Edmund Clint

Edmund Clint
Edmund Thomas Clint
Edmund Thomas Clint was the only son of M.T. Joseph and Chinnamma Joseph, a couple who hailed from Kochi, Kerala. His life was cut short to just 2522 days due to his prolonged illness and suffering due to kidney malfunction from the age of two. But despite all those sufferings he completed 25,000 pictures which were indeed breathstaking!

links
https://www.facebook.com/ClintPainting
https://www.keralatourism.org/clint/aboutclint/

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Silappathikaram Paintings

Silappathikaram Paintings
Silappathikaram Story in Paintings at Chennai Street Walls

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Villu Paatu

Villu Paatu

Story Telling with Music

Storytelling is an art form greatly revered by the Tamils. The art of narrating tales has flourished in Tamil Nadu for many centuries in various forms such as Theru Koothu, Poikkal Kuthirai Aatam, Bommalattam, and Bharathanatiyam. One of the traditional storytelling forms is Villu Paatu, which is performed with a villu (bow) measuring about 7 to 8 feet in length.Villu Paatu intersperses music with storytelling art, narrating a range of stories from mythological to social. This art is mainly performed during Kodai festivals in the temples of Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari and Thoothukudi Districct in Tamil Nadu.

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Neelgherry

Neelgherry Hills
A General View of Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu..
Artist: Barron, Richard (1830) from The British Library
Barron wrote that this "one of the great attractions to all persons who visit the Hills ... delightful spot"

Stephen Ponsonby Peacocke (1860)

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Trinity of Carnatic music

Trinity of Carnatic music
Thiruvarur is home to Trinity of Carnatic music, namely Thyagaraja (1767–1847 CE), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775–1835 CE) and Shyama Shastri (1762–1827 CE). at Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu.....
The Trinity of Carnatic music composed new ragas and talas, and had a remarkable ability to introduce innovations within the same raga.

http://www.thyagaraja.org/

http://sangeethapriya.org/tributes/dikshithar/

http://www.sangeethapriya.org/tributes/shyamakrishna/

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Bhagavatha Mela

Bhagavatha Melas

Melattur, Tamil Nadu It is famous as a place of origin of the Melattur style of Bharatanatyam founded by Mangudi Dorairaja Iyer and a series of dance-drama  performances called the Bhagavatha Melas
Melattur style of Bharatanatyam are:
1 Natural (spontaneous) and highly expressive abhinaya
2 Largest amplitude of movements, which requires a higher degree of flexibility
3 use of kshepa (throw of limbs) and recaka.
4 Emphasis on sringara bhakti
5 Emphasis on crisp adavus, accuracy of jathis/ gathis,
6 Fluid variations of patterned korvais
7 Dramatic elements (characterisation)
8 Original methods of application of principles of "loka dharmi" and "natya dharmi"

http://www.bhagavatamela.org/

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Bronze Statue

Bronze Statue
Kumbakonam is famous for Bronze Statue Manufacturing. at  Kumbakonam, Thanjavur Dist TamilNadu

http://www.bronzecasting.in/
http://southindianhandicrafts.co.in/
http://www.southindianbronzeworks.com/
http://www.srishtirupikka.com/

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