Digital Tamil Studies

ChettiarStory

Photo Collections and Audio Tapes from 1964-66:Audio Tapes:BB Fieldtape Audio files from 1964-66:Chettiar story

Annanmar verses

Photo Collections and Audio Tapes from 1964-66:Audio Tapes:BB Fieldtape Audio files from 1964-66:Annanmar story

Kannakku Pillai of Olapalayam family history

a hand-written document

Gounder kulam names and origins

a hand-written document

Gannapuram Othala clan origin story

a hand-written document

Legend of Ponnivala

This collection of graphic novels and short animations by Anthropologist Dr. Brenda E.F. Beck presents the Legend of Ponnivala Nadu, an epic sung by bards in the Tamil Nadu region of South India for centuries. The story covers three generations of a great farming family as they lay the foundations for a new land, facing hunger, rivalry, magic, and monsters.