Tamil Nadu

festival

A group of Indian transgenders, eunuchs and cross-dressers performs in the midst of crowds in annual Koovagam festival in Tamil Nadu, India. Koovagam is a village in the Ulundurpettai taluk in Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu.

river · lake

Tourists enjoy boating at the Ooty lake in Tamil Nadu. Tourists visiting with families, honeymoon couples and groups of friends all flock at the lake to enjoy boating at the Ooty lake. The Ooty Lake is the pride of the Blue Hills.

festival · farmland

A Young girl performs Indian classical dance at the Tamil Nadu House, New Delhi to celebrate 'Pongal', the harvest festival of South India. Pongal is one of the most popular harvest festivals of South India, mainly of Tamil Nadu.

forest · hills

Amidst the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, in the hills of Valparai, the endangered species of Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) or Nilgiri ibex or simply ibex can be found strolling around on the Hairpin bends to Valparai and the surrounding…

dance

A couple of Indian classical dancers perform Kuchipudi dance at Pancha Rathas complex at Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu. See the Five Rathas date back to the 7th Century.

politics

Former BJP leader from Tamil Nadu speaks to the press on the political and constitutional niceties of the central government and the relationship of the state and central governments.

dance

Dance troupe from Tamil Nadu performing dance by balancing pot on their head and creating music by clapping their hands rhythmically.

farmland · festival

Kolam is a form of painting that is drawn using rice powder/chalk/chalk powder/white rock powder often using naturally/synthetically colored powders in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and most parts of Kerala and some parts of Goa, M…

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 · 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.

temple · architecture

Morning Star Church: Can seat 10,000 and some 40,000 people can also participate in the services by standing outside the newly built Morning Star Church - making it the largest church in India.

festival

Participants paint their faces as they get ready for Angalamman festival in a small town called Kaveripattinam in Tamil Nadu. Angalamman is celebrated every year in Tamil Nadu.

Coffee beans being collected in a Tamil Nadu coffee plantation in India. The South Indian woman busily drops the berries to the ground, onto a large sheet where she is collecting them for taking to the processing center.

Tamil Nadu·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.

industry · hills

In this video, we take you to the lush and mist-covered tea estates of Valparai, a scenic hill station located in the Anamalai Hills of Tamil Nadu, India.

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.

highway

Aerial view of National Highway 544 or NH544 which connects Tirupur to Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. Arid plains stretch out beyond the tree farms, with hills in the distance.

Actor Ajith Kumar's massive cutout collapses during 'Paal Abhishekam', 5 injured. Five fans of Thala were injured after a cutout of Ajithkumar fell at a theatre in Thirukovilur, Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu.

politics

A close up view of the events led to the assassination of Rajive Gandhi. He also talks of his encounters ib Sri Lanka, the international policies of India towards Sri Lanka.

politics · bus

On a day when the Madras High Court is scheduled to pass its order on the alleged 'staged' encounter of red sanders smugglers in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district in a police operation recently, MDMK chief Vaoiko lead a protes tin Vellore…

farmland · festival

Pongal celebrations 2014 at Tamil Nadu House, New Delhi. Tamil Nadu Principal Resident Commissioner Jasbir Singh Bajaj, Special Representative to Government of Tamil Nadu SKT Jakkaiyyan and Deputy Resident commissioner Chinnadurai and other…

farmland · festival

Kolam is a form of painting that is drawn using rice powder/chalk/chalk powder/white rock powder often using naturally/synthetically colored powders in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and most parts of Kerala and some parts of Goa, M…

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).