The Dravidian peoples, Dravidian-speakers or Dravidians, are a collection of ethnolinguistic groups native to South Asia who speak Dravidian languages. There are around 250 million native speakers of
Dravidian men performing the Kerala Dravidian native martial art, Kalaripayattu.
The Dancing Girl, a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in approximately 2500 BCE in the Indus Valley Civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro.
The Pashupati seal from the Indus Valley Civilization
Sage Agastya, father of Tamil literature
Telugus, also known by the ethnonym Āndhras, are a Dravidian ethnic group native to the southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the union territory of Puducherry. They natively spe
Dravidian peoples
…South Asia who speak Dravidian languages. There are around 250 million native speakers of Dravidian languages. The two largest Dravidian groups are the Telugus (c. 95M) and Tamils (c. 85M). The next three largest are the Kannadigas (c. 44M), Malayalis (c. 40M), and Gondis (c. 13M). India's 22 scheduled languages…
Telugu Talli, the personification of Telugu people and culture
Two Kuchipudi dancers from Andhra Pradesh, 2011
Amaravati Stupa relief at a museum (1st–2nd century CE)
Ramappa temple (1213–1253 CE), a UNESCO World Heritage Site