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The Marakkars speak Malayalam in Kerala and Tamil in Tamil Nadu and both Tamil and Sinhala in Sri Lanka. [3] The community trace their ancestry to marriages between early Arab Muslim traders of the high seas and indigenous Paravar coastal women [4] on the Gulf of Mannar coast and with Mukkuvar coastal women. Arab traders have also married other ...
Naam Tamilar Katchi. 8, Maruthuvamanai Salai, Senthil Nagar, Porur, Chennai – 600116, Tamil Nadu, India. Naam Tamilar Katchi ( Tamil: நாம் தமிழர் கட்சி, transl. We are Tamils Party; NTK) is a Tamil ultranationalist political party active in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry.
Tamil Muslims are Tamils who practise Islam. The community is 6 million in India, primarily in the state of Tamil Nadu where 90% of the Muslim community identified themselves as Tamils. [1] [2] In Tamil Nadu, the majority of Tamil-speaking Muslims belong to the Rowthers Community while other Muslims live in coastal Tamil Nadu. There is a ...
Hinduism. Pillaiyar Suḻi ( Tamil: பிள்ளையார் சுழி ), also rendered Ganesha's curl or Ganesha's circle, is a sacred textual symbol. It is dedicated to the Hindu deity Pillaiyar (Ganesha), who is ritually worshiped first with prayers for success and is used to symbolize an auspicious beginning. The symbol consists of ...
The Om symbol, with epigraphical variations, is also found in many Southeast Asian countries. In Southeast Asia, the Om symbol is widely conflated with that of the unalome; originally a representation of the Buddha's urna curl and later a symbol of the path to nirvana, it is a popular yantra in Southeast Asia, particularly in Cambodia and Thailand.
The presence of non-Christian signatures and the names found in the charter prove that the associates of Mar Sapir Iso included Jews and Muslims too. Muslim Arabs and some Persians must have formed permanent settlements at Kollam by this period. The charter gives proof of the status and privileges of trading guilds in Kerala.
The Rowther ( anglicised as Irauttar, Rawther, Ravuttar, Ravutta, Ravuthar, Ravuthamar) are originally a Tamil community from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. [ 1] They were converted to Islam by preacher Nathar Shah. [ 2] Even after conversion they retained their caste name. They were elite cavalrymen of the Chola and Pandya kingdoms ...
Labbay is derived from the Arabic phrase Labbay'k ( Arabic : لبیک ), which means - Here I am. Labbay is a surname for Arwi (tamil - arabic) speaking muslims in the Coastal places especially Kayalpattinam, Adirampattinam, Kilakarai and Sri Lanka and many other coastal villages in Tamilnadu. Labbays identify as descendants of Arab traders who ...