Invocation to Goddess Tamil

Bharat is like the face beauteous of Earth clad in wavy seas;

Deccan is her brow crescent-like on which the fragrant 'Tilak'

is the blessed Dravidian land.

Like the fragrance of that 'Tilak' plunging the world in joy

supreme reigns Goddess Tamil with renown spread far and wide.

Praise unto You, Goddess Tamil, whose majestic

youthfulness, inspires awe and ecstasy.

"Manonmaniam"  P.  Sundaram Pillai