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  2. Architecture of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Tamil Nadu is known for its ancient temple architecture. Nearly 33,000 ancient temples, many at least 800 to 2000 years old, are found scattered all over Tamil Nadu. As per Tamil Nadu Hindu Endowments Board, there are 38,615 temples. Most of the largest Hindu Temples are located in Tamil Nadu. [ 2] Studded with complex architecture, a variety ...

  3. Churidar - Wikipedia

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    Churidars are a variant of the common shalwar pants. Shalwars are cut wide at the top and narrow at the ankle. Churidars narrow more quickly so that contours of the legs are revealed. They are usually cut on the bias, making them naturally stretchy, which is important when pants are closefitting. They are also longer than the leg and sometimes ...

  4. Dravidian architecture - Wikipedia

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    Dravidian architecture, or the Southern Indian temple style, is an architectural idiom in Hindu temple architecture that emerged from Southern India, reaching its final form by the sixteenth century. In contrast with North Indian temple styles, Dravidian architecture uses shorter and more pyramidal towers, called vimana, over the garbhagriha or ...

  5. List of Tamil Nadu state symbols - Wikipedia

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    State Motto. Vāymaiyē Vellum. வாய்மையே வெல்லும். Truth Alone Triumphs. Vaaymaiyae Vellum is a quote taken from the Mundaka Upanishad, the concluding part of the sacred Hindu Vedas is the Sanskrit to Tamil language translation of Satyameva Jayate, the National Motto of the Republic of India. State Anthem.

  6. Vellore Institute of Technology - Wikipedia

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    Technology Tower building. Periyar Central Library. Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is a private deemed university [1] [2] in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.. The institution offers 66 Undergraduate, 58 Postgraduate, 15 Integrated, 2 Research and 2 M.Tech. Industrial Programmes. [3]

  7. Emblem of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Government of Tamil Nadu. Adopted. 1949. Shield. Srivilliputhur Andal temple. Motto. Vāymaiyē vellum. ("Truth Alone Triumphs", from Mundaka Upanishad) The Emblem of Tamil Nadu ( ISO: Tamiḻnāṭṭiṉ ciṉṉam) is the official state emblem of Tamil Nadu and is used as the official state symbol of the Government of Tamil Nadu .

  8. List of districts of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Districts of Tamil Nadu at the time of the formation of the state in 1956 and districts divided (as of 2009) marked in gray. After Indian Independence, the Madras Presidency] became the Madras Province on 15 August 1947. Pudukottai, a princely state acceded to the Indian Union on 4 March 1948 and became a division in Trichinopoly district. [2]

  9. List of dams and reservoirs in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Earthen. 119. Therkku Karunkulam Dam. Irrigation and Drinking Water. Karunkulam Western ghot storage source for this dam. Sprawling lake for storage of rainwater and supply of drinking water to 15 village Panchayats in the region. T Karunkulam, Near Palazor.