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    Tamil Hindus (Tamil: தமிழ் இந்துக்கள்) are the Tamil-speaking people who follow Hinduism. Hinduism was the first religion to reach the ancient Tamil kingdoms...
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  • Hindu Tamil Thisai (colloquially known as The Hindu Tamil) is a Tamil daily newspaper headquartered at Chennai. It is published by The Hindu Group. The...
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    (21 September 2010) Tamil Hindus in Karachi. Pakistan Hindu Post Raman, B. (15 July 2002) Osama's shadow on Sri Lanka?. The Hindu Business Line Paul,...
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    million of West Pakistan's Hindus and Sikhs moved to India as refugees. And in the first census afterward (1951), Hindus made up 1.6% of the total population...
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  • persecution of Hindus were rare", as were communal riots between Hindus and Muslims. According to Nicholas Gier, there were harmonious Hindu-Muslim relations...
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    cycle of the Tamil calendar: The months of the Tamil Calendar have great significance and are deeply rooted in the faith of Tamil Hindus. Some months...
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    There are about 11,405 Hindus (0.21% of the population) in Norway as of 2019. The majority of Norwegian Hindus are of South Asian descent with around...
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    from Bangladesh to India. Kashmiri Hindus Sindhi Hindus Punjabi Hindus Bengali Hindus Meitei Hindus Tamil Hindus Hinduism in Maharashtra Hinduism in...
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    mostly Hindus. The Madrasi Para area behind the Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre is home to 100 Tamil Hindu families. The population of Tamils in Pakistan...
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    Them". The News (Pakistan). Retrieved August 20, 2012. "Tamil Hindus in Karachi". Pakistan Hindu Post. 21 September 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2012. "Archived...
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    century BCE. The Sri Lankan Tamils are mostly Hindus with a significant Christian population. Sri Lankan Tamil literature on topics including religion and...
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    Hindus (Hindustani: [ˈɦɪndu] ; /ˈhɪnduːz/; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana...
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  • Hinduism in Tamil Nadu finds its earliest literary mention in the Sangam literature dated to the 5th century BCE. The total number of Tamil Hindus as per 2011...
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    of Tamil Nadu, which is famed for Tamil architecture styled Hindu temples, culture, and tradition and commonly known as the Land of Temples. Tamil Nadu...
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    also used by Tamils in Sri Lanka. The symbol ௳ is also known as the Piḷḷaiyār Suḻi (lit. 'Curl of Piḷḷaiyār'), a symbol that most Tamil Hindus will start...
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    Meenakshi Temple (category Articles containing Tamil-language text)
    14th century brought an abrupt end to the patronage of Tamil Hindu temple towns. The Tamil Hindus revived these towns but in some places such as Madurai...
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    Kannagi (Tamil: கண்ணகி), sometimes spelled Kannaki, is a legendary Tamil woman who forms the central character of the Tamil epic Cilappatikāram. Kannagi...
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    population. Estimates of practicing Hindus vary from 10.7% to 14.7%. Yet, uncertainty as to the exact number of Hindus in the country results from the fact...
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    Kashmiri Hindus are now settled in the Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country. The largest group of Kashmiri Hindus are the...
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    The Tamils (/ˈtæmɪlz, ˈtɑː-/ TAM-ilz, TAHM-), also known as the Tamilar, are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group who natively speak the Tamil language and...
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    known Hindu Temple in Europe. The annual temple festival attracts some 15,000 visitors and has become a central pilgrimage place for Tamil Hindus all over...
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    Tamil Nadu (/ˌtæmɪl ˈnɑːduː/; Tamil: [ˈtamiɻ ˈnaːɽɯ] , abbr. TN) is the southernmost state of India. The tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth...
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    Hinduism in Sri Lanka (category Sri Lankan Hindus)
    000 years. As of 2011[update], Hindus made up 12.6% of the Sri Lankan population. They are almost exclusively Tamils, except for small immigrant communities...
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    as Fiji, Jamaica, Trinidad, Martinique, Suriname and others. The Hindus, and non-Hindus, who accepted indentured labor contracts and were brought to Mauritius...
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    concentration of Hindus in Africa after Mauritius. *The figures for 2013 and 2016 are not official census data. The majority of Hindus in South Africa...
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    Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election was held on 6 April 2021, to elect representatives from the 234 constituencies in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu...
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    Sri Lanka, Skanda, as Kataragama deviyo, is a popular deity among both Tamil Hindus and Sinhalese Buddhists. While many Sri Lankan Buddhists regard him as...
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    Thaipusam (category Pages with Tamil IPA)
    Thaipusam or Thaipoosam (Tamil: Taippūcam, IPA: [t̪əjppuːsəm]) is a Tamil Hindu festival celebrated on the first full moon day of the Tamil month of Thai coinciding...
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    Sri Lanka by the Sinhalese Buddhists, Kannaki Amman by the Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus (See Hinduism in Sri Lanka) and as Kodungallur Bhagavathy and Attukal...
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    68% of the population. As per the religious census of 2011, Tamil Nadu had 87.6% Hindus, 5.9% Muslims, 6.1% Christians, 0.1% Jains and 0.3% following...
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