LTTE had coerced Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora and Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka to give it money, by threatening the safety of their relatives or property in areas under its control.

* 2009 Tamil diaspora protests

* Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora After LTTE Relationship between LTTE and the Tamil diaspora, and consequences of LTTE defeat, by International Crisis Group

See Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora.

* Tamil Eelam, the name given by Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora to the independent state which they aspire to create in the north and east of Sri Lanka

* Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora

* Tamil diaspora

Contributors to the Tamil literature are mainly from Tamil people from South India, including the land now comprising Tamil Nadu, kerala, Sri Lankan Tamils from Sri Lanka, and from Tamil diaspora.

The Kannada, Marathi, Telugu and the Konkani diaspora in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala celebrate the festival with great fanfare ; gatherings of the extended family and a sumptuous feast are ' de rigueur '.

Issues pertaining to Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora are the most visible in her public image.

It is also prevalent among Hindus of the Tamil diaspora around the world.

* Tamil diaspora

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Reddiar or Reddy is sometimes used as a surname but they freely intermarry amongst various elements of the Tamil diaspora.

The title does not generally mark the person as a Telugu but as an ethnic Tamil along with Naidu or Naidoo, Pillai, Gounder and Chetty as surnames used in the Tamil diaspora.

* Tamil diaspora

* Tamil diaspora

Indian Hindu artisans from the period of the Chola empire in Tamil Nadu, used bronze to create intricate statues via the lost wax casting method with ornate detailing depicting the Gods of Hinduism mostly, but also the lifestyle of the period.

The Chola navy played a vital role in the expansion of the Chola Tamil kingdom, including the conquest of the Sri Lanka islands, Kadaaram ( Present day Burma ), Sri Vijaya ( present day Southeast Asia ), the spread of Hinduism, Tamil architecture and Tamil culture to Southeast Asia and in curbing the piracy in Southeast Asia in 900 CE.

In Hinduism, the gandharvas ( Sanskrit: गन ् धर ् व, gandharva, Kannada: ಗ ಂ ಧರ ್ ವ, Tamil: கந ் தர ் வர ், Telugu: గ ం ధర ్ వ ) are male nature spirits, husbands of the Apsaras.

Trisiras ( Tamil: Tirichira, Thai: Trisian ) is the three-headed son of Tvashta in Hinduism.

The Bhakti movement in Hinduism was founded by Tamil saints at this time, and rose along with the growing influence of Jainism and Buddhism.

In Hinduism, yajna ( Sanskrit ; yagam ( Tamil ய ா கம ்) ; also Anglicized as Yajna, Yadna ) is a ritual of sacrifice ( also " worship, prayer, praise, offering and oblation, sacrifice " according to Monier-Williams ) derived from the practice in Vedic times.

Vibhuti ( Sanskrit: ; Kannada: ವ ಿ ಭ ೂ ತ ಿ / Vibhooti ; Tamil: த ி ர ு ந ீ ற ு / Thiruneeru ) is a word that has several meanings in Hinduism.

Shaiva Siddhanta encompasses tens of millions of adherents, predominantly in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka ( see Hinduism in Sri Lanka ).

She is worshiped as goddess Pattini in 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 Bhagavathy in the South Indian state of Kerala.

Prasād ( Sanskrit: प ् रस ा द, Bengali: প ্ রস া দ, Marathi: प ् रस ा द, Hindi / Urdu: प ् रश ा द / پرشاد / prashad, Kannada: prasāda ಪ ್ ರಸ ಾ ದ, Gujarati: પ ૃ સ ા દ, Oriya: ଭ ୋ ଗ, Tamil: ப ி ரச ா தம ் and Malayalam: പ ് രസ ാ ദ ം prasādam, Punjabi: ਪ ੍ ਰਸ ਾ ਦ ਿ, Telugu: prasadam, Bhojpuri: persādi ) is a material substance that is first offered to a deity in Hinduism and then consumed.

Satsvarupa das Goswami During ISKCON diksa ceremony in 1979. Diksa ( Sanskrit: द ी क ् ष ा in Devanagari,, Tamil: த ீ ட ் ச ை) also spelled deeksha or deeksa in common usage, translated as a " preparation or consecration for a religious ceremony ", is giving of a mantra or an initiation by the guru in Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

Some suggest that Skanda may have come from Hinduism as the war deity Kartikeya / Muruga ( Tamil ), who bears the title Skanda.

The Tamil language is considered sacred, rather than Sanskrit, as is holy within mainstream Hinduism.

A last surviving elements of Vedic Hinduism or Vedism is Śrauta tradition, following many major elements of Vedic religion and is prominent in Southern India, with communities in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, but also in some pockets of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and other states ; the best known of these groups are the Nambudiri of Kerala, whose traditions were notably documented by Frits Staal.

