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    Kurunthogai Shown Kurinji Terrestrial Diet

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    Food is the basic need of all living beings on earth. The food list depends on the land and the habits of the people depend on the availability of food. Literary texts give us various messages from man planting food to growing it, harvesting it, ripening it and eating it. In this way, this article examines the diet of Kurinji land and the customs of the people associated with it

    Vegetation in Classical Hymns

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    Classical literature puts forward the departmental biology. Sangha literature is a document of the life of the five lands. The history and culture of the Tamils, who sought to live a worldly life with a high goal, is unparalleled among world civilizations. It has a natural characteristic of fragmented biodiversity. They have shared a great banquet and a very simple leaf vegetable with a disease-free nature. In this way, most of the people have consumed spinach which is very easily available. This article presents the references to vegetarianism that appear sporadically in the classical hymns

    Tamil Diet and Scientific Background

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    Since ancient times, Tamils have followed a natural life. They have maintained their health by eating naturally available nuts and seeds. Only later did they discover food-producing farming and grow nutritious millets and crops through agriculture. According to the nature of the food obtained from the produce, they ripened it and ate it. It is not an exaggeration if they are the whole reason for the physical strength of the people. The Siddhas and country doctors of that time found ways to cure people's diseases by using natural or man-made things like leaves, leaves, pods, fruits, millets, grains etc. This article will make everyone aware of the fact that such food is medicine and lead a disease-free life

    Tamil Diets and Dietary Thoughts

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    Food is the first and most essential of human needs. Our physical activity consumes body energy. Food is what we need to compensate and get our bodies working again. The energy needed to run the body comes from food. We get our food from the environment we live in. It is our duty to use natural food products without wasting their nutrients. Our food habits should only be adapted to the climate of the area where we live. It is only when it is beyond that that it becomes susceptible to various diseases.  Our body adapts to whatever diet we follow from birth. Accordingly, physical development is also done. Not only the body but also the mind is transformed by food. The way we eat such food, the amount of food we take, the types of food of Palandamizhar, the food that is baked in the literature, the way that the food we eat is medicine, health etc. are covered in this article

    Discipline and Millet

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    Food, clothing and shelter are basic for human beings. Among these, food is an essential one. Because food is essential for survival. This dish is found in different forms in all regions. Diets vary according to the region. But nowadays, all the land foods are available in all land areas. People of the Sangam period divided their food into five types of land. These food items were mostly meat, millets and tubers. Among these, millets were found to be their essential food. In that way, the purpose of this study is to study the millet foods consumed by the Tamils of the Union period in five types of lan

    The living conditions of Panars in Purumbanatrupadai

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    Food is the most important resource for human survival. From the beginning of the primitive man to the modern times when civilization has developed, this search for food is found in various stages. It was the Panars who lived in the Sangam period who, despite their poverty, did not give up their self-confidence and searched for food. As he went along, the other Panas who were in the grip of poverty told about the hospitality and wealth he had received from the kings and kings, according to Thirumoola's words that the pleasure he received from the opposite Panan Yam increased. He also explained to Panar about the food available in the respective lands as he could get gifts from them only by passing through different lands. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate the food available to Panar in different lands in Perumpanatrupadai

    The Mountain Feast and the Medicine

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    It was from Tamilnadu where the primitive tribes lived, that civilization, culture and culture went to other places.  This is well known from the classical literature. Of these, the diet is the principle of free disease. Food that is offensive in eating and food that is unsuitable for the body will be avoided and food will be divided into food suitable for the body and mind. It is said that if you eat good food, not only the body but also the life will not be harmed. Food is the necessary necessity for survival and often as a preventive medicine for the body. In this context, this article explains the food culture of the people who lived in the Sangam Age through the song Malaipadukadam

    Tamil food culture in prose works of U.Ve.Sa.

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    Food is not only a basic need for survival in Tamil tradition, but also a person's five senses can be controlled by his diet. As such food is offered to the Lord, it gives strength to the body and mind, Palandamizhars believe.  Not only that, but food was also valued as an attribute of hospitality. This article highlights the food traditions of Palanthamijar found in the works of U.ve.Sa

    Ecological Foods in Silappathikaram

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    Silappathikaram has a special place among the literature that recorded the cultural movements of the people. Ilangovadigal records the religious and customs of the four varnas and other tribes including the hunters who were not there. Food news features prominently in them. This essay looks at the commentator's detailed view of Kulam and the food of the people of the tribe available in the forest, hills and plains, the way they were cooked, and the offerings of the gods

    Role of betel leaf in the lives of Tamils

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    Betel leaf is an auspicious item in the life and culture of the Tamils. We have used it as an auspicious object for the whole of India. Its contribution to Kaivatya and Siddha systems of medicine is immense. The main chemical substance found in betel leaf is considered as a curative and a symbol of good deeds in cultural customs. The uses of such betel leaves, their medicinal properties and scientific and philosophical explanations form the subject of the article

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