Tamil Nadu is situated on the south
eastern side of the Indian peninsula. It is bounded on
the east by Bay of Bengal, in the south by the Indian
Ocean, in the west by the states of Kerala and
Karnataka and in the North by the Karnataka and Andhra
Pradesh. It is regarded as the cradle of Dravidian culture
with its cultural paraphernalia speckled all across the
state in the form of magnificent temples, gateways, intricate
carvings, and the society seeped in tradition.Tamil
Nadu is the second most industrialized state
in India.
The eastern and western tips of the state are defined by the Point Calimere
and Mudumalai wildlife sanctuaries while the southernmost tip of Cape Comorin
or Kanyakumari, the Land's End of India. There are more than 30,000 temples
in this sate; which has given Tamil Nadu the title, "Land of
Temples". The Tamils have always been a God fearing lot and are
ardent worshippers of Shiva, Vishnu, Parvati and Lakshmi Subramanya. Vinayaka
or Pillayar is perhaps the most worshipped of the gods and is also called Ganapati
or Ganesh. He is the elephant headed elder son of Lord Shiva and Parvati and
is extremely benign in appearance. During any festival or celebration, worship
of this God is given precedence over the other.
Tamil Nadu which holds in itself a land, a language and
a culture existed since the prehistoric times. During
the rule of two most important dynasties, the Pallavas
and Chola from 1st to 8th century AD, the famous temples
built were in Kanchipuram, the Kapaliswarar and Parthasarathy
at Chennai the magnificent poetry in rock and stone at
Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram).
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