Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin inaugurated the 'Chennai Sangamam: Namma Ooru Thiruvizha'. The annual four-day event coincides with Pongal and showcases over 250 artists across 20 venues, ...

The quaint Kattaikkuttu Gurukulam is located eight kilometres from Kanchipuram town in Tamil Nadu. For the first time since the pandemic, the school which specialises in this oft-overlooked Tamil folk ...

Sometime in the 16th Century, a group of people from Bellary in Karnataka, migrated to Tamil Nadu. They brought with them something precious: their song and dance. “Devarattalu, their folk dance form, ...

In the Tamil film Varuthappadaadha Vaalibar Sangam (Carefree Youth Club), an old villager keeps wondering when “Dindigul Rita” would appear on stage during the song and dance segment of the village ...

ERODE: No one can watch kattaikal attam without awe as the traditional Tamil folk dance form requires great balancing skills on the part of the performers since they dance with their feet tied to ...

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