SOUTH INDIAN CULTURE


SOUTH INDIAN CULTURE

A more insightful learning of the South Indian culture would lead to the awareness of the various other heritages of the state that have been beautifully set apart from that of the rest of the country.


LITERATURE
South Indian literature dates back to over 2500 years ago with the oldest being the Sangam literature, dating back to 2500-2100 years ago. It is composed of three successive poetic assemblies known as Tamil Sangams which also include the oldest grammar treatise, Tholkappiyam as well as epics written in Tamil, Silappatikaram and Manimekalai that are read and remembered by the Tamilians, even today, with great appeal. Kannada literature has known to exist from the fourth century CE. Telugu literature can be traced back to the early 10th century period. distinct Malayalam literature came later in the 13th century.

ARCHITECTURE
The two pronounced styles of architecture in South India are the Dravidian style of Tamil Nadu and the Vesara style of Karnataka. The temple constructions consist of Mantapas or porches and Gopurams or monumental towers, topped with a spherical stone finial or Kalasam, as predominant features along with a tank called the Kalyani or Pushkarni which is another typical temple structure.

CINEMA
Films in regional languages include Kannada cinema (Karnataka), Malayalam cinema (Kerala), Tamil cinema (Tamil Nadu) and Telugu cinema (Telangana and Andhra Pradesh). The first silent film in South India, Keechaka Vadham, was made by R. Nataraja Mudaliar in 1916. In South India, the first Tamil talkie, Kalidas, was released on 31 October 1931. Mudaliar also established South India's first film studio in Madras. Swamikannu Vincent built the first cinema of South India in Coimbatore and introduced the concept of "tent cinema", the first of whose kind was established in Madras.
by Faadila Aisha

Comments

  1. BlogFebruary 11, 2019 at 9:12 PM

    The entertainment, architecture and literature of South India has been shown well in this blog. It is so interesting to know of the origin of cinema of South India.
    Varshaa.R

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  2. imaginatively creativeFebruary 12, 2019 at 5:58 AM

    The evergreen literature , beautiful architecture and everlasting cinema of tamil nadu is said in a splendid way.It is a good job.
    G.Abirami

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  3. imaginatively creativeFebruary 12, 2019 at 7:33 AM

    The literature that never fades away with time. - Archita. T. Menon

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  4. UnknownFebruary 12, 2019 at 8:34 AM

    Hamsika
    South Indian literature is always interesting and its origin is one everyone must know.

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  5. imaginatively creativeFebruary 12, 2019 at 9:45 AM

    South Indian literature and architecture are enchanting and very interesting. Learning about its cinema was also fun and intriguing.
    Faaiqa Aisha

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