Who Are The Tamil People
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Today there are 80 million Tamils in the world, more than there are French, Colombians, or Kenyans. Most Tamils live in North and East Sri Lanka and in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, literally Tamil country. Tamil Nadu is now a state in India but for thousands of years Tamilakam or the homeland of the Tamils was much larger, and ruled by independent kingdoms. Tamil culture is the last surviving classical civilisation because they have preserved their beliefs, culture, and language intact for 2000 years.
But who are the Tamils, what is their story, and what does it have to do with 700 billion golden coconuts. Well Let's Find Out.
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So you have to make another video on Kerala and Malayalis (Malayalam language speakers). Modern day Kerala and it's language Malayalam have started to split from the then Tamil initiating from last centuries of BC and completed by the 8th century AD from commencement of separate calendar system in Kerala called Kollam Era. The earliest stone inscription with a reference on Kerala is the Edicts of Ashoka (BC 274-237). Kerala is mentioned as "Keralaputho" (Kerala Puthra Sanskrit word meaning sons of Kerala) in the second and thirteenth Ashoka Sthambhas. It may be noted that Kerala is not mentioned as "Cheram" while "Cholas" and the "Pandyas" are named as such. As of now, the earliest inscription which could be ascribed to Malayalam language and the inscribed phrase is different from the Tamil is the Hero Stone procured from the Pulikomb of Theni district which date backs to 2nd century BC.
The migration of Jews, the arrival of Saint Thomas and his descendants Saint Thomas Christians, the first Mosque of South Asia, the spice trade through the Muziris port, Kollam port, the arrival of Portuguese, the first printing press in South Asia, the gold reservoir of Padmanabha Swamy temple which is mentioned in the video all happened in Kerala and are the integral part of us making us Malayalis and Malayalam culture distinct from the Tamils and Tamil culture elsewhere. We Malayali culture embraces the difference among us making Kerala a thriving place of cultural diversity(54%Hindus, 26%Muslims, 18%Christians) in tandem with harmony unlike in Tamil culture.
Therefore the Cheras, Kerala, Malayalam and Malayali should not be identified with the Tamils in Common Era.
Next Can you do a video on Telugu Kings called Reddy Raju's
Everyone expects the British intervention
I would love more explanation like this about diferent people in large mixed countries like some tribes in nigeria, ghana, indonesia, iran, mexico...
Thank you for teaching me about the Spice Bag. The Irish truly are the Greatest Race.
As an American, my friend from Tamil Nadu sent this video to me, and I am as well learning Tamil (Thamizh) so……..
Vanakkam nanba, yen peru Kent, ungalai santhithathil magizhchi, enakku konjam konjam Tamil teriyum 🙏🏻
Much love to Tamilians 🙌🏻💙
Thank you bro ..... Lots of Love from Tamilnadu , India🇮🇳
🥰
For those who commented, you guys are a beautiful inspiration and I hope to meet you guys someday, mikka nandri en nanba 🥺🙏🏻💙
Vanakkam
@@Ms99911 Vanakkam 🙏🏻💙
I’m an American who is learning the Tamil language and I am in love with their music and dance 😍
Interesting, I am a Canadian Tamil and I am curious why do you want to learn Tamil?
I am an Indian Tamil, currently residing in Germany learning Deutsch !!
Thank you for learning tamil.
Great 😊
@@roshansri1636 My boyfriend is from Chennai ☺️
I am from Mauritius. Our forefathers came from Tamil Nadu. Feel always proud of lineage. Vazga Tamizha.Tamil is musical language. 👍👍👍
greetings from an illankai tamil
Tamil brother. ❤
Vannakam, I'm a Tamil person, from South Africa 🇿🇦
As a malayali from Kerala, I am quite fascinated to explore the history of my ancestors of Tamilakam.
I'm from Punjab......
We lost our culture and changed
But Tamils didn't and enjoying their old culture 🙏🙏🙏
That's the reason we are against the Hindi imposition... if you let any other king to rule your nation the culture , rules , even architecture of the nation will change as per the kings wish.. you guys let another language inside (Hindi) it messed your culture ,that's why for past 3 centuries we are against language imposition.
@@Yash-kz8rx I think punjabi cultured suffered more from afghan raids and partition
punjabi is spoken very much in Delhi Haryana etc
@@babitayadav4806 State of UP, Bihar, MP and Chhattisgarh are loosing their culture and some have completely lost it. Every other state is named after their mother tounge. Gujarat, Kashmir, Bengal , Maharashtra . But what about MP, UP, Bihar, Uttrakhand ?? Govt.has Imposed Hindi on these states and killed the Maithili,Angika , Bhojpuri and other ancient languages of this land .
Diya Roy sadly, true , did you know Tamil too lost their language from their temples? And Sanskrit is replaced them , only some temples like Thanjai big temple has tamil as worshipping language
@@Yash-kz8rx Punjabi land and culture was attacked by Afghans, Mongols, Persians etc. Don't blindly bark about Hindi.
You have honoured us more than Bollywood has ever tried.
👌
Yes a white man telling Indian history to Indian
Bollywood is Garbage.
Best comment
Yeanna pa family man 2 va..
I am a proud South African Tamil. My ancestors came here as indentured laborers. South Africa has the biggest population on Indians outside of India. We still practice our religion and have many temples. Unfortunately we speak English and not Tamil because of the British schooling system. Indians are very educated and progressive in South Africa especially since democracy in 1994.
