Project Noolaham
Encyclopedia
Project Noolaham is a project to digitize, archive, and distribute cultural works related to Tamils. As of end of 2008 it has over 2500 items digitalized. It in multi – national effort, which focus on preserving and sharing Tamil
publications primarily from Sri Lanka
. It is a non profit effort, mostly driven by volunteers.
versions of the books were published. From January 2007, scanned images complied into Portable Documents Format are released as well. Almost all releases are in Tamil
.
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
publications primarily from Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. It is a non profit effort, mostly driven by volunteers.
History
Project Noolaham was started by T. Kopinath and M. Mauran in 2005. At the beginning UnicodeUnicode
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versions of the books were published. From January 2007, scanned images complied into Portable Documents Format are released as well. Almost all releases are in Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
.