Archives Glossary of special terms

Telugu

Dravidian language spoken in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring regions. It is spoken by 81 million people in southern India. This makes Telugu the largest Dravidian language and the fourth most spoken language in India after Hindi, Bengali and Marathi.

ter

One or more chariots (Tamil: தேர்) that stand at the entrance of the temple to transport the gods to the church services on festival days.

terivai

Tamil classification of women: a woman twenty-five to thirty years of age

Tevaram

first seven volumes of the Shaivite canon of devotional poetry, the Tirumurai, consisting of the hymns of Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar

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