You can learn tamil through internet, my distant relatives settled in other state there they have to learn state language but still they are very good in tamil. They mostly learned it from internet and by watching movies.
South Africa isn't even top 5 in terms of Indian diaspora...
As a city, I believe that Durban may still hold the title.@@JustDom
@@JustDomThere are lots of Indians in South Africa due to the fact that South Africa was a British colony and during the colonial period British people sent Indian workers across the globe to different companies. That is why you can find Indians in Trinidad and Tobago Guyana, Kenya, etc. Majority of Tamil people were sent to Singapore to work, which is why there are so many there right now and why one of the official languages of Singapore is Tamil
I am Sikh but love my Tamil brothers
Love sikhs from tamil❤
I'm a Punjabi Hindu. I love the Tamil brothers too.
I’m Tamilan From California USA I’m married to a Russian Women with whom
I had Five Sons & three daughters
Totally Eight Children all my childrens learning Both Tamil & Russian equally
My elder sons where fluent in 4 Languages Tamil,English ,Russian,Spanish
Plz start a youtube channel
Intresting 😲. Holding to your roots will earn you Fruitful results ❤️
"Yaathum oore yaavalum kelir" nu summava sonnanga ❤️🔥
வாழ்த்துகள்
That what we would love to hear.
I’m Punjabi but some of the best people you will meet in the world are Tamil!
We Tamil people personally like Singhs ( Punjabis ) more than anyone even from neighbouring districts.....we and Singhs are like Brothers.... That's why in Canada🇨🇦....Tamil & Singh are given Higher ranks and positions for their cooperation and high thoughts......
@@sridhars3467 This is absolutely true actually, I’ve experienced it here in The UK 🇬🇧, although I’m not a Sardar, Tamil people always show me great respect and when they see my name is Singh, their love grows! It’s a mutual feeling, both communities make India proud!
Ya we love you more than others for your unique culture and wish to be unique.. like us❤️🙏
@@ssmufc9941 Very Nice to know my Brother ❤️❤️👍🏻 Even though we're divided by individual culture yet United by hearts....
My mom too.... She'll always be in support for my Singh friends that much...❤️
In our Amritsar the way our holy golden temple running is...it is creating spirituality that is beyond mankind !!...To treat everyone with great respect, smile, equality...etc.....I'm really proud & grateful to have u ppl in our India more....loads of respect to every Singhs out there working hard for society without losing their holiness !!
( Singhs in whatever the profession they're, they know to respect & treat every other communities !!)...
P.S : These and all I've not just been taught , told but experiences in reality !!
பழகி பாரு பாசம் தெரியும் ...
... பகைது பாரு வீரம் தெரியும் 🇮🇳💞
I'm a tamil speaking Indian ,born in South Africa .I'm proud of my motherland ,India .Great video .Long live the tamilians.Nandri Vanakam .Vetri South Africa 🙏🇿🇦🙏
May Allah bless you brother and Pakistan Zindabad 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰
@@UFCMania155 Most of my friends are from.Pakistan smd Bangladesh in this province .We live happily together .May You stay blessed too Sir.🙏🇿🇦🙏
🙏😊vanakam
@@waltervetri2476why u went to South Africa???? 🤯🤯👀
@@Allu_arjun.07 I didn't come hete,I was born here ,unfortunately
We Bangladeshi love Tamil people. They are so talented & good people... Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤❤❤
I'm hindi speaker
An I desperately want to learn tamil
Love tamil nadu people
I will help you learn bro.😃
Vanakam from Malaysia tamil 🙏🏻😍
Vanakam mamae,come to chennai I will teach u ❤️
We welcome your interest ❤️❤️
Loves from tamilnadu
I'm a Tamil living in Mumbai ( surrounded by non-tamils) so I never really got the hype around Tamil pride. Add to the fact that Tamil heroes/politicians always use Tamil pride as an excuse to win people's hearts (which works). So it rubbed me off the wrong way. But this video reignited my pride of being a Tamil, while teaching me a lot about Tamil Eelam as well. Sincerely thank you for this. You did a stupendous job as usual ❤️
Hype exists everywhere buddy may it be Tamils, sikhs, haryanvis, marathas, rajputs, nawabs etc. But still you should be proud of your culture. I used to think of haryana's culture is wild and gangster types earlier but when discovered more about it, I feel pride with it. Just chill after all we all are Indians and brothers. Much respect and love from Haryana
I am also a tamil. I also don't understand the over inflated hype around tamil language as well. Good to know that i am not alone in this.
It's good to be proud of your culture and heritage as long as you 100% respect other cultures as well
I’m a Punjabi. I feel Tamil culture is very under studied in India. Tamil kings indianized a whole subcontinent and we don’t know much about it. I hope more people write scholarly books on Southern India.
Im also in agreement with the overt focus on the "ganges islamic empires". No offence to my musalman brothers but maybe its time to shift our focus?
Mass printing has been available for so many years and what better time than this to change pur education focus.
Maybe a generation of northies and southerners learning abt southern kingdoms and empires isnt very bad?
But then, this is india we are talking abt, i studied on hand me down books so maybe its more difficult than just "change the books"
Also
Vijayanagara and chola empires were og
I am a Tamil person from South Africa 🇿🇦, My forefathers came as indentured labourers from Tamil Nadu, India in the late 1800s. Thank you for making this video😊 I learned a lot.
Bro really?? God damn 🤯
Whats so shocking ?@jasonvictor10k
ANNA DURBAN AH?
JOHANNESBURG AH?
