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Persons

 * Freedom Fighters: Arumai Perumal . Velu Nachiyar . Dheeran Chinnamalai . Edouard Goubert . Maruthu Pandiyar . Migapulle Arachchi . U. Muthuramalingam Thevar . Cankili II . Pandara Vanniyan . Puli Thevar . Thileepan · Tiruppur Kumaran . Veeran Sundaralingam . Vanchinathan . Veerapandiya Kattabomman . Oomaithurai . Velupillai Prabhakaran


 * Monarchs: visit List of Tamil monarchs


 * Poets: Tiruvalluvar · Ilango Adigal · Kambar · Avvaiyar · Eelathu Poothanthevanar · Kannadasan · Subramanya Bharathi · Tirutakkatevar · Chithalai Chathanar


 * Saints: Alvars · Nayanars


 * Social Reformers: Ayya Vaikundar . S. J. V. Chelvanayakam . E. V. Ramasami Naicker · Subramanya Bharathi

Kingdoms and Dynasties

 * Chieftaincies: Vannimai · Velirs · Polygar


 * Dynasties: Aryacakravarti dynasty · Chola dynasty · Pallava dynasty · Chera dynasty · Kadava dynasty · Madurai Nayak Dynasty · Thanjavur Nayaks . Thanjavur Marathas


 * Kingdoms: Pandyan kingdom . Jaffna kingdom . Ay kingdom

Historic Freedom Struggles

 * In Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan Civil War
 * Eelam War I . Eelam War II . Eelam War III . Eelam War IV

Movements

 * Self-Respect Movement, Anti-Hindi agitations

Tamilakam

 * History of Tamil Nadu · Tamilakam · Religion in ancient Tamil country · Agriculture in ancient Tamil country · Economy of ancient Tamil country · Education in ancient Tamil country · Industry in ancient Tamil country · Early Pandyan Society · Early Pandyan Government · Chola government · Sources of ancient Tamil history · Sangam period

Eelam

 * History of Sri Lanka · Eelam · History of the Jaffna Kingdom · Tissamaharama Tamil Brahmi inscription, Naga people (Lanka)

Language and Writing

 * Dialects: Madurai Tamil · Madras Tamil · Brahmin Tamil · Mandyam Tamil · Kannada-Tamil · Judeo-Malayalam · Jaffna Tamil · Negombo Tamil dialect · Sri Lankan Tamil dialects . Thanjavur Marathi


 * Language: Dravidian languages: Dravidian languages · Tamil language · Sankethi language


 * Other: List of English words of Tamil origin . Loan words in Sri Lankan Tamil


 * Scripts: Tamil script · Tamil copper-plate inscriptions · Vatteluttu · Grantha script

Literature

 * Epics: The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature · Silappatikaram · Manimekalai · Civaka Cintamani · Kundalakesi Valayapathi · Ramavataram


 * Grammar: Tolkāppiyam · Date of the Tolkappiyam


 * Literature: Tamil literature · Sangam literature · Chola literature . Tamil history from Sangam literature, Sri Lankan Tamil literature


 * Novels: Ponniyin Selvan · Tamil historical novels


 * Poetry: Pathinenmaelkanakku (Eighteen Anthology Series) · Ettuthokai (Eight Anthologies) · Pattupattu (Ten Idylls)

Music and Dance

 * Dance: Bharatanatyam · Dance forms of Tamil Nadu


 * Instruments: Veena · Pullanguzhal · Villuppattu · Yazh · Thavil · Murasu · Melam · Kombu · Parai · Urumi


 * Music: Ancient Tamil music · Music of Tamil Nadu · Pann

Sports and Festivals

 * Festivals: Thaipusam . Thai Pongal . Puthandu


 * Martial arts: Dravidian martial arts · Silambam · Kalarippayattu · Varma Kalai · Adithada · Kuttu Varisai · Valari · Maduvu · Surul Pattai · Marmam · Origins of Kalarippayattu · Malyutham


