Tamil and Vedas blog is written by Santanam Swaminathan. Born in Kilvalur near Nagappattinam in Tamil Nadu,India, educated at Madurai University, he was a journalist for sixteen years on Dinamani, a popular Tamil daily. He was a BBC Tamil broadcaster at the BBC World Service between 1987 and 1992. He was teaching Tamil at the SOAS, University of London as a part time tutor till recently. Now he gives lectures on Hinduism, Hindu culture and Tamil literature at Educational Institutions and cultural organisations.He runs another blog swamiindology.blogspot.com. He may be contacted on swami_48@yahoo.com or swaminathan.santanam@gmail.com.
His other pen names are londonswaminthan and S Swaminathan.
Educational Qualifications: M.A. (Literature), M.A. (History), Higher Diploma in French, Diploma in Sanskrit and Passed all the five Bhagawad Gita examinations conducted by the Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, Bombay.
He was a Part time Lecturer in Jounalism in Madurai University. He has published three books in Tamil. His 1000 plus articles in English and Tamil are available in both his blogs. He writes to other Newspapers and blogs as well.He lives in London with his family.
(C) S. Swaminathan 2011
Tamil and Vedas 
Thedavur Jagannathan
/ June 23, 2015Can you kindly make an announcement in your blog that
The following books are now available in Tamil
Moolam English;Dr.R.L.Kashyap Tamil transalation TKJgannathan
Moola mantra in devanagari in tamil letters-Extensive trandalation and explanatiom
1)All 7 Khaandaas of KrishnaYajur Veda Taithiriya samhitas in 4 Volumes
2)Rig Veda Samhita Mandala 1 and 2
3)Sri Rudhram-Agni-Shanti-Praanaayaama
All 4 vedas will be published
SriArabindo KapaliSastriInstitute of Vedic culture
(A Charitable Trust)
Bangalore
email;info@vedah.com
http://www.vedah.org
Thanks
TKJagannathan
Venkat Raman
/ May 26, 2017Do you have a mailing list and if so can you add venkatraman051@gmail.com
Tamil and Vedas
/ May 27, 2017if you follow me through tamilandvedas.com in wordpress, every time I upload an article you will be intimated.
If you need anything else you can always contact me at swami_48@yahoo.com
Venkata Subramanian
/ June 16, 2017Great work sirs Santanam Swaminathan & Thedavur Jagannathan. I tried vedah.org, guess the site link is not opening.
H.Venkat
tkjagannathan
/ June 27, 2017Thank you SirIt is all God’s GraceYou can log intohttp:www.vedah.comEmail;info@vedah.comMr.RVJahagirdar or Mr.RVBinduMadav All our books are subsidizedRecent Tamil releasesRig veda saramsam – 120 pages-Price RS 50/- Yajur veda Saramsam – 200 pages -RS 75/-Sama veda Saramswam matrum, adanadu sangeedam – 90 pages RS 50/-Atharva veda saramsam – 160 pages – RS 75Recently many english and Kannada books also released. Our Institute ( Sri Aurobindo Kapali sastri Institute of Vedic Culture- SAKSI) has started online veda certificate courses.Best wishesTKJagannathanBangalore
tamilkb
/ July 1, 2018திரு. சுவாமிநாதன் அவர்களே,
தங்களுடைய தளத்தைக் கண்டமைக்காக மிக மகிழ்கிறேன். தமிழிலேயே கேள்விகள் கேட்டு பதில் பெறும் TamilKB.com என்ற தளத்திற்கு தங்களைப் பணிவன்புடன் வருகை தருமாறு வேண்டுகிறேன். தங்களுடைய வல்லமையை தங்கள் துறை சார்ந்த கேள்விகளுக்குப் பதிலிறுக்கும் வண்ணம் அனைவருக்கும் பேருதவியாய் இருக்கும் என்பதால் தயை கூர்ந்து வருகை தாருங்கள். நன்றி.
