Adi Dravida - Wikipedia
WEBAdi Dravida (or Adi Dravidar) is a term that has been used since 1914 in South India to denote Paraiyars. [2] At the time of the 2011 Census of India, they made up about half of Tamil Nadu 's Scheduled Caste population.
A salute to ‘Dravida Mani’ Rettamalai Srinivasan on his death …
WEBSep 18, 2023 · Rettamalai Srinivasan’s legacy includes his advocacy for the name 'Adi Dravidar' as a symbol of rejecting caste, a name that is still in use in Tamil Nadu today.
Taking Periyarism Seriously: The Dravidian Identity as a Universality
WEBAug 8, 2024 · His name and image are now almost universally recognisable as symbols of Dalit aspirations and political mobilisation in India.
HISTORY OF ADI-DRAVIDARS - Thiruvalluvar Foundation.org
WEBAfter India attained Independence, they came to be called ‘Adi-dravidars’ or ‘ancient dravidians’ thereby emphasizing the fact that they predated the Dravidians in Thamilakam. At present they have chosen to be addressed as ‘Sambavars’ meaning ‘descendants of Shambu or Shiva’.
(PDF) Interrogating the Adi Dravida Identity and the Panchama ...
WEBTheir belief that Dravida is a cultural category which ubiquitously represented all the Dravidian races was countered by the intellectuals belonging to the lower castes who felt that it was hardly an inclusive social category, and that sudra and panchama castes had been deliberately left out to guard the honours and privileges of the upper castes.
The Dravidian Race in Tamil Social Thought | Encyclopedia MDPI
WEBMar 1, 2024 · This conception of a Dravidian race, rooted in European racial and philological scholarship on the peoples of South India, became an important symbol of Tamil cultural, religious, and social autonomy in colonial and post-colonial Tamil thought, art, politics, and literature.
Dravid(a) is a Sanskrit word : ‘wise people who always ... - Blogger
WEBJul 24, 2020 · At least 1200 years ago, the great Advaita philosopher Adi Shankara called himself a "Dravida Shishu" in the famous Sanskrit composition Soundarya Lahari praising Devi (75th shloka). So Dravida is not a 20th or 19th century concept, it existed millenia before Dravida Politics.
WEBwhich stand as symbols of the traditional culture of the Tamils. He was particular in inculcating civic behaviour and cleanliness among his people. From 1892, he associated himself with the Adi-Dravida Mahajana Sabha. In 1892, he started a newspaper Paraiyan to highlight the sufferings of his Dalits. There
Migration of the Oppressed and Adi Dravida Identity …
WEBMay 1, 2016 · The Adi-Dravidas started a monthly journal ‘Adi-Dravidan’ in 1919 to propagate the new identity of Adi-Dravida and consolidate the people for social emancipation. The article analyzes the politics of identity construction of the dalits through print media in the colonial period.
Ayodhya Das - Tamil Heritage
WEBAyodhya Thass ( C. Iyothee Thass , May 20, 1845 – May 5, 1914) was South India’s first anti-caste militant, social worker, Tamil scholar and paranormal doctor. He was one of the pioneers of the Dravidian movement.