{"id":356558,"date":"2026-02-21T18:27:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=356558"},"modified":"2026-02-21T18:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:57:39","slug":"tirukkural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tirukkural\/","title":{"rendered":"Tirukkural"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Thiruvalluvar was invoked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thiruvalluvar Day, praising his works and urging people to read Thirukkural.<\/p>\n<h2>About Thirukkural<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_356559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-356559\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-356559\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-Bharat-Bharati.jpg?resize=231%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Thirukkural\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-Bharat-Bharati.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-Bharat-Bharati.jpg?w=617&amp;ssl=1 617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-356559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Bharat Bharati<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>Tirukkural<\/em> (literally \u201cSacred Couplets\u201d) is a <strong>classical Tamil text<\/strong> consisting of 1,330 <strong>couplets on ethics, politics, economics, and love.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Authored by: <\/strong>It was <strong>authored by Thiruvalluvar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Timeline:<\/strong> It was composed during the <strong>post-Sangam period<\/strong>, roughly <strong>between 100 CE and 500 CE.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Three Pillars:<\/strong> The text is <strong>divided into three sections<\/strong> reflecting the goals of life:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aram (Virtue):<\/strong> Focuses on individual ethics and moral codes (Dharma).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Porul (Wealth\/Polity):<\/strong> Discusses governance, statecraft, and economy (Artha).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inbam (Love):<\/strong> Deals with personal relationships and emotional life (Kama).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Structure:<\/strong> It contains <strong>1,330 stanzas arranged into 133 chapters<\/strong>, each with <strong>ten couplets<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ethics:<\/strong> It emphasizes <strong>moral conduct<\/strong> and the <strong>realities of human life<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Equality:<\/strong> It <strong>discourages divisions based on religion, caste, creed, and race.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wide scope:<\/strong> It discusses personal conduct, <strong>social life, governance, justice, and family life.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Universal relevance:<\/strong> It is widely <strong>applicable across communities<\/strong> and is seen as a <strong>pillar of Tamil literary heritage.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Thiruvalluvar<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>He was a <strong>celebrated Tamil poet\u2013philosopher<\/strong> and moral <strong>teacher<\/strong> whose ethical vision transcended religious and cultural boundaries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Titles:<\/strong> He is known by <strong>several titles<\/strong>, including <strong>Mudharpaavalar and Deivappulavar<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>His <strong>birthplace<\/strong> is believed to be <strong>Mylapore near Chennai<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>His ideas emphasize <strong>morality, education, and human welfare<\/strong> through ethical action.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thiruvalluvar Day:<\/strong> Celebrated annually on the <strong>second day of the Tamil month Thai (January).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Thiruvalluvar was invoked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thiruvalluvar Day, praising his works and urging people to read Thirukkural. About Thirukkural The Tirukkural (literally \u201cSacred Couplets\u201d) is a classical Tamil text consisting of 1,330 couplets on ethics, politics, economics, and love. Authored by: It was authored by Thiruvalluvar. Timeline: It was composed during&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tirukkural\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tirukkural<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039,11210],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-356558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","category-personalities-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}