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Dravidian or Dravida may refer to:
Language and culture
- Dravidian languages, a family of languages spoken mainly in South India and northeastern Sri Lanka
- Dravidian peoples, peoples whose native languages are Dravidian languages
- Proto-Dravidian language, a model of the common ancestor of the above languages
- Dravidian University, a university situated in Andhra Pradesh
- Dravidian Linguistics Association, based in Kerala
- South Indian culture, modern Dravidian culture
- Dravidian architecture, a style of temple construction
- Dravidian martial arts, a style of martial arts
Sports
- Dravidian, a term sometimes used to describe fans of Rahul Dravid
Geography
- Dravida Nadu, a proposed country for the southern Dravidian languages
- South India, the region which is called Dravida in the Indian anthem
Ethnicity
- Dravidian peoples, ethnic groups primarily in South India.
- Homo Dravida, a historically defined race, propagated also by Devaneya Pavanar
- Adi Dravida, natives of Southern India
- Dravidology, a field of study
- Pancha Dravida Brahmins, a division of Indian Brahmins
Religion
Politics
- Dravidian parties, a collective term used for political parties, that trace their ideologies and origin from Dravidar Kazhagam
- Dravidar Kazhagam, a former political party in Tamil Nadu
- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
- Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
- Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
- All India Latchiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
- Self-respect movement, sometimes called the Dravidian movement or the Periyar movement
Others
- Dravidan (1989 film), a 1989 Tamil film
- Dravidan (1998 film), Indian Malayalam film released in 1998
- Dravida Sangha
See also
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