https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/sangam-literature-tantalizing-tales-ancient-tamil-life-021936
The word 'sangam' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sangha', which may be translated to mean 'a group of persons', or 'an association'. As a matter of fact, the 'sangam' in Sangam literature is a reference to the literary academies (in particular the third one) that produced these works. It is believed that there were three

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Sundarbans (pronounced / s ʌ n ˈ d ɑːr b ə n z /) is a mangrove area in the delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal.Spread across parts of India and Bangladesh, this forest is the largest mangrove forest in the world. It spans the area from the Baleswar River in Bangladesh's division of Khulna to the Hooghly River in India's state

https://www.thetalentedindian.com/exploring-the-golden-age-of-tamil-literature-the-sangam-period/
This literature is the leading force of the evolved Indian society today. Tamil, one of the oldest languages to exist today, has vast literature dating back to the 3rd century BC. The Sangam period spanned 600 years from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD. Historians and scholars regard it as the golden period of Tamil literature.

https://www.britannica.com/art/shangam-literature
Sangam literature includes some of the earliest writings in the Tamil language, thought to have been produced in three chankams, or literary academies, in Madurai, India, from the 1st to the 4th century CE. It includes the Tolkappiyam, a book of grammar and rhetoric, and eight anthologies, or Ettuttokai, of poetry. A ninth anthology consists of 10 idylls that present a picture of early Tamil life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruchitrambalam
Thiruchitrambalam is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Mithran R. Jawahar and produced by Sun Pictures.The film stars Dhanush in the title role with Nithya Menen, Bharathiraja, Prakash Raj, Raashii Khanna and Priya Bhavani Shankar in pivotal roles. In the film, Thiruchitrambalam is a delivery man who lives with his father and grandfather blames the

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangam_literature
Sangam literally means "gathering, meeting, fraternity, academy". According to David Shulman, a scholar of Tamil language and literature, the Tamil tradition believes that the Sangam literature arose in distant antiquity over three periods, each stretching over many millennia. The first has roots in the Hindu deity Shiva, his son Murugan, Kubera as well as 545 sages including the famed

https://www.tripsavvy.com/sundarbans-national-park-travel-guide-1539878
Address. Gosaba, West Bengal 743370, India. Phone +91 90733 86804. Web Visit website. Sundarbans National Park—a UNESCO World Heritage Site — is best known for its magnificent tangle of mangrove trees, encompassing the largest mangrove forest in the world. The park spans 10,000 square kilometers (3,861 square miles) at the mouth of the

https://vignanam.org/veda/sri-suktam-english.html
Sri Suktam - English | Vaidika Vignanam. A collection of spiritual and devotional literature in various Indian languages in Sanskrit, Samskrutam, Hindia, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali, Oriya, English scripts with pdf

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/farewell-to-stephen-sondheim
Adam Gopnik writes a tribute to the Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who has died, at ninety-one, and whose legacy is one that will be debated and argued over as long as people

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/visit-the-worlds-largest-mangrove-forest-sundarbans
Visiting from the Bangladeshi side is more difficult, but rewarding, offering remote areas to explore. Many visitors fly to Jessore and take one of the airline buses to Khulna, a thriving town

https://tamilnation.org/heritage/index.htm
Tamil is the oldest of these. The History of Tamil Nadu begins with the 3 kingdoms, Chera, Chola and Pandya , which are referred to in documents of the 3rd century BC. Some of the kings of these dynasties are mentioned in Sangam Literature and the age between the 3rd century BC and the 2nd century AD is called the Sangam Age.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/buddhist-temples-bagan-kingdom-myanmar-burma
Entering a golden age a thousand years ago, Myanmar's Bagan empire was home to dazzling structures that attracted pilgrims for centuries.

https://www.clearias.com/sangam-literature/
The Ten Idylls often referred to as Pattupattu or Ten Lays, is a collection of ten longer poems from the Sangam era of Tamil literature. They range in length from 100 to 800 lines, and the collection includes Nakkirar's well-known Tirumurukarruppaai. The earliest layer of the Pattupattu collection dates from the second to third century CE

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Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream (/ ˌ k ʊ b l ə ˈ k ɑː n /) is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816.It is sometimes given the subtitles "A Vision in a Dream" and "A Fragment." According to Coleridge's preface to Kubla Khan, the poem was composed one night after he experienced an opium-influenced dream after reading a work describing Shangdu

https://www.tamilliterature.in/twelve-sangam-poems/
Long may it prosper. (Auvaiyar, Puranaanuuru 187) 2. Too late, jasmine . . . Young heroes won't wear you, bangled women won't gather you, bards won't bend your branches low. with the crooks of their graceful harps, to pluck you.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Sundarbans
Sundarbans, vast tract of forest and saltwater swamp forming the lower part of the Padma (Ganges [Ganga])-Brahmaputra River delta in southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, and southern Bangladesh.The tract extends approximately 160 miles (260 km) west-east along the Bay of Bengal from the Hugli River estuary in India to the western segment of the Meghna River estuary in Bangladesh

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-triveni-sangam-allahabad-india
Every 12 years, millions of people are drawn to a spiritual festival in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, at a place called the Triveni Sangam. It's the largest gathering of humanity on Earth: over a

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Konark_Sun_Temple
The Sun Temple, built in the thirteenth century C.E., according to the design as a gigantic chariot of Sun God, with 12 pairs of highly ornamented wheels pulled by seven pairs of horses.Grand in conception, the temple represents one of the most fascinating monuments of India, famous as much for its imposing dimensions and faultless proportions as for the integration of architectural skill and

https://www.academia.edu/44022957/SANGAM_LITERATURE
The ancient Tamil country, known as Tamiḻakam, including part of present-day Kēraḷa and Āndhradeśa, was under the suzerainty of the triple kings, known as Mūvēntar, Cēra-Cōḻa-Pāṇṭiyar. However, there was no national consciousness even if the itihāsa-purāṇas talk of mahā-Bhārata (mā-Pāratam) and Jambudvīpa (Nāvalantīvu).

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/sikkim
Sikkim. India, Asia. Sikkim was its own mountain kingdom till 1975 and still retains a very distinctive personality. The meditative, mural-filled traditional monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism coexist with Hindu shrines of the ever-growing Nepali community, with both religions creating some astonishing latter-day megasculptures to adorn the skyline.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etharkkum_Thunindhavan
Etharkkum Thunindhavan (transl. Daredevil for Anything), also known by the initialism ET, is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film, written and directed by Pandiraj, and produced by Sun Pictures.The film stars Suriya, Vinay Rai and Priyanka Arul Mohan. D. Imman composed the film's music, R. Rathnavelu handled the cinematography and Ruben edited it.

https://www.tripsavvy.com/tsuglagkhang-home-of-the-dalai-lama-1458245
The Tsuglagkhang Complex is located in the southwest corner of Mcleod Ganj. Walk south all the way to the end of Temple Road. The complex is located at the bottom of the hill with a large iron gate and signs that read "Entrance to Temple." You must pass through a quick security screening and bag check to enter parts of the complex; cameras and

https://tricycle.org/magazine/clouds-vanish/
We cannot push the clouds away, but we can allow the clouds of thought to gradually dissolve until finally all the clouds have vanished. Ultimate realization occurs when there is no trace of the cloud layers whatsoever. Dzogchen master Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. It is not as if we need to decide, "I hate these thoughts.