 * Sports: Jallikattu · Kabaddi


 * People: Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam

Art and Architecture

 * Dravidian architecture · Tamil architecture · Kallanai Dam · Tamil Bell · Brihadeeswarar Temple · Chola art · Pancha Rathas · Pancha Ishwarams · Meenakshi Amman Temple

Religion

 * Religion in ancient Tamil country · Dravidian folk religion · Hinduism in Tamil Nadu · Hinduism in Sri Lanka · Tamil Christians · Tamil Muslims · Tamil Jains · Tamil Buddhists, Village deities of Tamil Nadu, Village deities of Tamils of Sri Lanka

Society

 * People: Dravidian people · Proto-Dravidian · Sri Lankan Tamil people · Tamil people · Negombo Tamils · Malabars · List of Indian Tamil castes · List of Sri Lankan Tamil castes · Sri Lankan Tamil castes


 * Diaspora: Tamil diaspora · Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora · Sri Lanka Tamils (Indian origin) . Indians in Singapore · Tamil Malaysians · Tamil Canadian . Tamil South Africans · Burmese Indians · Indo-Martiniquais · Indo-Caribbeans · Tamils of Réunion

Other

 * South Indian culture · Dravidian University

Cinema

 * Tamil Cinema · Sri Lankan Tamil cinema

Film

 * Chemman Chaalai · In the Name of Buddha · Veerapandiya Kattabomman (film) · Lists of Tamil-language films · List of Sri Lankan Tamil films

Persons

 * Activists: Meena Kandasamy · Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy . Thirumurugan Gandhi . Nedumaran . Sengai Aaliyan . Ameer . Bharathidasan . Jayakanthan . Seeman . V. Gowthaman . Thozhar Thiyagu · S. P. Adithanar


 * Ministers/ Chief Ministers: V. Gopalswamy · M. Karunanidhi . J. Jayalalithaa . M. K. Stalin . Anbumani Ramadoss


 * National Leader: Velupillai Prabhakaran

Parties

 * India (Tamil Nadu): AIDMK · DMK · MDMK · PMK · NTK · VCK
 * Sri Lanka: TNA . TULF

Social Movements

 * India: DPI


 * Malaysia:HINDRAF

Nationalism

 * Tamil Nationalism
 * Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism

Irredentism
Greater Tamil Nadu. Tamil Eelam

Paramilitary groups

 * in Sri Lanka: LTTE . PLOTE . EPRLF . EPDP . TMVP . Sri Lankan Tamil militants


 * in India: TNLA . TNRT . Tamil Nadu Liberation Front (TNLF)

Major Cities of Tamil Nadu and Tamil areas of Sri Lanka

 * Chennai . Coimbatore . Erode . Madurai . Salem . Tiruchirapalli . Thanjavur . Kanchipuram . Tirunelveli . Tirupur . Rameswaram . Jaffna . Vavuniya . Mannar . Trincomalee . Velanai . Ampara . Batticaloa . Kalmunai . Kilinochchi . Mullaitivu . Puttalam . Chavakacheri

Districts of Tamil Nadu and Tamil areas of Sri Lanka

 * Chennai . Coimbatore . Thanjavur. Kanchipuram . Cuddalore . Dharmapuri . Dindigul . Erode . Kanyakumari . Karur . Krishnagiri . Madurai . Nagapattinam . Namakkal . Perambalur . Pudukkottai . Ramanathapuram . Salem . Sivagangai . Thanjavur . Nilgiris . Theni . Thoothukudi . Tiruchirapalli . Tirunelveli . Tiruvarur . Thiruvannaamalai . Tiruvarur . Vellore . Viluppuram . Virudhunagar . Tiruvarur . Jaffna District . Mannar District . Batticaloa District . Vavuniya District

States - Union Territories - Province

 * Tamil Nadu · Puducherry · North Eastern Province (Northern Province and Eastern Province)

Landcapes

 * Sangam landscape · Kaveri River · Gulf of Mannar · Coromandel Coast · Palk Strait

Regions

 * South India · Malabar · Sri Lanka (Jaffna peninsula, Vanni, Mannar Island)