Guest guest Posted May 7, 2002 Report Share Posted May 7, 2002 >From the "Times of India" PTI [ MONDAY, MAY 06, 2002 12:11:09 AM ] MADURAI: The International Tamil Conference, which concluded here on Sunday, requested Tamil Nadu government to make Tamil compulsory at "all levels". A resolution passed at the conference, held by the International Tamil Integration Society, wanted the government to formulate an act in this regard. It urged the government to make Tamil medium compulsory in nursery schools in the state. Tamizh Vazhipadu (worship in Tamil) should also be made compulsory in the temples, and Tamil should be widely used in courts and government offices. Another resolution adopted at the general body meeting of the conference demanded that the Centre declare Tamil as a "classical language" and Tamil treatise "Thirukural" as a national literary work. The conference also condemned making Hindi compulsory in central government undertakings, including in the Life Insurance Corporation and banks, and asked the government to stop it. Recalling that late chief minister M G Ramachandran had allocated a site for a "Tamil Sangam" in the city, it said the government should start it without delay. The conference urged the state and union governments to do whatever possible to remove the "sufferings and sorrow" of the Sri Lankan Tamils. Earlier, about 100 Tamil scholars were given "Tamizh Pani Semmal" award for their service to the cause of Tamil. http://www1.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=8994740 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2002 Report Share Posted May 7, 2002 thanx db for posting this interesting new item. Yes, tamil is my mother tomgue so naturally i have a soft corner for that lamguage... Jananii Janambhoomicha swargatapi gariyasi one's mother and motherland are dearer than heaven!!! to this impressive list, i would add the mother tongue also!!! here i wpold like to reproduce a verse from pankatali's web site!! you know, very well tha our sufi shakta bhakta is very fond of tamil literature... (in fact, the ladt time i spoke to him he wanted to translate 'abirami anthadi' into english. where is he, my friend!( how i miss him in this forum- the one who gave us such beautiful presentation like the saundarya lahari....) here it how it goes... ônkal iTaivant uyarntôr tolaviLanki ênkoli ñâlat tiruLakarrum, ânkavarruL minnêr taniyâli venkatiron rânaiyatu tannêr ilâta tamil. There are two things born from mountains, shining so brilliantly that the great bow down, driving darkness from earth circled by roaring waters. One is the flaming sun, single wheel bright as lightning, the other is Tamil that has no comparison!!! .. —from the taNTiyalankârum here the poet says two thing are really worthy of admiration - one is the 'flaming sun' shining brightly like lightning from behind the mountains and the other is the beautiful language tamil- there is no comparison to these two!!! that is why tamil is called "sundara tamil" *beautiful tamil and lord muruga (the mountain god in palani, tamilnadu) is called tamizh kaduvul (tamil god) worshipped by sri lankans and people from tamil nadu. ********************************************************************** on another note, i would like to mention to to you about the Golden Lotus Tank in the Madurai Meenakshi temple, madurai, tamil nadu... "The area of this tank is 1 acre. It's length is 240' and breadth 165'. The salient feature of this tank is that it is older than the temple. It is said that the "Moola Lingam" was found in this tank by Dhananjaya. Statues of Dhananjeya and Kulasekara Pandiya are carved on the pillar in the northern side of the tank. Since, the Petals of the Lotus Flowers in the tank appeared gold, this tank was named as "Potramarai Kulam" (which means Golden Lotus Tank). The Most notable feature of this tank is that fishes and frogs are not seen in this tank. This tank has very main role in promoting tamil scholars. The Greatest Composition in Tamil - "Thirukkural" by Thiruvalluvar was released on this corridor of this Tank. 1330 kurals are inscribed on the white marbles in the southern side of this tank. In those days, Tamil scholars used to throw their poetic works into this tank. It was believed that if they float in water, they were good ones and were accepted by "SangaPalakai". (means the society of tamil poets) Statues of tamil scholars belonging to the last tamil 'Sangam' are carved in the pillars situated in the southern side of the tank. To the south-west corner of the tank is the "Sevantheeswarar Temple". It is a Shiva temple built in the 16th century. Standing at this spot, one can have the beautiful look of all the towers of Meenakshi Amman Temple. " ********************************************************************** is it a wonder then that a language like 'tamil' should be worshipped in a lpace where sri meenakshi amman herself is worshipped? after all, mother meenakshi is also an incarnation of matanngi , the goddess of learning and fine arts? ********************************************************************** db, if you ever plan to visit tamil nadu, please be sure to visit madurai! you would love it!!! love , "devi_bhakta" <devi_bhakta> wrote: > From the "Times of India" PTI [ MONDAY, MAY 06, 2002 12:11:09 AM ] > > MADURAI: The International Tamil Conference, which concluded here on > Sunday, requested Tamil Nadu government to make Tamil compulsory at > "all levels". > > A resolution passed at the conference, held by the International Tamil > Integration Society, wanted the government to formulate an act in this > regard. > > It urged the government to make Tamil medium compulsory in nursery > schools in the state. Tamizh Vazhipadu (worship in Tamil) should also > be made compulsory in the temples, and Tamil should be widely used in > courts and government offices. > > Another resolution adopted at the general body meeting of the > conference demanded that the Centre declare Tamil as a "classical > language" and Tamil treatise "Thirukural" as a national literary work. > > The conference also condemned making Hindi compulsory in central > government undertakings, including in the Life Insurance Corporation > and banks, and asked the government to stop it. > > Recalling that late chief minister M G Ramachandran had allocated a > site for a "Tamil Sangam" in the city, it said the government should > start it without delay. > > The conference urged the state and union governments to do whatever > possible to remove the "sufferings and sorrow" of the Sri Lankan > Tamils. > > Earlier, about 100 Tamil scholars were given "Tamizh Pani Semmal" > award for their service to the cause of Tamil. > > http://www1.timesofindia.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=8994740 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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