Tamil people

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Tamil people are a Dravidian ethnic group native to South Asia, primarily associated with the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and northern and eastern Sri Lanka, known for their ancient history, rich literary and artistic traditions, and widespread global diaspora.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Tamil people (Tamil people are a Dravidian ethnic group native to South Asia, primarily associated with the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and northern and eastern Sri Lanka, known for their ancient history, rich literary and artistic traditions, and widespread global diaspora.)

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Statements (95)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith Bharatanatyam ⓘ
Carnatic music ⓘ
Dravidian architecture ⓘ
Tamil cinema ⓘ
Tamil culture ⓘ
Tamil literature ⓘ
calendar Tamil calendar ⓘ
classicalArtForm Tanjore painting ⓘ
Temple architecture ⓘ
classicalLanguage Tamil ⓘ
classicalLiterature Sangam literature ⓘ
classicalLiteraturePeriod Sangam period ⓘ
linked to: Sangam literature
classicalWork Manimekalai ⓘ
Silappatikaram ⓘ
linked to: Cilappatikāram

Tirukkural ⓘ
concentratedIn Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Indian state of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
linked to: Tamil Nadu

Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalCapital Chennai ⓘ
culturalIdentity Dravidian identity ⓘ
Tamil nationalism ⓘ
diaspora Canada ⓘ
Fiji ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Mauritius ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Réunion ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
ethnonym Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
haveEthnicMinorityStatusIn Sri Lanka ⓘ
haveOfficialLanguageStatusIn India ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
historicalKingdom Chera dynasty ⓘ
Chola dynasty ⓘ
Pallava dynasty ⓘ
Pandya dynasty ⓘ
historicalRegion Tamilakam ⓘ
language Tamil language ⓘ
linked to: Tamil
languageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
majorCity Coimbatore ⓘ
Jaffna ⓘ
Madurai ⓘ
nativeTo South Asia ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
notableAlvar Andal ⓘ
Nammalvar ⓘ
notablePhilosopher Thiruvalluvar ⓘ
notableReligionPhilosophy Shaiva Siddhanta ⓘ
notableSaint Appar ⓘ
Manikkavacakar ⓘ
Sundarar ⓘ
politicalMovement Dravidian movement ⓘ
politicalPartyInfluence All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ⓘ
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ⓘ
populationEstimate over 70 million ⓘ
primaryReligion Shaivism ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the largest ethnic groups in South Asia ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
traditionalDance Bharatanatyam ⓘ
traditionalDress Sari ⓘ
Veshti ⓘ
traditionalFestival Deepavali ⓘ
linked to: Diwali

Pongal ⓘ
Tamil New Year ⓘ
Thai Pongal ⓘ
linked to: Pongal
traditionalFood Dosa ⓘ
Idli ⓘ
Rasam ⓘ
Sambar ⓘ
traditionalMartialArt Silambam ⓘ
traditionalMusic Carnatic music ⓘ
traditionalReligionCenter Chidambaram ⓘ
Madurai Meenakshi Temple ⓘ
Palani Murugan Temple ⓘ
Rameswaram ⓘ
traditionalScripture Divya Prabandham ⓘ
Tevaram ⓘ
Tirumurai ⓘ
traditionalSport Jallikattu ⓘ
Kabaddi ⓘ
traditionalTheatre Therukoothu ⓘ
writingSystem Tamil script ⓘ

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Referenced by (135)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tamil → isCulturalLanguageOf → Tamil people ⓘ
Trincomalee → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Jaffna → ethnicMajority → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Jaffna → demographicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Batticaloa → ethnicCommunity → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Colombo → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Sri Lanka → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Sri Lanka → ethnicGroup → Indian Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Tamil people → ethnonym → Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Jaffna Tamil → usedBy → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Jaffna Tamil → usedBy → Jaffna Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Flag of Ceylon → symbolizes → Tamil people ⓘ
Flag of Ceylon → orangeStripeRepresents → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Sri Lankan American → relatedTo → Tamil American ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Sinhalese people → relatedEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Southern Province, Sri Lanka → hasEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
South Asian ethnic groups → includesEthnicGroup → Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
South Asian ethnic groups → includesEthnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka → ethnicGroup → Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Dravidian peoples → majorEthnicGroup → Tamil people ⓘ
Kaanum Pongal → celebratedBy → Tamil people ⓘ
Karthika Deepam → celebratedBy → Tamil Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Lakshmi Gandhi → ethnicGroup → Tamil people ⓘ
Venkata → usedInCommunity → Tamil people ⓘ
Bhogi → observedBy → Tamil people ⓘ
Tamil culture → ethnicGroupOf → Tamil people ⓘ
Tamil culture → practicedIn → Tamil diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Valli → ethnicAssociation → Tamil people ⓘ
Pazhamudircholai → worshippedBy → Tamil Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Thaipusam → associatedWith → Tamil people ⓘ
Thaipusam → associatedWith → Tamil diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Thaipusam → observedBy → Tamil Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Skanda Sashti → observedBy → Tamil Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Chera dynasty → ethnicGroup → Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Pandya dynasty → ethnicGroup → Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Subramanya → worshippedBy → Tamil Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Shanmukha → veneratedBy → Tamil Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
P. Subbarayan → ethnicGroup → Tamil people ⓘ
Ancient Tamilakam → traditionalInhabitants → Tamil people ⓘ
subject linked to: ancient Tamilakam
Tamil Sangams → associatedWithPeople → Tamil people ⓘ
Tamilakam → ethnolinguisticGroup → Tamil people ⓘ
Veshti → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Tamil people ⓘ
Silambam → ethnicOrigin → Tamil people ⓘ
Jallikattu → languageCommunity → Tamil people ⓘ
Tamil calendar → usedBy → Tamil people ⓘ
Tamil calendar → usedBy → Tamil diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people
Seeman → ethnicGroup → Tamil people ⓘ
Tamil New Year → celebratedBy → Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Tamil people