Dravidians
are the speakers of the Dravidian languages
in South India. There are c. 220 million native speakers of Dravidian
languages. The name "Dravidian" itself is from the given in Sanskrit,
and may not be what the Dravidian people have historically called themselves. The Dravidian languages with the most speakers are Tamil,
Telugu,
Malayalam,
and Kannada. It is often considered that the Dravidian
languages are a close-knit family, native to all over South India between Kanyakumari
and Hampi.
Regardless of their mother tongue, almost all Indians love to fire immediately three nosy questions at you in English (... supposedly a typically Indian way of honouring another person):
"What is your good name?"
"What country do you belong to?"
"What is the purpose of your visit?"
The lively Chithirai Thiruvizha (a festival celebrated during the Tamil month of Chitirai) is an annual event celebrated in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, South India, during the month of April. It is one of the longest celebrations in the
world and lasts for one month. The first 15 days of the festival are
celebrated for Meenakshi and the next 15 days are celebrated for Alagar (a form of lord Mahavishnu); it's month full of opportunities to forget your official Hindi and to brush up all your Dravidian language skills.
High-res portrait photographs with full exif data, precise geotags and technical details in Matt Hahnewald's
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