Ashok Subramaniam
/ February 18, 2019மிகவும் பயனுள்ள செய்திகள், தகவல்கள், ஆராய்ச்சிக் கட்டுரைகள்!
Indira Rao
/ August 2, 2019Is there a difference between the Swasthika drawn by the nazis and that by hindus?
Tamil and Vedas
/ August 12, 2019It is said that they used anti clockwise swastika and Hindus used clockwise Swastika. But I dont see such difference in Hitler’s stamps and Flags. May be they drew it going left instead of right.
அருள்நிதி ரா.ராகேஸ்
/ October 30, 2019ஐயா
வணக்கம். ஆன்மிக கடலில் இப்போது தான் சிறு துளியாய் இருக்கின்றோம். தங்களின் வலைத்தகவல்கள்
சிறப்பாக உள்ளது. சில ஆன்மிக செய்திகளை அப்படியே எடுத்து தங்களின் வலைத்தள முகவரியோடு பதிய
அனுமதி கோருகின்றோம்.
நன்றி
ரா.ராகேஷ்
கூடுவாஞ்சேரி
http://tut-temples.blogspot.com/
Tamil and Vedas
/ October 31, 2019Please use them with name of the writer and blog. But most of the pictures are not mine. So be careful in using pictures from my blogs.
Shree Ramachandran
/ November 30, 2019abivaadanangal, I am retiree 81+. One of my friend IAS officer who went to cambridge for his M.Phil told me that lot of indian manuscripts are kept in scientific ways and publications are made out on subjects of vedas, tantrics, ayurvedam, rasayanam,astronomy,mathematics, astrology etc., I am interested in publication on ashtavargam in astrological interpretations and also in tantric. do you have any list ofpublications. best regards, respectfully yours, shreeramachandran,
sudarsanajyothi@gmail.com
Tamil and Vedas
/ December 3, 2019I have not found any book on Ashtavarga in CUP list. They give the full list of books subject wise,published by them. If I get more information I will let you know. You may also google CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLICATIONS and find the full book list.
• A Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy
• From the Earliest Dawn of that Science in India to the Present Time (2014 publication)
• Astrology in Medieval Manuscripts
• by Sophie Page (Research Fellow, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge)
• Grammar of the Sanskrit Language
• Charles Wilkins
• Published online: 07 October 2011
• Print publication: 07 July 2011
• First published in: 1808
parwatisingari
/ May 14, 2020it was interesting to read your inputs on the turtle. BTW, Sri Sreenivasarao’s blog is amazing, and so is the man. If you can get him to talk on chitravarna, please do. I wish I could learn more from him.
Lingesh Gobichettipalayam
/ October 23, 2020உன்மத்தத்திற்க்கான அதர்வண வேத மந்திரம் என்ன ?
அதர்வண வேத மந்திரம் தமிழ் புத்தகம் உங்களிடம் உள்ளதா ?
Tamil and Vedas
/ October 23, 2020ATHARVABA VEDA TAMIL TRANSLATION WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION book is available in Giri traders at mylapore in chennai. BUT SANSKRIT LIPI IS NOT IN IT. YOU CAN GET EVERYTHING FROM WIKIPEDIA AND SANSKRITDOCUMENTS.ORG ETC
Raghav Nandhan
/ March 4, 2021namaskaram sir ,
ive completed my btech and im interested to learn about indian culture and philosophy. can you suggest me any good 1/2 year course in universities , suiting my interests
thank you
Tamil and Vedas
/ March 4, 2021I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN BRITAIN FROM JANUARY 1987; FOR 34 YERAS NOW. BETTER ASK SOMEONE IN INDIAN UNIVERSITIES.
Lyrical Delights (@LyricalDelights)
/ January 18, 2023Very nice Blog!
Hello sir, We are a group of enthusiasts trying to translate and interpret old ( and new) Tamil songs for the broader audience. Would love your comments on our work.
Tamil and Vedas
/ January 18, 2023VERY GOOD WORK. PLEASE GO AHEAD. READY TO HELP YOU IN YOUR GREAT WORK.