Tamil Kathaigal for children and kids

Children and Kids from any part of the world love reading short stories. Parents tell endless short stories to children and the same can be said about any language in the world. Tamil is truly one of the oldest languages in the world and is much older than even Sanskrit and Sumerian. It is one of the most spoken languages in South East Asia and is a national language in India, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, and Sri Lanka.

Tamil is one of the most beautiful languages in the world and we are all very blessed to have been born with the ability to speak and read Tamil language. Tamil is well known across the world for its rich and ancient heritage. Knowing Tamil is a blessing since it opens you to a world of powerful literature ranging from short stories such as Panchatantra, Tenali Raman, Akbar, and Birbal or even the legendary long-form stories such as Ponniyan Selvan!!!

There are loads of short stories in Tamil and many are translations but the beauty of the story will be retained as Tamil is an incredible language. There are also hundreds of thousands of videos and tons of free blogs providing every story in the world translated into Tamil. Whether you live in India or in the USA or across the world in any place, there are many free websites that you can use to read Tamil short stories.

Moral stories in Tamil

When we were children, our mother and father and even grandparents told us a lot of moral stories in Tamil. These short moral stories in Tamil not only taught us about how to speak the language but also taught us about the different moral values which we needed to inculcate. Especially these stories can be read to school students as they learn a lot. These short moral stories will be very useful for becoming proficient in Tamil and for light reading for college students and for school students.

Motivational stories in Tamil – Motivational siru kathaigal

You can read a lot of motivational stories in the Tamil language online and the collections are incredible and quite fun to read. Tamil Motivational stories are many in number because Tamil Nadu has a great history, culture, and people capable of performing great feats in order to achieve their end goals. In this link, you can go through many motivational siru kathaigal or motivational stories in Tamil to boost your morale and to strive to be successful no matter what!

Short Panchatantra Stories in Tamil for Kids – panchathanthira kathaigal in Tamil

Who wrote the world-famous Panchatantra stories? Panchatantra stories were written by Vishnu Sharma in 200 BC and the entire 5 collections of the Panchatanthira stories has about 300 Kathaigal or short stories. Many of the Panchatantra kathaigal are based on animals and birds. You can read a lot of the short Panchatantra stories in the Tamil language in Childhood stories. Many of the stories are beautiful moral stories that teach a person about life and what is right or wrong.

Best Short Comedy story in Tamil

Vadivelu and Vivek are some of the greatest living Tamil comedians and have made us laugh for ages. Santhanam and Goundamani Senthil were are also absolute legends. Before that we had Nagesh who was also a comedy king. Comedy has always been an integral part of the Tamil language and we love to see tamil comedy channels or read good short comedy stories in tamil which can make us laugh endlessly!

Fairy tales are an important part of the life of any child and it gives the child imagination. The above collection has tons of fairy tales as well which have been lovingly translated into Tamil.

Tenali Raman Stories in Tamil – tenali raman kathaigal

Tenali Ramakrishna was a great Indian poet and scholar in the court of king Krishnadevaraya. He was a Telugu poet who hailed from Andhra Pradesh and is generally well known across the Indian subcontinent for his many legendary folk tales about his wit and humor. He was one of the Ashtadiggajas or the eight poets at the court of Krishnadevaraya and was a great scholar and poet of Telugu language. Tenali Ramakrishna tales are popular in Tamil and English and in many regional Indian languages and people love reading these stories. You can read tons and tons of Tenali Raman stories in Tamil in Childhood stories.

About the Author: Vivek Hariharan

The author of this article is Vivek Hariharan, a lover of the Tamil language. He owns and runs a free multi-language blog called Childhood Stories which has dual language short stories in 8 languages which makes no money and gives him little pleasure.

Since the age of 13 he has had only one ambition: to become a published and famous author and he hasn’t changed since. He is just as immature and just as broke and just as “not famous”. His passion is to write a fiction series that will create an entire universe in which he can live in and in that at least he has money to laugh at like a maniac.