@@mohankrishna8530 Durban
As a Dravidian from Kerala, I am proud of our Tamil culture🇮🇳❤️
The real people of India
திராவிட இல்லை *தமிழர்கள்* மட்டும்
May Allah bless you brother and Pakistan Zindabad 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰
اللہ آپ کو سلامت رکھے بھائی اور پاکستان زندہ باد 🇵🇰
@Jackpot Tamila . 700K views . 1 day ago ?
"The only gift is giving to the poor;
All else is exchange"
- Thiruvalluvar (Tamil poet)
@Kzaxrtij Skather not really it is still a moral extange give money so you can feel better about yourself
@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl That speaks lot about you
@@sk7417 no it is only a sad truth of what most people do
@@sk7417 Does it? Very few people give to others when they do not want to. Feeling happiness at someone else's conditions improving because of your actions is an exchange, although it does not invalidate the act of giving itself. Personally I think the more people that benefit from an interaction the better. If both sides gain (even if one gains more than the other) then there is not necessarily anything wrong with the act.
@Kzaxrtij Skather You'll find most of the poems deep.
TH-camr puts 'Tamil' in the title.
Tamilians: We've been summoned!
My Mom is Tamil my dad is Malayali
@@amalsp8955 its not Malayalam it is malayali or keralite
@@bharathisockalingam5464 molaiyali
FREAK BOOSTEZ!! No lol I’m tamil before I’m Indian. There is even a saying in tamil that translates to “we’ve been Thamizh for over 2000+ years but we’ve only been Indian for ~70 years”
@@freakboostez6971 same broo! lol
I am a Proud Tamil from Chicago, USA. I am very proud that even after the invasion of Aryans, Mughals, and over 200 years of British rule; we kept our culture, rituals, and language. I make sure that my children who were born in the USA are able to carry forward our Tamil culture. We are the oldest speaking language in the world. Much Love and Respect to my fellow Tamil brothers and sisters. No matter where we are, we are always united by Tamil.
The aryans migrated, they did not invade. The indus valley's destruction happened some years _before_ the aryans arrived
But Amit Shah and BJP is bent upon destroying Tamil language and culture.
Even after 200 years of British rule couldn't destroy it, u think BJP can. 😂😂
Hopefully there are Tamil communities and other people near the kids because it’s pretty easy to lose it
I got tears bro😭 I would sacrifice my life for Tamil❤ தமிழ் வாழ்க
Tamil people are black and beautiful 👧🏿👧🏿🧑🏿🦰🧑🏿🦰🧑🏿🧑🏿👧🏿👧🏿👩🏿🦱👩🏿🦱🔥🔥🔥 Love from chennai 😍😍 Love chocolates 🍫
I was educated in Tamil Nadu for ten years......and consider this State as my home. There is a sense of "home-coming" everytime I land in Chennai.
It is the home of most Asian countries.
Wait so where are you from originally?
Don't know if I've said this before, but your series on world religions will become a golden library for schools in the future, if not already. Thanks for all the research and simple narration.
Thank you so much that means a lot
We watched his videos in school and I got so excited!
@@pinsllama9894 i mean, how could you not be? Cogito is a excelent researcher and content creator
Indeed. I loved the Hinduism video. :D
@@CogitoEdu As a tamilian I love you very much
As a sinhalese, I love tamils I have alot of tamil friends and all of them are very smart. We also love tamil films and our language also has so many tamil words and we also worship the same gods as tamils tho we call them different names. We also eat very much the same food, idiappam, appam, vadai, etc. Sri Lankan tamils are very much genetically close to us and we look the same. Stupid politics, facist educations and ideologies and ignorance destroy our brother hoods.
True these racist and power hungry racist politicians had spoilt our beautiful Island. I too have many Sinhala friends they are very sweet.
Sadly, creating divides between neighbors (people move, sometimes fight, but in time offer a cup of tea or share pot of coffee) is a common tool to promote a false national identity or weaken the social fabric for political and territorial gain.
Unfortunately too many poeple believe that crap..
Don't be a jerk..
Don't kill your neighbor because somebody said "they are different"..
Be Well!! 😃
Then why your Simhala hovernment killed thousands of Hindus of Tamil descent. Why Sinhalese hate Tamil Hindus. Why Buddhist of SriLanka hate Hinduism?.
@@rk-is3cw As the guy said they were planted by the government at that time. The whole reason a civil war started in our country was beacause of the rasist government that reigned at the time.
@@rk-is3cw LTTE was Christian northern Shinhelese, not Tamilian or Hindu.
As a south indian, this video made me realize how little I know about south indian history. In school history class, they only teach about the empires of North India, with south indian empires getting only a brief and forgettable mention. Thank you for this amazing and respectful video about our culture.
In school history class, they only teach about the empires of North India - wrong statement - the right statement is In school history class, they only teach about the Mughals
@@decodingmyroot Best way to destroy an ethnic race and culture is to erase its history.
@@GlobalPath 100%
Not about north India brother, their focus was on mugals only (Thanks to congress and Left historians)... I hope this Government consider to cover real history of our country...
@@decodingmyrootEren Yeager impress !
I'm a Mauritian🇲🇺🌴 with Tamil roots❤
Knowing your roots in itself is a 👍🏼. Get influenced but Hold the Roots tight ❤️🙏🏽🇮🇳
🔥🔥
Great.
Respect to your parents. I like you name.
