Tamil Nadu

music · temple

Tempering, tightening and tuning traditional Tamil drums before the ceremony, over a live fire, to get the timber and pitch just right... Pongal celebrations 2014 at Tamil Nadu House, New Delhi.

ceremony · festival

Every spring, thousands of transgenders, eunuchs and cross-dressers from all over India and neighbouring countries flock to the southern Indian village of Koovagam, for Hindu celebration of transgender people.

The longest serving Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M Karunanidhi arrives to meet other politicians of the South Indian states.

hills · aerial

An aerial journey of the blue mountains of South India, the Nilgiri Hills. Nilgiri Hills, mountainous region of Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India.

railway

Indian Railways is an Indian state-owned enterprise, owned and operated by the Government of India through the Ministry of Railways.

coastline · temple

Kanyakumari beach is the meeting point of three oceans Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. It perched at the southern most extreme of India, is a tourist spot in Tamil Nadu.

ceremony · festival

Pongal celebrations, 2014 at Tamil Nadu Hoiuse, New Delhi. Festival of Pongal is celebrated on 14 January to marks the start of sun's six-month long journey northwards (Uttarayana).

ceremony · festival

Pongal celebrations, 2014 at Tamil Nadu Hoiuse, New Delhi. Festival of Pongal is celebrated on 14 January to marks the start of sun's six-month long journey northwards (Uttarayana).

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.

temple · industry

Women selling a variety of fruit at a local road-side market in Vellore. Vellore is the administrative headquarters of Vellore District in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Men playing golf and then heading for refreshments at the Kodaikanal Golf Club in Tamil Nadu, India. In the wide lush green ground men are seen playing golf using clubs trying to hit the balls into holes, to put the game of golkf simply.

farmland · festival

Pongal celebrations 2014 at Tamil Nadu House, New Delhi. The thappu, thapu, dappu or parai drum is a frame drum from India. Watch these south Indians break into a strange little jig at the sound of the thappu drum and thappam beats.

festival · farmland

People are standing in line one by one getting food served to them in their plate during the celebration of the harvest festival Pongal. Pongal is one of the most popular harvest festivals of South India, mainly of Tamil Nadu.

farmland · festival

Young girls perform Indian Classical dance for Pongal Celebrations at Tamil Nadu House, Delhi. Pongal is a four-days-long harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu, a southern state of India.

The distinctive yellow of the auto-rickshaws, the writings on vehicles and shops, the lungis and the tilaka on forehead welcome you to Tamil Nadu. Madurai is widely considered as the cultural capital of India's most urbanised state.

village

Forest personnel rescued three elephants, including a calf, that fell into a 60-ft deep well in a village near Kadambur in Erode district of Tamil Nadu. After six hours of struggling, they rescued the elephants with the help of villagers.

hills · temple

Varaha Cave Temple (also Adivaraha Cave Temple) is a rock-cut cave temple located at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in Kancheepuram District in Tamil Nadu, India.

hills · aerial

Nilgiri hills: an aerial journey over Kotagiri Tea Estate along NH181 Nilgiri Hills, mountainous region of Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India.

ceremony · festival

Every spring, thousands of transgenders, eunuchs and cross-dressers from all over India and neighbouring countries flock to the southern Indian village of Koovagam, for Hindu celebration of transgender people.

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…

temple · architecture

Aerial view of Varaha cave temple, Raya Gopuram in Mahaballipuram Tamil Nadu. The Varaha Cave Temple is an exquisite gem of the ancient South Indian architecture. The rock-cut Hindu temple is located in the ancient city of Mahabalipuram.

crafts

Kanchipuram saree decorated with embroidery golden zari on sale at a shop in vellore. Kajivaram sarees in a shop in Vellore, Tamil Nadu in South India.