Tamil society

tamilian cuisine

thumb|Badagas celebrating the festival of Hetha Habba. The Badagas are an ethno-linguistic community living in the Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu, India. Throughout the district the Badugas live in nearly 400 villages, called Hattis. The Badagas speak a language called Badaga.

Thalaikoothal (, ) is the traditional practice of senicide (killing of the elderly) or involuntary euthanasia, by their own family members, observed in some parts of southern districts of Tamil Nadu state of India.

thumb|right|200px| An Agraharam in Thanjavur District, [[Tamil Nadu]] right|thumb|An Agraharam from Tirunelveli assembled within the [[DakshinaChitra museum.]] An Agraharam ( or ) was a grant of land and royal income from it, typically by a king or a noble family in ancient Tamilakam and in modern times in southern part of India, for religious purposes, particularly to Brahmins to maintain temples in that land or a pilgrimage site and to sustain their families. Agraharams were also known as in ancient times. They were also known as ghatoka, and boya. Agraharams were built and maintained by dyn

adherents of Islam who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Tamils

The Narikkuṟava are an indigenous group from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Public health issue of violent acts against women

an ethno-linguistic Hindu community of South India

Reddiar (also spelt as Reddiyar) is an ethnic-Telugu Warrior,landowning, merchantile, agricultural social group in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry in India.