Love you all
Tamil people are so proud of their culture and language! I'm a white American married to a Tamil person, and I have an OCI card. When we went on a tour of the Taj Mahal I got questioned by a couple of soldiers who thought I had the wrong ticket - one of them couldn't believe I was Indian enough to hold an OCI so he asked me in Hindi if I spoke Hindi and I answered, "இல்லை, தமிழ் பேசுகிறேன்!"... I'm not sure he understood the message, but it made my mother-in-law proud!
❤️🐅❤️
@@user-pf4tn2rl9n South Indians cannot understand Hindi , but as a Tamil , I can understand Devanagari , you have written Om nama: Shivaya in Sanskrit
@@toontoofaan5055 because hindhi has no history no literacy and it's very recent launguage when compared with historical launguage tamil. That's why we don't want to understand Hindi moreover we don't need to learn that. But we need to learn hindhi sentence only for buying panipoori( ek plate Pani poori baiya).
@@rajasekarn6579 what do you mean by literacy
Awesome mam ❤️
As a Tamil South African. This is beautiful to watch.
Thank you ❤
Im from Kerala but ennaku Tamil nadu rombaveeeeeee pudikum
Simple people s lovely person 🥰❤️
aysheri .. 😅
There's loads of mallus here in chennai, you are welcome.
My beloved sister, Tamilnadu warmly welcome you. Although you are Kerala, Kerala people are our brothers & sisters. We love you all!! My sister. We Tamils welcome you!!! Sister!!
Oh apdiya super 🔥🌝
@@stefi4684they are the most racists people in the world don't believe them bro
A Sikhs pride is his Turban; A Rajputs pride is theirs high ethics; A Tamilans pride is his language.
True comment 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@raawinkrishnagiri4147 not only our language but also culture and everything we are proud
Its *Sikhs
And culture ,talents etc...
And you are comparing a religion and caste with a Language.... 😂😂😂
I've always felt that the tamil culture isn't talked about often whenever people talk about India, its nice to see someone do so much research on it...
Love from kerala to my tamil brothers
Nandri vanakkam, namashkaram
Yes true chetan
Love you brother
Your also a tamilian brother ❤️
@@fatpotato3512 we all Tamilians before century...Chera kingdom
Proud of my Tamil language & history.
I'm a Sri Lankan Tamil , thanks for making this video and making us proud ❤️
The lady Sambavalam (Heo Hwang-ok, Korean name for the princess of Korea who migrated from Tamil Nadu coastal area) appears to have left India from Kanyakumari by boat/ship, and then married a Korean prince who fell in love with her as soon as he saw her. So, Tamil Nadu & Korean have More Similarities in Language, Culture, Symbol & Food🇮🇳🇰🇷💛💜
Yes but he didn't speak about that topic.
Ada evalo visam pani mandai lmala iruka kondaiya marundutana🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@im.mowthik7516 😂😂
Always we are one tamil is our mother
@@user-ed6ep5io8e yes
Tamil are cool.... Still remember calling me "macchaa" ❤️ from Nagaland
😎 மச்சான்
Macha
Vanakkam machan🙏
Please search for and watch a documentary on TH-cam called , “ Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields “ .
Kuknalim!
My favorite state in this country, even though I am not Tamil. Such beautiful architectures, temples, generally very polite people to interact with, and the food ugh, I am addicted to dosa, idli, uttapam and paniyaram. I plan to learn the language, its on my goal list.💕
I'm from Tamil,I can teach you
our language along with other southern languages are being suppressed by the north, primarily a hindi speaking government. We barely see our language being represented in a global scale. It warms my heart to see this video and the responses in the comments.
These nationalist shenanigans want one nation and one everything, they don't seem to respect and admire the diversity that this nation has, it is refreshing and giving hope to see takes like this on a open media.
@@educhann Not every north indian speaks hindi. North Indians have their own language too.
You know many north state has their own language which is not Hindi but they don't play victim card like you guys 😂 hypocrite people
🤡🤡they have same root unlike we have Dravidian roots which make easy for us to understand other Dravidian language
🤡🤡they have same root unlike we have Dravidian roots which make easy for us to understand other Dravidian language@@shaktimishra9710
"யாதும் ஊரே யாவரும் கேளீர்"
வாழ்க தமிழ் 💥🙏
Thank you cogito 😇👍
@@JJumpscare Sri Lankan Army Raped Many innocents
@@JJumpscare who was the LTTE? Did they just appear out of thin air? Were they not Tamil people? Were they not the sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, fathers and mothers of the people you would like to think they held hostage?
@@maztichf724 Liberation Tigers of 😀Eelam 🔥🔥by Prabhakaran, the leader😎.
@@maztichf724 they are Tamil speaking Sri lankans.They are the relations to every Tamils who all are living all around the world
@@maztichf724 watch methagu movie is clearly tale of LTTE
Tamilians know and respect their culture, history and language 🔥 🔥
That's why I like Tamilians,
Love from Odisha ♥
மிக்க நன்றி
thank you very much
😊😊😊😊
Respect their culture but make fun of other culture even though we live in same country and same religion
நன்றி😎
@@ranjeet5710 🙄 The north indian attitude of discriminating others as inferior needs a reality check SLAP from someone 😆.
Tamizh gives it 👍🏼.
The day when you think Tamizh, North East Indian etc. History is also Indian History then there will be a change 👍🏼. Don't think only Sanskrit and Indus Valley civilization as yours 🙄.
❤️🇮🇳
Thank you very much for your real information. For Tamils🙏🙏🙏❤️🥰
I never expected such a great video:) -Nandri
it's a shame we Indians don't even teach our own kids our rich history
Where have you studied?
