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) Tamilnadu's Contribution to Carnatic Music (B.M.Sundaram) Kural verses in early Tamil script forms thirukural: internet resources & translations in languagues of the world Thamizh thaai vaazhthu - Official Prayer Hymn of Tamilnadu Symbolic forms of Tamil numerals and fractions Kolam - simple ones for beginnersNEW ! A collection of Tamil names for new born babies (Bala Swaminathan) A collection of small Tamil verses for Children A List of 64 kinds of arts (aayakalaikal 64) 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 & translit. scripts) A short collection of popular tamil folk/country songs (in mylai font format) A collection of Tamil Marriage songs A glossary of computer-related words in Tamil List of Hindu/Tamil Festivals -2001 A List of Hindu Temples in the USA and Canada A List of Hindu Temples in Australia, Singapore & Africa A List of Hindu Temples in Europe Temples of Tamilnadu - part I Temples of Tamilnadu - part II Resources for Learning Tamil (books, cassettes, websites) List of Tamil Magazines A List of Tamil Films of Thirties and Forties Chronology of Events related to Tamils in Sri Lanka (1500 -1948)

Tamil Fonts, Softwares, Interconversion of files, Tamil webpages,...

Official Font encoding, Keyboard Standards of Tamilnadu Govt. Free Tamil (TAB) fonts based on the new standards of Tamilnadu Govt.NEW ! Draft Font encoding & Keyboard Standards announced at Tamilnet 99 Conf. Tamil Script Code for Information Interchange TSCII - Details FREE Tools (fonts, keyboard editors,...) based on TSCII Encoding Mylai Tamil font (free) and Mylai Web Forum Mylai tamil font for use on UNIX machines!! Tamil Fonts and Interconversion of files Softwares for transliterated form of Tamil, Word Processors Setting up Web pages in Tamil based on Mylai and other fonts An overview of software tools for word-processing in Tamil Introduction to 8-bit bilingual font encoding standards Guidelines & Sample tamil webpages based on TSCII

Electronic Texts of Ancient Tamil Literary Classics

Introduction to Electronic Texts Electronic Text Archives in Tamil(romanised and tamil font based) Electronic Texts in Tamil Available in Mylai font format Tamil Literature Online Electronic Texts in Other Indian Languages Distribution of Tamil Electronic Texts in Portable Document Format (PDF) PROJECT MADURAI for Electronic Texts of Tamil Literary Works

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 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

Recently published Tamil Books

Recently published Tamil books (2000-1998) Recently published Tamil books (1997-1995) Tamil/Indian Booksellers on the Internet Books (from Tamilnadu) on Tamil Poetry published since 1970 Tamil Books You can buy Online from Amazon bookstore-page 1 Tamil Books You can buy Online from Amazon bookstore-page 2 Tamil Books You can buy Online from Amazon bookstore-page 3 Tamil Publications of Pari Nilayam, Chennai Tamil Publications of Amudha Nilayam, Chennai Tamil Publications of Kannadhasan Pathippagam, Chennai Tamil Publications of Saiva Siddhantha Book Trust, Chennai Tamil Publications of maNivAcakar pathipakam, Chennai Tamil Publications of Kavitha Publications, Chennai Tamil Publications of Thamizhp Puththakaalayam, Chennai Books on Carnatic Music and Dance (CBH, Publications, Nagercoil)

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 Mozhi Trust, Madras, 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

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 mylai font format) A short collection of Songs of C. Subramania Bharathi (in mylai font format) A short collection of Film Songs of Kannadhasan (in TSCII format) A short collection of Songs of Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram (in TSCII format)

A pot-pourri of Websites (>1000) of interest to Tamils

I: Tamil Portals, TN Govt sites, sites on Cities of Tamilnadu II: Carnatic Music and Classical Dance (bharathanatyam) III: Hindu Temples, Religion, Philosophy IV: Newspapers, ezines, magazines, tamil learning,... V: Tamil Cinema, Actors, Actresses, ... VI: Educ. Institutions, Sangams, Srilankan, Tamil muslim sites VII: South Indian Businesses on the Net, Miscellaneous

Directories / Info. Corner on Tamilnadu, India

A list of Educational Institutions of Tamilnadu Indian Elections 99 and New Govt Details Administrative Districts of Tamilnadu List of Ministers of Tamilnadu Govt and MPs from Tamilnadu Resources and General Info. on Tamilnadu state List of tamil bookshops in Chennai/Madras and other cities of Tamilnadu List of hotels in main cities of Tamilnadu A directory of tamilbook publishers in tamilnadu, India Train Timings in and out of Chennai, Tamilnadu Domestic Flight Timings in and out of Chennai yellow pages of chennai- I (jewellery, handicrafts, textiles, ...) Postal (PIN) Codes for different parts of Chennai City