Muscat Tamil Sangam,

was started in the year 1983, with a small group of people. Our Sangam has grown tremendously over the years and today, it boasts itself of having around 250 Families which is growing day by day.

The three great pillars of Art- "Iyal (Writing)", "Isai (Music)" and "Nadagam (Drama)" -have always been inter-twined with the lives of the Tamil Community, since time immemorial. Since the glorious days of “Sanga Kalam”, many great Tamil Scholars have contributed to the richness of Tamil Literature with their unique and eternal literary works.

This great tradition continues till date. Wherever they are, Tamilians are passionate about their Art and Culture and keep the Tamil Flag fly 'high' through their various cultural activities.

தமிழுக்கும் அமுதென்று பேர் – அந்தத் தமிழ் இன்பத் தமிழ் எங்கள் உயிருக்கு நேர்

தமிழன்னையின் ஆசிகளோடும்  இயல் இசை நாடகம் என்ற முப்பெரும் தூண்களின் துணையோடும் நம் இலக்கிய நிகழ்வுகள்!

அவற்றில் முதன்மையும் முத்தாய்ப்புமாக முத்தமிழ் அரங்கம். இதில் இயல் வடிவங்களான கவிதை, கதை, விடுகதை ,பேச்சு மற்றும் பட்டிமன்றம் களை நம் சங்க உறுப்பினர்களின் மாபெரும் ஒத்துழைப்போடு மிகச்சிறப்பாக நடத்தி வருகிறது.

மேலும் இசை வடிவங்களான பாடல் நடனம் இசைக்கருவிகள் வாசித்தல் போன்ற பலதரப்பட்ட கலைநயம் மிக்க நிகழ்ச்சிகளும், நாடக வடிவங்களான ஓரங்க நாடகம், தனி நடிப்பு ,நாடகங்கள், குறும்படம் தயாரிப்பு ஆகிய பல்வேறு நிகழ்ச்சிகளை பெருமையுடன் வழங்கி வருகிறது நம் மஸ்கட் தமிழ்ச் சங்கம்.

அதோடு மட்டுமல்ல தமிழர் கலாச்சார நிகழ்வுகளான உரியடி, கயிறு இழுத்தல். மேலும் கலைநிகழ்ச்சிகளான கரகாட்டம், ஒயிலாட்டம், மயிலாட்டம், காவடியாட்டம், பொய்க்கால் குதிரை ஆட்டம் போன்றவை வெகுவிமரிசையாக ஆண்டுதோறும் நடைபெறும்.

 இந்நன்னாளில் குழந்தைகளுக்கு பலதரப்பட்ட விளையாட்டு நிகழ்ச்சிகள் நடத்தப்படும் வருடாந்த கலை நிகழ்ச்சிகள் மாதா மாதம் நடத்தப்படும் நம் மஸ்கட் தமிழ்ச் சங்கம் இத்தனை கலை இலக்கியக் கலாச்சாரச்சுரங்கம் என்றால் அது மிகையல்ல!

We, here in Muscat, propagate the rich traditions and values of Tamil Culture through “Muscat Tamil Sangam”, which was revived, after a brief break, in 1996. Starting with a small group of people in 1983, our Sangam has been growing tremendously over the years and today it boasts itself of a membership of over 1100 Families.

Our Sangam takes pride in the fact that ours is the first organisation in Muscat to impart teaching of Tamil Language to the children of our members, who otherwise, will not have an opportunity to learn their mother tongue. We consider this small initiative as one of our Sangam’s greatest services to the glory of our beloved “Tamil Thai”.

Traditionally, Muscat Tamil Sangam has been organizing and participating in various cultural programmes, in order to provide an opportunity for the enormous but dormant and untapped talents of our community to bloom and blossom.

We are, of course, very proud that we have many talented singers, actors, dancers, sports personalities, story-writers, competent speakers, programme organizers etc., in our community today, whose talents have come to the limelight through our sangam’s diverse activities.

Over the years, our Sangam has organized Dance Ballets, Dramas, Sports events, Drawing competitions, Cooking competitions, Summer camps etc., which have won great acclaim among our members and from other linguistic wings as well.

Our sangam’s yearly 'Pongal Sports Event' has always been very popular and a great success with attendance from the member community growing year after year.

Our sangam has participated in many Musical and Drama competitions being organized by our Parent body the 'Indian Social Club' every year and won many prizes. Our Sangam has been retaining the Rolling Trophy for winning the maximum number of prizes in the yearly music competition organized by it.

One of the proudest moments for our sangam is the 'Annual Academic Excellence Award' function, where we honour and felicitate the outstanding students from the local Indian Schools for their academic achievements in the Xth Std Board Exams. Last years edition witnessed the presence of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam as the Key Note Speaker of the event. Visit www.bmaeawards.org for more info about this event

This is a unique activity we are very proud of.

For the benefit of our members, we bring in famous artists in the field of Music, Drama, Dance and Literature from Tamil Nadu every year.

Some of the famous personalities who have visited Muscat through the efforts of our sangam are

• Tmt. Nityashree
• Thiru. Baski
• Thiru. Poornam Viswanathan (Late) - One of the great Theatre Artists
• Thiru. Sujatha (Late) - Writer par excellence
• Thiru. Seergazhi Sivachidambaram
• Prof. Abdul Samad- Great Literary Orator
• Thiru. Vairamuthu – Noted Poet
• Thiru. Mano – Playback singer
• Thiru. Sujatha – Playback singer
• Thiru and Tmt. Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy – Folk Music singers
• Mangayar Malar Magazine Team
• Tmt. Manorama (Late) - Veteran Cine Actress
• Padma Vibhushan S.P.Balasubramaniam (Late) - Popular Play back Singer
• Thiru Illasai Sundaram
• Late Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India
• Thiru Crazy Mohan and Thiru Crazy Balaji - Popular Script Writer and Theatre Pesonalities
• Thiru U Shrinivas and U Rajesh - Maondolin Maestros
• Thiru Subbu Arumugam - Villu Paatu
• Thiru. Madurai Muthu - FolkDance Artist
• Tmt. Radha Bhaskar - Musicologist
• Thiru. Kundayar Thandalam Dhakshinamoorthy - Therukoothu Artist
• Padma Shri Dr. Sudha Ragunathan – Carnatic Music Composer
• Thiru. Kalamaamani Mano – Reowned Singer
• Tmt. Rohini – Cine Actor
• Thiru. Bharathi Krishnakumar – Cine Director
• Thiru. Arulprakasam – Pattimandram and Humorous Speaker
• Padma Shri Mylswami Annadurai – ISRO Project Director
• Thiru. Iman – Cine Music Director
• Thiru. Rajhesh Vaidhya - Renowned Veena Player
• Kalaimamani Dr. Nithyasree Mahadevan
• Kalaimamani Dr. Madhu Balakrishnan
• Tmt. Mahathi S - Popular playback Singer
• Thiru. Ma Ka Pa Anand - Indian actor and Television presenter

Our sangam continuously organises many enjoyable events like Patti Manram, Arattai Arangam, Quiz Programmes, Jodi Porutham, Pattukku Pattu, Treasure Hunt etc., For the sports enthusiasts, badminton, chess, table tennis tournaments etc. are being organized. The monthly events of Tamil Sangam are well-received, well-attended and they serve as a useful forum for networking and getting to know our own community people among others.