@@shriyatiwari3088 India. and Ik they do teach some of it but not with this depth and details
I think it's about the subjects you take post high school.
@@shriyatiwari3088 yeah i guess
They only mention north indian history briefly. Tamil history is hardly noticed
As a Malayali i found this video to be very informative because both Kerala and Tamil Nadu are deeply related to each other. We are the same blood and we have the same roots. Our bonding is pretty strong.
Brothers forever ❤️
Brother for ever❤️
We are brothers for eva! What els
Thank you Anna (brother in tamil) at least you’re not like the other delusional Sinhalese and Malayali people I’ve seen in the comments ❤️ love from the UK
And we are highly developed than sangi based states
@@gokulr5651 can u please not be annoying like that “we are better” 🤓 like wtf man piss off bro get a life
Not a Trident 🔱 but a spear.. That's what Lord Murugan holds in his hand.. 🙏🏽❤️
❤
What an absolutely beautiful, well-organized, video. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am a Tamilan living in U.P.
I am happy and proud to be a Tamil.
Bring a Indian form North, I say tamil is a beautiful language brother, one day I'll also love to learn tamil
as a singaporean, majority of the indians here are tamil! it's truly a beautiful culture~
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As a South African,majority of Indians here are Tamil:)…beautiful , I agree ,included are fewer Gujarati,Telugu ,others
Giovanni, I know I did,what are you on about? Don’t pontificate signore,no need,I know where they are from
@Giovanni Balbosa-Mc Intosh tamil is a race
Doesn't matter whether they are Tamil Nadu Tamils or Eelam Tamils, but you can't deny Tamils throughout history have proved to be one of the most ruthless fighters.
This all notions of "martial races" died when Indian army went to Sri Lankan. You had Punjabis, Sikhs and Jatts, Gurkhas, Muslims, Rajputs, Marathis etc all pissing their pants and being killed in battle by Sri Lankan Tamil freedom fighters who used to be farmers. Indian army had 100k soldiers in Sri Lanka while various Tamil freedom fighter groups numbered in total less than 10k in number yet still decimated them so badly Sri Lankan govt ended up telling Indian army to get lost as they were making a fool of themselves in international media.
This video inspired me to learn Tamil now. I understand and speak a bit (cause of my Mother's side). A bit more Malayalam (Dad's side). But never thought of learning to read and write as I was born and raised in North. This is my life's goal among others in 2023
As a person from Kerala, it feels good seeing our neighbors get their much deserved appreciation.
Appreciate your thoughts. But some nairs and menons (not all) dedicate their time to undermining Tamils, and have caused much damage to Tamil people. They must be held criminally responsible.
@@anthonypk7281 they are outsiders of kerela and they not against Tamils but against also kerala native people like Elava Thiyya and Pulaya community
You have the equal appreciation bro. Malayalis are once tamils 800 years ago.
We are not neighbors, we are same brother
We should also be proud as we were also part of tamizhagam❤
As an American of Tamil ancestry, I feel greatly appreciative you made and posted this video!
"To us all towns are our own, everyone is our kin,
Life's good comes not from others' gifts, nor ill,
Pains and pain's relief are from within,
Death's no new thing, nor do our bosoms thrill
When joyous life seems like a luscious draught.
When grieved, we patient suffer; for, we deem
This much-praised life of ours a fragile raft
Borne down the waters of some mountain stream
That o'er huge boulders roaring seeks the plain
Tho' storms with lightning's flash from darkened skies.
Descend, the raft goes on as fates ordain.
Thus have we seen in visions of the wise!
We marvel not at the greatness of the great;
Still less despise we men of low estate."
Kaniyan Poongundran, Purananuru - 192
~ 3rd century BCE
(The first two lines of this poem are the ones Cogito quotes in the video)
You're Iqbal?
@Imbesat because he is iqbal
@@vaibhavmishra6006 Sort of. It's complicated.
@@harshavardhana3895 Thank you for sharing!
I am half Tamil half white but unfortunately I didn’t grow up with my Tamil father so I wasn’t taught much of anything about my culture. I am starting to learn more about it though, thanks for the video.
Thank you so much for this! I have a friend from Tamil Nadu whose family has invited me there. I'm making my first trip abroad soon and thought I would learn some things before I go. I had no idea just how influential the Tamil people are on world history! I didn't think I could possibly get more excited for my trip, but you just made it happen lol. Thank you so much for this fun and informative video!!!
Most Indians in Singapore are of Tamil descent. I must say our culture is so much richer for it.
R u Singaporean
❤️ from Tamil Nadu 🇮🇳🙏🏽.
Acceptance is a Great quality. Now they're Singaporean Tamils 🥰😍. Their Gratitude will always prosper your Country ❤️.
70 % top richest in Middle East are Malayalees. (Top 100)
Tamils are still the poorest in Singapore/Malaysia/Srilanka.
@@dowrypandaram179 in Singapore the won't care about malayali bro... Tamil is national language of Singapore...many Tamil minister are still there in Singapore...no mallyali are there bro... only 1% mallus r living Singapore, that too because setler issue last year they send them out of Singapore
@@dowrypandaram179 Exactly what you look for is what you get!
It's incredible how a non-tamil content producer was able to capture almost every important facet of Tamil culture through the ages in a single video.
Yeah. Even our schools don't teach any of this. Just skim over the kingdoms and dynasties that were there. Unless you're from South India and show interest, it is difficult to naturally learn much about Tamil culture. Rightfully so I have had experience of people I know going to South India and saying it's like a different country. I'm Tamilan who grew up in the North so I got best of both worlds.
