Chola Nadu (Tamil: சோழநாடு) is a region of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. It encompasses the lower reaches of the Kaveri River and its delta‚ and formed the cultural homeland and political base of the Chola Dynasty which ruled most of South India and parts of Sri Lanka and South-East Asia between the 9th and 13th centuries AD. Uraiyur served as the early Chola capital‚ then medieval Cholas shifted to Thanjavur and later cholas king Rajendra Chola I moved the capital to Gangaikonda Cholapuram
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The Yajur Veda is related to yajna‚ which is not just sacrifice‚ but also means creative reality. The mantras (verse with archetypal meanings) of the Rig Veda are adapted to certain melodies and this collection is named Sama Veda‚ and the Atharva Veda deals with the peace and prosperity of human society and is concerned with the daily life of man. Vedic ritual is preserved in literary texts called the Brahmanas. The main division of the contexts of these extensive texts is twofold – the ritualistic
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) waged war against the government of Sri Lanka for 33 years. Being a minority group in a nation that has a long history of Western colonization‚ prompted the LTTE to lash out against the Sinhalese majority in the years following the country’s independence in 1948. Throughout the 1970s‚ the group began using acts of violence‚ while undergoing a couple of name changes‚ until 1976 when the group formally became the LTTE. Shortly after their establishment‚ the
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1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1`Culture Culture is a symbolic‚ continuous‚ cumulative and progressive process. In the words of Green‚ culture means "the socially transmitted system of idealized ways of knowledge‚ practice and beliefs along with the artifacts that knowledge and practices produce and maintain as they change times." 1.2 India India has a rich cultural tradition. There is a harmonious blend of art‚ religion and philosophy in the Indian culture. They are so beautifully interwoven in the
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Erik Wilson Indian Culture Paper History Ms. Saliche 2/11/12 The Art of Indian Dance: Bharatanatyam “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” Dance is something way more than just fist-pumping at some party. Dance has deep meaning; it is an art form that can range from the simplest of steps to the most intricate set of moves. In Indian culture‚ like in any other culture‚ dance is a cultural tradition that has been around for centuries. In this paper‚ I will discuss the several
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Culture Defined Culture is a complex term that consists of so many things. At the base of culture one would find people who live in social groups and share a way of living which separates them from other human groups. A culture may include rituals‚ religion‚ economic systems‚ language‚ a style of dress‚ a way of cooking‚ and a political system. People who share a culture typically follow the same rules and form a social society. Culture is not inherited‚ but must be learned and shared. A culture
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Cultures and Co-Cultures By: Anna Skidmore Delta College A Culture is the language‚ values‚ beliefs‚ traditions‚ and customs people share and learn according to Larry Samovar and his colleagues (2007). Culture includes two different groups called in-groups which are groups that you identify yourself with and out-groups which is a group of people we view as different (Frings & Abram‚ 2010; Quist & Jorgensen‚ 2010). Examples of culture is the foods we eat‚ holidays we celebrate‚ the
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Environmental and Ecological Concerns in Sri Lankan Tamil Fiction: A Study on Selected Pieces - Dr. Kandiah Shriganeshan‚ Senior Lecturer‚ English Language Teaching Centre‚ University of Jaffna‚ ‚ Sri Lanka Destruction of the environment and natural resources is the main danger that the modern world has to face. There is an urgent need for institutional reform within modern society to safeguard the environmental resources and to maintain the ecological balance. Environmental sociologists have different
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There are a lot of ways of defining culture. I myself can define culture as‚ the way we do things as a group. That statement however doesn’t provide a deeper meaning of what culture is. Culture is my identity‚ and personality. Below is a rather more sophisticated way of describing culture which enables readers to understand it more deeply. Culture is the language‚ beliefs‚ values and norms passed from generation to generation I a group or society. Culture is systemically the meaning and behavior
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The FBI in 2007 revealed… “..The Tamil Tigers are among the most dangerous and deadly extremists in the world..” [1] BLACK TIGER Suicide Bombers of the Tamil Tigers “…The LTTE had perfected the use of suicide bombers; invented the suicide belt; pioneered the use of women in suicide attacks; murdered some 4‚000 people in the past two years alone; and assassinated two world leaders - the only terrorist organization to do so...” [1] “…The
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