull taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations usually on Mattu Pongal day.

festival · wildlife

Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, also called Vinayagar in Tamil Nadu, is the Hindu festival celebrated on the occasion of birthday of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati, who is believed to bestow his presence on e…

hills · temple

Lord Murugan presides by the name of "Kulandai Velayuthaswamy" at the Thiru Avinanguidi temple located at the foot of the hills at Palani.

architecture · fort

The Padmanabhapuram Palace, celebrated as an exemplar of Kerala architecture and an excellent expression of traditional timber construction, is located near Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu.

village

Views from rural life in Tamil Nadu - we see a man collecting raw rubber and a man selling coconut water.

coastline

Mamallapuram, also known as Mahabalipuram, is a town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is around 60 km south from the city of Chennai.

boats · farmland

Fishermen seen fishing in their boats on the shores in Tamil Nadu. Fishing in India is a major industry in its coastal states, employing over 14 million people.

temple · river

Thirparappu Falls is locatted 40 K.M. from Nagerkovil, and this famous falls in the Kothai River. Children's Swimming Pool & Dressing Room constructed & maintained by the Special Village Panchayat.

farmland · festival

Pongal celebrations 2014 at Tamil Nadu House, New Delhi. The thappu, thapu, dappu or parai drum is a frame drum of India. It consists of a circular wood frame with one end closed with cow skin membrane and the other end open.

architecture

Pancha Rathas (also known as Pandava Rathas) is a monument complex at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Kancheepuram district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

river · temple

This memorial honours the Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar and his classic work, the Thirukural . A weaver by trade, Thiruvalluvar lived around the 1st century BC in what is present-day Chennai and wrote this famed poem, providing a moral code for…

hills

Driving through the busy roads of Tamil Nadu in India. Tamil Nadu is one of the 29 states of India. Its capital is Chennai (formerly known as Madras), the largest city.

dance · festival

Bharatanatyam is a classical Indian dance form originating in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.This dance form denotes various 19th and 20th century reconstructions of Sadir, the art of temple dancers.

music · village

A glimpse of rural south India in Tamil Nadu. Green lush valley, dogs swimming across the lake and a woman teaching the women folk can be seen in the clip. Meanwhile, men folks are singing the folk song clapping their hands with a drum.

village · farmland

Women in rural India play a major role in food production. Over 80 percent of women in rural India work in agriculture, from sowing to harvesting crops to collecting and caring for seeds to caring for livestock collecting water.

festival · farmland

Pongal celebrations 2014 at Tamil Nadu House, New Delhi. Lohri is a popular festival, celebrated by Punjabi people of the Indian subcontinent. The origins of Lohri are many and link the festival to Punjab region in Indian subcontinent.

farmland · festival

Pongal celebrations 2014 at Tamil Nadu House, New Delhi. Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated by Tamil people at the end of the harvest season.

dance · temple

Bharatanatyam is a classical Indian dance form originating in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.This dance form denotes various 19th and 20th century reconstructions of Sadir, the art of temple dancers.

dance · temple

Bharatanatyam is a classical Indian dance form originating in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.This dance form denotes various 19th and 20th century reconstructions of Sadir, the art of temple dancers.

Supporters of Jayalalithaa, also known as Amma(former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister) Wailing in grief. Thousands were gathered at her funeral to bid the final farewell.