Yet our Indian brahmans refuse to acknowledge the same in our own country
@@maverickcruise not blame our ancient teachers (Brahmans) for that they don't have means for that back then
@@abhinavvajpai1711 there is no Brahmans in tamilnadu first. Then they won't be our teachers. Bro here there is no Varna system before the aryans invasion all are equal here
Could you introduce me please which about your language and culture?I'm from Ikonya/Anatolia
As a sinhaleese person, tamils do have great culture and language.... I'm glad that tamil language is included in our syllabus.
Sri Lankan Sinhalese here. The burning of the Jaffna library infuriates me every time I hear about it. What a damn shame.
Very much appreciated. You accept the mistake. God bless you..
As a South African Tamil, I'm so grateful for the effort and sincerity of this video. Thank you for bringing light to a universal culture, and for viewing this culture through the eyes of its proud people.
Just out of curiosity, how different/ evolved is your culture compared to the tamil culture in india. And by south african tamil do you mean you shifted there residentially or do you identify south africa as your home ? Thanks
@@anonmuyous Good day Aditya. I’m from Durban , one of the largest Indian communities outside of India. Indians where brought here by the British as indentured laborers back in 1860. Majority of Indians in South Africa are from Tamilnadu, Northern India(Hindi speaking) and Telugu speaking parts of India . There are some small Gujarati people and other groups. But the majority are Tamil or Hindi speaking. I’m a proud South African as we have our own South African culture but we also love our own roots- You can even see the influence of India in the food that we consume- almost every famous fast food chain has a bit more spice to the menu - Admittedly, most Indians in South Africa (70’- to present day) can’t speak our native languages as we’ve become way too anglicized- taking English as our home language- however our grandparents and some parents still speak the Indian languages. But there is still a great pride given to culture with Bollywood-Kollywood being very big here as well as learning Indian music etc. I can tell you that Tamils in South Africa have definitely not lost that blind optimism and pride for their culture. Tamils here still believe it’s the most beautiful language ever. Diwali and other festivals are practiced here, but amongst the Tamils - the holy time of Thaipoosam Kavady is taken very seriously.
@@priyengovender7835 lots of love from Tamilnadu...
@@deariamyourmad Nandri 🙏🏽❤️
@@priyengovender7835 That's fascinating! We Tamizhians are everywhere! :D
Hindi is my mother tongue but I am learning tamil because i want to watch tamil movies without dubbing and subtitles
And without a dought Melody of Tamil song is above Bollywood Songs
Main reason is rhyming in Tamil language ❤️
Good to learn a new language. Best of luck!
Where are you learning that?
Hahaha
Welcome to the world of ilayaraja
there is a saying in tamil, if you know tamil and can speak it you are a tamilian irrespective of where you are from, what religion you are etc!
chera 🏹
chola🐯
pandiya🎏
pallava🦁
ay 🐘
Tamil Greatest empires...
Huge respect to my Tamil cousins from the nearby country of Maldives, we derive from the same lands😊🇲🇻🇮🇳🇱🇰
Malai theevu. Garland islands
As a Tamil person living in Singapore, Tamils are definitely not mentioned enough when talking about Indians and seeing a whole entire video talking about us has honoured me so much
Agreed mate
We are always shadowed by the northies
Malaysian here.
sri lankan tamils lmao
That's sad you need to look up a video to feel honoured, but like any of the cuisines cooked in our homes, every Indian race is like a spice adding their own flavour to the cuisine and like if you miss out any spice, India or Bharat is as flavourless as that cuisine. As an Indian, I feel proud to have been born in a land where so many great races and people originate, where you can enjoy music by AR Rehman, sung by Lata Mangeshkar, and directed by someone else.
it just reminds me of those lines "Sare Jahan se Accha..." written by a poet who was taken from us, by European colonial divide and rule policy...
I have lived in Singapore and trust me it feels great to find my Tamil brothers over there too...
I was born in Tamil Nadu, i speak Rajasthani at home , mother insisted on choosing Tamil as 2nd language and not hindi.. Today I love Tamil more than the language I speak at home..also if asked I always say proudly that m a tamilian 😍
Edit: 😍😍sweetest comment section ever, you guys are so positive 🥺🥺.. thanks a lot for likes and comments guys
Lots of love and respect Bro!
welcome now you belongs to Tamil Stock🔥
@@user-sc7zu1oj1j he's rajasthani , so he's not Tamilan.
But good for him.
@@GaneshPalraj1991 I am a proud tamilan just as u r.. and m a girl
@@dineshbabud3141 😊😊
murugaa!! u have no idea how much i love this video. It actually includes most of the concepts about us tamilians here. Much love. Nandri
Vanakkam Nanba! Thanks for posting this video, This is an honor to hear this from you. I wish this spreads over the world. :)
So nobody's gonna talk about the animation??? Soooo cutteee❤️😂
9:57 This part cracked me up 😂
@@thepaperninja3123 exactly 😂😂😂😂
@@thepaperninja3123 😄 😄 😄
@@thepaperninja3123 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cutee? Lmfao
Culture , architecture and temples in Tamilnadu are best in India.
Love Tamilnadu from a Marathi 😍
Thank you
Ganeshpuri, Tansa Vally, sends greetings from Vienna.
