Explore how Tamils went from indigenous dowry traditions to a socially exploitive system Weddings mark a transitional phase in one’s life, a new chapter in which one begins their own family. In ancient Tamil society, this transition was often supported through an inheritance dowry: a voluntary transfer of wealth from parents to daughters at the time of marriage. This could include furniture, gold, jewellery, land, or even a house, and its purpose was to provide financial sec

Tamil poetry is the guardian of Tamil history.

Long before modern science explored intuition or interoception, ancient Tamils wrote about a “sixth sense” in their grammar text—the Tholkappiyam.