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Palm products: The cultural pilgrimage of a priest

The palm tree and its products are intrinsic to Tamil culture. Endowed with roots that go deep and hold groundwater, the palm tree takes 15 years to grow and mature. The young palm tree is called Vadali in Tamil. The palm tree is a food bearing life form. It is a source of palm fruit, palm...

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Egmore museum is dead, let’s revive it!

The Madras Museum can be the pride of Tamil Nadu. With its vast collection and resources such as an in-house high-quality conservation laboratory, it could offer an interesting, educative, fun and immersive experience. For people of Tamil Nadu and the Tamil diaspora who can often be seen...

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Kashmir and Tamil Nadu, an ancient link

Was there any cultural link between Jammu & Kashmir, the northernmost state of India and Tamil Nadu, the southernmost? Yes, according to young research scholar Prathik Murali. "Kashmir was a centre for the study of philosophy having close connections with two of the greatest Indian...

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