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How it began

In 2020, before AI could do it in an afternoon, this site was made by hand. The books were found, every line typed or copied, every kural checked against its source. The data alone took six months.

It was made in a middle-income home, by someone who could have taken a professional job or a life abroad, and chose to stay. Alongside dt.madurai.io and other Tamil work, it was done for one simple reason: Tamil is life, and it deserves to be read well.

Today

New Thirukkural sites and AI tools appear all the time, and that is a good thing. Valluvar belongs to everyone, and the more doors lead to him, the better. If a little of the care from early work like this travels with them, better still.

Meanwhile, this quiet site keeps its door open. In the last 16 months, more than 238,000 people found their way here from Google to read a kural.

Tomorrow

The dreams for Tamil are bigger than one person’s means, for now. If you would like to see them grow, come along: leave a tip, sponsor, volunteer, or just say hello.

This site is supported by Garden of Being, a hand-drawn garden game for PC, made by the same hands.

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