Telugus in TN Series1: How did the Telugu population drop in Tamil Nadu from 47% to 7%?

 In which year it was 47%?

You may be referring Madras Presidency (before demerger of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu) of British regime and over and above added fully or partially population of elsewhere Hyderabad Princely State which was not part of British India.

I will put the different statistics for proper understanding:

According to 1901 census of Madras Presidency,

Tamils: 50.9%

Telugus:41.3%

Others:7.8%

Obviously, this excludes Telugus in Hyderabad Princely State.

According to 2001 census of Tamil Nadu,

Tamil is spoken as the first language by 88.43% of the population.This may be including some Telugus in some districts who are not able to read or write Telugu and chosen Tamil as the first language.

Telugu by 5.65 percent,

Kannada by 2.68 percent

Malayalam by 0.89 percent,

Marathi by 0.1 percent

Sourashtra by 0.1 percent.

Tamil Imposition:

The Telugu Kings who ruled, Tamil Country for 3 to 4 centuries, never imposed Telugu. They used to continue Tamil inscriptions and Tamil as one of the court language. In Tirupati, one can find Tamil inscription till Vijayanagara Rule upto 1638 and Telugu Grammiya scripts found place after Maraththa invasion in 1671.

But after independence, successive Governments in Tamil Nadu imposed Tamil in schools, because of this Telugus in Tamil Nadu are not able to Read or Write Telugu. Without utility, later generations in many districts have to logically wrote Tamil as their mother tongue. Invisibilty is the major factor in drop in percentage.

How much the drop is?

If we consider 1935 census of those districts of Madras State, which now under Tamil Nadu, then the Percentage would be 12.9%. The concentration is in Coimbatore, Salem, Madurai, Chengalput, North Arcot, Trichy, Ramnad, South Arcot,Tirunelveli, Chennai, Tanjore, Pudukkottai.

Based on these, We can infer the percentage of Telugu people in TN would be 5.7 to 12.9%

But the twist is

According to Deomographic enumeration in 2013 by an NGO, in assessing invisibilty, Telungu Speaking people are about 27%, that is 1.95 crores out of 7.2 crore population.

If we consider 27%, still it is a considerable figure to change the fortunes of Tamil Nadu in the forth coming elections. That is the reason, all parties try to impress Telugu people for their votes.

Over and above, Telugus, especially Kammas are most affluent and progressive community with lot of industrialists and philanthropists.

More so in following districts:

Be it Chennai /Thiruvallur/ Kanchipuram

Or Coimbatore

Or Madurai/ Theni/ Tiruchi

Or Krishnagiri/ Vellore/ Dharmapuri

Or Virudhunagar/ Thooththukkudi

District names mentioned should be read with reference to the year mentioned in the write up.

Aseevagam in Kaliyuga

 Aseevagam in Kaliyuga

#If your Father says, “Ellam en Thalai Ezhuththu” then understand that he is following Aseevagam.

#If your Grand Father says,”Ellam Vidhippadidhan Nadakkum” then understand that he is following Ajvika.

#If your Grand Mother says, “Odambu mulukka Ennai Thechi Urundalum, ottura mannu than ottum” then understand that she discourses Fatalism.

#If your mother picks up punch from movie Kalavani and says, ” Marghazhi Mudinji Thai Pirandha ohonnu varuvennu Soshiar Sonnaru” then understand that she is following Aseevagam or Ajvika or Fatalism as said by Makkali Goshal - a Bihari Prophet.

Is the Shringeri Sharadamba - Goddess Saraswathi or Goddess Lakshmi or Goddess Parvathi? Since they can attribute the names of different Goddesses to one single Goddess & there are similar references for various Gods being converged into one God?

 I do not know about Sharadamba.

In Southern Peninsula and in South East Asian countries, Lord Murugan is worshipped with two consorts- Deivayani and Valli.

Goddess Deivayani is from Shringeri. Today also, the priests of Deivayani temple in Kataragama, Sri Lanka are descendants from Shringeri.

