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Culture of India. Languages spoken in the Republic of India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 19.64% of Indians; [5] [6] both families together are sometimes known as Indic languages. [7] [8] [9] [a] Languages spoken by the ...
Church of South India Trust Association was constituted as a legal holding body of the movable and immovable properties of the Church of South India. The CSITA was incorporated in 26 September, 1947 under Section 26 of the Indian Companies Act 1913 [1] (now Section 25 of the Indian Companies Act 1956) as a religious and charitable company which ...
In South India, hijras claim Aravan as their progenitor and call themselves aravanis. Each year in Tamil Nadu, during April and May, hijras celebrate an eighteen-day religious festival at a temple located in the village Koovagam in the Ulundurpet taluk in Villupuram district. The temple is devoted to the deity Koothandavar, who is identified ...
e. The Dravidian peoples are an ethnolinguistic supraethnicity composed of many distinct ethnolinguistic groups native to South Asia (predominantly India ). They speak the Dravidian languages, which have a combined total of about 250 million native speakers. [1] Dravidians form the majority of the population of South India and Northern Sri Lanka.
The first South Indian film as well as the first Indian film to gross over ₹1000 crore worldwide was the 2017 sequel film Baahubali 2: The Conclusion directed by S. S. Rajamouli. [4] [5] [6] The highest-grossing film in India is Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), with a total domestic gross of ₹1,429.83 crore. [7] [8]
v. t. e. The Pallava dynasty existed from 275 CE to 897 CE, ruling a significant portion of the Deccan, also known as Tondaimandalam. The Pallavas played a crucial role in shaping in particular southern Indian history and heritage. [4] [5] The dynasty rose to prominence after the downfall of the Satavahana Empire, whom they had formerly served ...