Kumkum ( Sanskrit क ु ङ ् क ु मम ् kuṅkumam, Marathi क ुं क ू kunku, Bengali ক ু মক ু ম kumkum Tamil க ு ங ் க ு மம ் kunkumam, Telugu క ుం క ు మ kumkuma, Kannada ಕ ುಂ ಕ ು ಮ Kumkuma, Malayalam ക ു ങ ് ക ു മ ം Kungkumam ), is a powder used for social and religious markings in Hinduism.

The Jainism and Buddhism was under stress by resurgent Hinduism when Islam was introduced to Tamil Nadu and Kerala regions of southern India ( 650-750 AD ).

Hinduism is dominant in the Northeastern province, where there is a significant number of Tamil people.

Hinduism is also practised in the central regions ( where there are significant numbers of people of Indian Tamil descent ) as well as in the capital, Colombo.

Shaivism ( devotional worship of Lord Shiva ) was the dominant branch practiced by the Tamil peoples thus most of the traditional Hindu temple architecture and philosophy of Sri Lanka drew heavily from this particular strand of Hinduism.

* Lotus is an Ayyavazhi symbol in south Tamil Nadu.

Ayya Vaikundar (), according to Akilattirattu Ammanai ( or Akilam ), a scripture of the Ayyavazhi, was a Manu ( father, sovereign ) Avatar of Narayana, incarnated as Muthukutty or Mudisoodum Perumal, a Nadar of Swamithoppe, Tamil Nadu ( c. 1810 – c. 1851 ).

Ayya Vaikundar, who arose from the sea at Thiruchendur ( As per Akilathirattu Ammanai ) on 20th of the Tamil Month of Masi, ( March 4, 1833 C. E ; 3 / 4 / 1833 ) is considered a unique Avatar by the followers of Ayyavazhi.

Ayyavazhi ( Tamil: அய ் ய ா வழ ி Malayalam: അയ ് യ ാ വഴ ി Ayyava < u > l </ u > i, The ' zhi ' ( ழ ி) portion of the word, ' Ayyavazhi ', is a retroflex, and it is correctly transliterated according to the National Library at Kolkata romanization as ayyava < u > l </ u > i .</ ref > -" Path of the father ") is a dharmic belief system that originated in South India.

In Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu, it is very hard to find a village without a worship centre of Ayyavazhi.

Akilathirattu Ammanai () ( akilam ( world ) + thirattu ( collection ) + ammanai ( ballad )), also called Thiru Edu ( venerable book ), is the main religious text of the Tamil belief system Ayyavazhi.

Nizhal Thangal ( Tamil :< font size = " 2. 8 "> ந ி ழல ் த ா ங ் கல ்</ font > ; also called Inai Thangals ) are secondary worship places of the Ayyavazhi, often smaller in size compared to Pathis, built per the instructions of Akilattirattu Ammanai.

Pathi ( Tamil :< font size = " 2. 8 "> பத ி</ font >-" The place where God is ") is the name of the primary centres of congregational worship for the South Indian religious system of Ayyavazhi, having a relatively large structure like that of a temple.

Dharma Yukam ( Tamil :) is the state of absolute bliss as per Ayyavazhi mythology.

Pancha pathi ( Tamil for The five abodes of God ) are the five important pilgrim centers of Ayyavazhi.

The Ayya Vaikunda Avataram ( Tamil: அய ் ய ா வ ை க ு ண ் ட அவத ா ரம ்-Incarnation of Vaikundar ) is a festival celebrated by the followers of Ayyavazhi on the 20th day of the Tamil Month of Masi, the date on which the Ayyavazhi followers believe that Lord Vaikundar arose from the sea at Thiruchendur as the son of Mummorthies to destroy the evil spirit of Kali and transform the Kaliyukam into Dharma Yukam.

Ekam ( Tamil :-" the supreme oneness ") is the term used in Akilathirattu Ammanai, the holy book of Ayyavazhi, to represent The Ultimate Oneness.

Though Ayyavazhi is mostly connected with the concept of Ekam, some followers advocate Ayyavazhi as Pantheistic, sticking to the concept of Ekan ( one who appears as oneness or Ekam in Tamil ) which was used to refer as God in Akilam seven.

Several episodes, as narrated in the Akilam ( the holy text of Ayyavazhi ), describe Ayya Vaikundar as an Avatar of Vishnu ( a Tamil name for Vishnu ).

This report says about the fast spread of Ayyavazhi then throughout the regions of Southern Kerala ( then Travancore ) and South Tamil Nadu ( the then ' Tinnevely ') as, " multitudes of people flocked from all parts of the provinces of Travancore and Tinnevelly.

Kali ( Kaliyan in Tamil ) was the sixth fragment of the primordial manifestation of Kroni ( evil ) according to Akilam, the source of Ayyavazhi mythology and the holy book of Ayyavazhi religion.