September 1879 – 24 December 1973), revered by his followers as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the...
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Periyar, (Malayalam: [peɾijaːr], meaning: big river) is the longest river and the river with the largest discharge potential in the Indian state of Kerala...
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Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (PNP) is a protected area located in the districts of Pathanamthitta and Idukki in Kerala, India. It is a...
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Periyar University is a university in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1997. It is named after social reformer...
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Mullaperiyar Dam (redirect from Periyar Dam)
Mullaperiyar Dam (IPA: [mulːɐpːeɾijɐːr]) is a masonry gravity dam on the Periyar River of Idukki district of Indian state of Kerala. It is situated 150km...
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Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), also known as Ramaswami, EVR, Thanthai Periyar, or Periyar, was a Dravidian social reformer...
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Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), also known as Ramaswami, EVR, Thanthai Periyar, or Periyar, was a Dravidian social reformer...
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Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), also known as Ramaswami, EVR, Thanthai Periyar, or Periyar, was a Dravidian social reformer...
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Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), also known as Ramaswami, EVR, Thanthai Periyar was a Dravidian social reformer and politician...
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Dr. Periyar Dasan or Dr. Abdullah (born Seshachalam; 21 August 1949 – 19 August 2013) was an Indian scholar, professor, eminent speaker, and activist...
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Periyar Bus Stand is a central bus terminus for local city buses in Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. The bus stand is one of the key bus terminus in Madurai...
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Thekkady (section Periyar National Park)
Thekkady Mullaperiyar Kumily Thekkady (Idukki district) is a town near Periyar National Park, an important tourist attraction in the Kerala state of India...
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Periyar is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language biographical film, made about the life of the social reformer and rationalist Periyar E. V. Ramasamy with Sathyaraj...
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ardent follower of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, he rose in stature as a prominent member of the party. Due to differences looming with Periyar, on issues of separate...
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Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is a proposed protected area located along the area straddling both the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats in the Erode...
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Periyar Nagar, named after the Tamil leader Periyar E. V. Ramasamy is a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city,which is developed...
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Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology, formerly Periyar Maniammai College of Technology for Women and Periyar Maniammai University (PMU)...
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Periyar (E. V. Ramasamy, 1879–1973) was an Indian social reformer. Periyar or Periyaar may also refer to: Periyar River, in Kerala, India Periyar district...
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breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by E. V. Ramasami (Periyar). DMK was headed by Annadurai as the general secretary from 1949 until...
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The religious views of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy involved opposition to religion virulently because, in his views, the so-called men of religion invented...
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Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam was a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It split from Dravidar Kazhagam in 1996. The president of the party...
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Periyar is a 1973 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by P. J. Antony. The film stars Thilakan, Raghavan, P. J. Antony and Sudheer. Its musical score...
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Dravidar Kazhagam is a social movement founded by "Thanthai Periyar" E. V. Ramasamy who is also known as Socrates of south asia. Its original goals were...
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Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973) was a Dravidian social reformer and politician from India, who founded the Self-Respect...
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Muziris (redirect from Great Periyar Flood of 1341)
the Chinese and the Arabs, presumably until the devastating floods of Periyar in 1341. Earlier Muziris was identified with the region around Mangalore...
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Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam, formerly Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam. He is well known for propagating the principles of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy through his literary...
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adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone, and Kalagakkarar Thozhar Periyar, a biography of the life of Periyar. He later moved on to playing major roles in Tamil films...
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career has been as a social worker. He began working with Periyar in 1956, and assisted Periyar in editing Viduthalai, the rationalist daily of Dravidar...
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Self-Respect Movement (category Periyar E. V. Ramasamy)
founded in 1925 by S. Ramanathan who invited E. V. Ramasamy (also known as Periyar by his followers) to head the movement in Tamil Nadu, India against Brahminism...
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activist and play writer. He wrote plays like Shambhuk Vadh. He translated Periyar E. V. Ramasamy's The Key To Understanding True Ramayan from Tamil to Hindi...
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