Vol. 4 No. S-8 (2022): Volume 4, Issue S-8, Year 2022
Articles

Types of Food of Tamils and the Hospitality attribute of the King

Vimalarani A
Department of Tamil, Chevalier T. Thomas Elizabeth College for Womens, Chennai- 600011, Tamil Nadu, India

Published 2022-07-20

Keywords

  • Sangam People Hospitality,
  • Food,
  • King

How to Cite

A, V. (2022). Types of Food of Tamils and the Hospitality attribute of the King. International Research Journal of Tamil, 4(S-8), 79-85. https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt22s811

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Abstract

Food, clothing, and shelter are the basic resources of human life. Food is the primary resource not only for human life but for all life that has appeared in this world. Tamils prepared and ate a wide variety of foods, both produced by specialised cultivators and uncultivated. The Sangam people were very fond of eating vegetarian food and meat. They also ate many kinds of alcoholic dishes. Our Tamils, who lived on food as medicine, lived on the basis of five land divisions, namely Kurinji, Mullai, Marutham, Neithal, and Paalai. People living in their respective places used to enjoy cooked and uncooked food from the land. This article is intended to examine how the people of the five land classes based on the division of Tamil Nadu ate the food items available near their residences, not only grass but also meat food and types of wine, and the king's hospitality attribute.

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