My retirement plan is to learn Tamil and settle in Kodaikanal 😍
Please watch a documentary 'srilanka killing fields ' in TH-cam
According to me verul kailasa temple is a wonder ! I cannot believe such a temple could be ever constructed. What a beauty. ! Om nama shivaya. 🙏 Do visit the tanjavur big temple of lord brihadeeaswarar madurai meenakshi temple. , Srirangam temple , andal temple in srivilliputtur. Outstanding architecture !! Kallanai dam (900-1000 year old) is a master piece and still standing strong !
a lot of the things I associated with Indian/Hindi culture (things like Kolam, bharatanatyam, etc) are actually things that stem from Tamil culture. Wow. Wonderful video. Thank you for educating me on this beautiful culture…
Thank you so much for this video! I’m so honored that you are spreading awareness of our Tamil culture! உங்களுக்கு மிக்க நன்றி
Now I understand why I was able to find similarities between Thai and Tamil language.. cool !
Yeah we also have similarities in tradition and food....
Literally "Thai" means mother in Tamil. And Thai Naadu means Motherland. That's how the word Thailandu deformed.
Even korean
@@StarkEdits11 Not only Thai , also Greek, Latin and today English had Old Tamil words 🔥
Once upon a time we both (Tamil and Thai) followed the same religion, The Shaivam Religion. And we went on a war together also.
I'm from Kerala and I got a lot of Tamil Friends, all of em down to earth and amazing. Love them Tamils.
I think u re in TN ....Still Keralite re insulting Tamils so Tamils re very less in Kerala....
Kerala forefathers are called as Tamil an , in modern era Kerala people are called as Malayali, Truth is truth is in did ?
@@raawinkrishnagiri4147 not really, I'm from my kerala and there's tamil people studying with me and I got a lot of Tamil friends from discord. They're always cool
@@chandruleerayan6763 we are called Malayalis yes
@@lowkey_out Foolish people fighting as Tamil VS Kerala ...🇮🇳💞
Wow I'm impressed as a British Bangladeshi about the tamil history. Very entrepreneurial people
Tamils and Bengalis are connected historically. Bengalis must find their root. They must trace their history before they came muslims
@@NKVeeranAaseevagar obviously chola king RAJENDRA and Pala Dev had fought wars
Thanks for informative video,Love,and Peace From Trinidad And Tobago, Caribbean
Love Tamil Nadu from Kerala😘❤️ No one can bury our history my Tamilians❤️❤️
Thank you comrade
@@stalin7627 🙂❤️
Nanni 😘❤️
@@pragatheesh4969 😂😍😍sirapp
9:56 Animation of Raja Rajendra Chola 1 slapping & kidnapping Sangrama Vijayatunggavarman was so hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
Lol
Dude that's so freaking hilarious 😂
Lol 🤣😂🤣
I laughed like anything 😁
Damn that was epic yo!
Man…. From now on I’ll believe whatever you say😅. Everything is well researched. Awesome🔥🔥
Best ever video I watched on TH-cam till date. Deeply researched, beautifully presented, 100% true and important facts, so detailed, superb sequencing, finally lovely cartoons. Cogito, you guys are just amazing. Apricate the great effort put in for this video, and THANK YOU so much for choosing this topic. You have honored TAMIL culture and language more than anyone else in this world. Wish you all the best and would like to see great videos like this from Cogito!!!
I am a Bengali Hindu from Bangladesh. I love my Tamil brothers and sisters. I am now in Germany, and I live with some brothers from South India and they are the nicest human beings I have ever met.
We, Bangladeshi people also fought for our language. In 1952 Pakistan (West Pakistan in those days) tried to force Urdu on us. On 21st February 1952, many students and passersby died when Pakistani Police fired shots at a Procession. Be proud to be who you are, I am a Hindu and a Bengali. I am proud of being both.
Thats really rare . Thanks for being both and preserving our south Asian culture.
take my love🇧🇩🇧🇩🙏🙏 bro
We Tamil Nadu people love bengalis.
And pakistanis not want bangalis
Hindu Bengalees are the only true Bengalees. Love from Assam.
There's an Anime named Food wars and a character named Akihira Hayama was from Tamil Nadu if you search a bit. Lot's of love to my Tamil siblings from Maharashtrians😄✌
"To us all towns are our own, everyone is our kin,
Life's good comes not from others' gifts, nor ill,
Pains and pain's relief are from within,
Death's no new thing, nor do our bosoms thrill
When joyous life seems like a luscious draught.
When grieved, we patient suffer; for, we deem
This much-praised life of ours a fragile raft
Borne down the waters of some mountain stream
That o'er huge boulders roaring seeks the plain
Tho' storms with lightning's flash from darkened skies.
Descend, the raft goes on as fates ordain.
Thus have we seen in visions of the wise!
We marvel not at the greatness of the great;
Still less despise we men of low estate."
Kaniyan Poongundran, Purananuru - 192
~ 3rd century BCE
(The first two lines of this poem are the ones Cogito quotes in the video)
Yeahh mann. For the first time apart from india tamil is mentioned. I'm so happy 😊
Hee Marathi manus
@kris Knoby ennane solringa 🙄
not only tamil, but andra culture too is good. love to south india from M'rashtra
Thank you for making this video ❤️🙏🏾
such a good video, loved it 😍😍😍 thank you
Being a Marwadi (Rajasthani) Born and Bought up in chennai, I thank god from bottom my heart to associate with such a great Community.. Proud Tamilzah
I hate you Marwadi people, as you do unethical business in Tamilnadu. Please go back and let us live in harmony.
@@ArjunABblog thanks buddy... I don't have any business... I am working as professional accountant.. 😎.. Hope that doesn't hurt your sentiments..