Mohan N R's answer to Why did Lord Murugan marry Valli and Deivanai both? What is the philosophy behind this story?

Another consort Vedda Valli is the daughter of the native.

Devyani is considered as “Energy of Action”.

Valli is considered as “Energy of Desire”.

Why are Kannadigas and Telugus in Bangalore and Hyderabad ashamed to wear pancha in public? Whereas Tamils wear veshti publicly in Chennai?

 Veshti is traditional dress of Tamils of all regions. Whereas Pancha is not a traditional dress of Northern regions of Karnataka or Telangana or Andhra.

Wearing Veshti, especially Khadi Veshti, is considered a man of High Values in TN and command high respect.

Parents insist on children to wear Veshti on festive occasions.

Veshti with border of Party colors identify them with a particular political ideology. Party men wear to show off. It is like “Press” or “BJP MLA” displayed on vehicles.

Finally, it is convenient to wear, and folded half like half pant in Chennai climate.

Only regret is they have forgotten “Thundu” alongwith Veshti.

Does Tamil Nadu lack in infrastructure?

 Yes.

TN is intentionally ignored by Central Government of both Congress and BJP. The reason well known as regional parties are ruling the state.

On the other hand, the Delhi will never leave a chance to tease them, time to time, be it any policy meadure or imposition of Hindi etc

Whatever BJP is doing in other states are copy cat of schemes implemented by TN state Government decades before.

In infra, there are many:

BJP is propagating their first success -Golden Quadrelateral which TN has not seen ever.

Sorry state is Railway network in TN. Whatever the British done before independence is only there or some networks, say Madurai to Theni closed down for Broad Gauge conversion for 30 years.

You may find the below interesting.

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How would Tamil nationalists like Seeman take on Rajinikanth, politically as the latter is dubbed as a rank outsider by them?

 1.Who gives Tamil genetic certification ?

Seeman?

He himself is a Syrian Christian of Kerala ancestry. His ‘bosses’ are Sri Lankan Nationals whose ancestors migrated from Chera country, present day Kerala. They speak malayalam and use Tamil Scrips for writing.

Tamil Nationalists are in fact Malayalees. They need to shout, before others pointing them.Real Tamils do not shout.

2.Vandheri means refugees. These Pardeshis point others as Vandheris.They need to shout, before others pointing them.Real Tamils do not shout.

3.Tamil Nadu has many regions, Tamil Pandya Nadu, Chozha Samskrita Nadu, Chera Malayala Desam, Kongu Nadu, Telugu Pallava Nadu. Except Southern TN, others presence in Northern TN dates back to 2nd century(90 generations)

Who are real Tamils?

Rajnikant is an Indian. TN is home to him for last 5 decades. His family are Tamils. If we think, he is from Karnataka or Maharashtra, we do have sizable Kannadigas here as well as Marathas.

Think over,

Nirmala Sitaraman is our FM.

Dr Abdul Kalaam was our Country’s most adored President.

Dr Tamilisai is Governor of Telangana.

Dr Andimuthu Raja is our ex Telecom Minister

Endless.

What is the difference between Lord Kartikay and Lord Ayyappan Swami?

 Meenakshi

No. Both are different.

Ayyappa is a bachelor and Karthikeya is worshipped with two Devis- Devyani and Valli.

Worship of both existed since time immemorial, but their revival as “Kaliyuga Varadhs” happened time to time.

Karthikeya, considered as “God of Tamils”. The epic is “Skandha Puranam” (Persian rendition is Sikander). The worship of Murugan in Buddhist countries, failed due to historical reasons.

Mohan N R's answer to Why did Lord Murugan marry Valli and Deivanai both? What is the philosophy behind this story?

Ayyappa is mainly worshipped in Kerala, with devotees from Kerala and Tamilnadu. The situation is mentioned in “Bhagavata Puranam”. His worship is considered as fusion between two rivalry sects, Vaishnavism, Shaivism by Siddhas of Sakthism.

Many may not be aware about Sankara Narayanar Temple where the main deity is Gomathi (Sakthi).

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