@@tarunsharma971 dont mind these trolls , i am a tamilan . we love evryone .
@@umapolymer6341 thanks my friend
@@casablanka208 why is this comment spammed everywhere
Tamils are one of most strongest kingdoms on Indian subcontinent
Were*
Agree
@@abhijeetkumar9483 actually u don’t know that
Yea even when British conquered everything, Madurai, a main Tamil city, was still up by the Pandya kingdom and didn't give up to the British
In the world in ancient era
Many thanks from Tamil Nadu for such a great documentary about Tamilians. It's covers almost everything about Tamil people and culture. It's shows your dedication and the level of deep study about the topic you choose. Good job Cogito, I'm thrilled to watch your work.
Amazing work man deep analysis
I am from Bihar. Learned alot about Tamil culture from this video. I too respect Tamilttay.
Love from TN ❤️
Pls say this to pm
@@tamilism3680 yes lol
NICE..........MAGILCHI
@@tamilism3680 bro you really think that pm listen to normal citizens.
I am not Tamil, but as a South Indian, I am proud of my mother route language Tamizh ❤
It's one of the oldest richest cultures of the world.
Tamil is a language. Tamilan refers to the people.
Same ❤️
May Allah bless you brother and Pakistan Zindabad 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰
@@UFCMania155what has that Allah or whatever that is has to do with Tamil?
@@UFCMania155 What a joker....get lost...buy some atta
So far nobody else have made a time capsule with all essentials to the Identify of Tamils ! Great job. Wonderful research, selection of themes and fantastic presentation !!!
Great video 😍🙏 I'm now in Jaffna, North Srilanka, where is mostly Tamil
Very interesting place, culture, people and food ❤️
I'm a Malaysian Tamil. My paternal grandfather came to Malaya in 1920s with his family at the age of 8. According to my grandmother, my grandfather came from Madras that is now Chennai. We aren't sure which village or town were they from.
Intresting
You must be digging deep. If you are in to that sort of thing, that is. You might have family living in TN that your people would have left behind when they set off to Malaysia. I remember seeing such a reunion in an old reality show hosted by actress Lakshmi years back.
@@prabakar4240 sorry I don't understand or speak Tamil 😅 my family speaks English as most of us are inter-marriage with other cultures.
@@niranjanaharulvelan29 according to my cousin, one of my late grandfather's sister lived in Tamil Nadu but we don't know her name or who she was. My cousin said she had 1 son only (that's my uncle). We don't know much about them. Also another sister of my grandfather went to India in the 1940s for a doctor's check up on her stomach problem & died there. Her children were all born & living in Malaysia. They're still in Malaysia & I keep in touch with them. I don't know much about my family roots though 😅 I'm still digging through my family history.
Based on ur surname ur ancestors might be from Thirunelveli/Theni/Madurai district.
வீழ்வது நாமாக இருப்பினும்
வாழ்வது தமிழாக இருக்கட்டும்!!!
Indha video la eh sila mistakes la iruku bro
@NICKO GAMING ipo avar enna sonaru nee ipdi kaeta varthaila paesura
@NICKO GAMING channel ku views venum nu negativity spread pannatha. Maarga nallavai koori paar. Oor unnai potrum.
@@glady666999 ❤️🔥
@NICKO GAMING vadakan found 😂😂
LOVE TO WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARY OF OUR TAMILHISTORY AGAIN AND AGAIN. THANKS A LOT TO THE PRODUCER.
thank you so much for this wonderful video. me as Tamilgirl proud to be Tamilan and learnt more info from this video. Thank you once again. Nandri...
Love to the Tamils ❤️, fun fact Filipino borrows some words from the Tamil language 🇵🇭
Rajanate Cebu founded a chola prince (half tamil , half malay)
You mean _Tagalog_ right..? And, btw why are there so many Filipino anime fans....?
Tamils relationship with South East Asia is always STRONG ❤️🤗
@@samuraijosh1595 anime at thus point is a major global cultural force
Mahal kita fillipinos from tamilan
I have never got a chance to visit Tamil Nadu . In our Bengali community there is a great admiration for the Tamil people. They are great beautiful people with great culture , language , intellect 😊
U got to know Tamil Nadu by actor Suriya right 😅😅😅
@@im.mowthik7516 I am a thalapathy fan from bengal
@@advait..3409 super nanba
Very true..as a Bengali even I would say the same. Huge respect for the culture.
When Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Organised INA tamils are the first and most number of peoples joined with him ...
This is a beautiful culture. Thanks for educating us @cogito
Love the FOTC reference :) Great video!
I'm a malayali, neighbour of Tamilnadu. I know that the malayalam is made from tamil. That's why we are so similar language and accent than other languages in india.
@@historyandculture562 😂😂
@@historyandculture562 😂 stupid comment,,, kerala girls = tamil girls
Tamil boys = kerala boys
🇮🇳✌🏽⚡ south boys & girls
Tamilnadu and Kerala- Twin brothers
All women's are super 😋
@@historyandculture562 Stupid. Have u ever visit Tamilnadu?
As a Nepali i love tamil culture, language and temples❤️ i hope in future i will visit South India and explore their culture. Love from Nepal 🇳🇵
Thank-you
You are always welcome ✨
luv from Tamil people 💜💓
Tamil people would love to entertain guests from al over the world.. You will get to experience the best hospitality here...
Tamil people Warmly welcomes you anytime
God bless you man for doing this video.
That was incredible. Thank you.