Terms and Conditions
Effective Date: 20 August 2026
Last Updated: 20 August 2026
Welcome to TamilSangams.com (“Tamil Sangam”, “we”, “our”, “us”, or the “Website”).
These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of TamilSangams.com, including its articles, literary materials, historical information, images, illustrations, user accounts, comments, and other services made available through the Website.
By accessing, browsing, registering with, or otherwise using this Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms and Conditions.
If you do not agree with these Terms, please discontinue use of the Website.
1. About TamilSangams.com
TamilSangams.com is an informational, educational, literary, historical, and cultural website dedicated primarily to Tamil language, Tamil literature, Tamil history, Sangam literature, spirituality, temples, books, cultural heritage, and related subjects.
The Website may publish materials relating to, among other subjects:
- Tamil Sangam literature;
- அகநானூறு (Akananuru);
- புறநானூறு (Purananuru);
- classical and medieval Tamil literature;
- Tamil history and historical personalities;
- temples and religious traditions;
- Tamil culture and heritage;
- book reviews;
- authors and literary works;
- historical interpretation and commentary; and
- educational and cultural articles.
The information provided through the Website is primarily intended for general informational, cultural, literary, and educational purposes.
2. Eligibility and Acceptance
You may use the Website only in compliance with applicable laws.
If you create an account or submit information through the Website, you represent that the information you provide is accurate and that you are legally permitted to provide it.
Where consent of a parent or legal guardian is required under applicable law for a minor to use particular online services, such consent must be obtained before using those services.
3. User Accounts
Certain features of TamilSangams.com may permit users to create or maintain accounts.
You are responsible for:
- providing accurate registration information;
- maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials;
- preventing unauthorized access to your account; and
- promptly notifying us if you suspect unauthorized use of your account.
You are responsible for activities conducted through your account to the extent permitted by applicable law.
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, applicable law, or the rights of other users or third parties.
4. Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the original content created for TamilSangams.com—including original articles, explanations, translations, commentaries, compilations, website graphics, logos, design elements, photographs, illustrations, and other original materials—is owned by or licensed to TamilSangams.com and is protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
You may access and read the Website for personal, educational, and non-commercial purposes.
You may not, without prior written permission:
- reproduce substantial portions of original Website content;
- republish original articles on another website, application, book, or publication;
- commercially exploit Website content;
- systematically scrape or download Website content;
- create or distribute unauthorized copies of copyrighted images or illustrations;
- remove copyright, attribution, watermark, or ownership notices; or
- falsely represent TamilSangams.com content as your own.
Nothing in these Terms claims exclusive ownership over ancient Tamil literary works or other material that is lawfully in the public domain.
However, original modern translations, explanations, annotations, editorial arrangements, graphics, illustrations, and other creative additions produced for TamilSangams.com may themselves be protected by copyright.
5. Limited Quotation and Sharing
Reasonable quotations from our original articles may be used for legitimate educational, academic, review, commentary, or other legally permitted purposes, provided appropriate attribution is given where required.
Where practical, attribution should identify TamilSangams.com as the source.
Users may share links to publicly accessible pages of the Website through websites, social networks, messaging applications, and other platforms.
6. Historical and Literary Information
Tamil history and classical Tamil literature may involve differing interpretations among scholars, historians, commentators, religious traditions, literary researchers, and historical sources.
TamilSangams.com may present interpretations based on available literary, historical, traditional, academic, or cultural sources.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, such content should not be understood as establishing a definitive academic, archaeological, religious, or historical conclusion.
Readers conducting academic or professional research should independently verify important claims using appropriate primary sources and scholarly publications.
7. Religious and Cultural Content
TamilSangams.com may publish material relating to temples, deities, religious traditions, spiritual literature, legends, folklore, and traditional beliefs.
Such information is provided for cultural, historical, literary, religious, or informational purposes.
We respect differing beliefs and interpretations. Publication of material concerning a particular religious or cultural tradition does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of every belief, practice, interpretation, or claim associated with that tradition.
8. User Comments and Submissions
If the Website permits comments or other user-generated content, users must not submit material that:
- violates applicable law;
- infringes intellectual-property rights;
- contains unlawful threats or harassment;
- impersonates another person;
- contains malicious software or harmful code;
- constitutes spam or unauthorized advertising;
- unlawfully discloses another person’s personal information; or
- is otherwise abusive or disruptive to the Website.
We may moderate, remove, restrict, or disable user-generated content where reasonably necessary to enforce these Terms, protect users, comply with law, or maintain the Website.
By voluntarily submitting content for publication, you grant TamilSangams.com a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, reproduce, display, and distribute that content as reasonably necessary to operate and promote the Website, subject to applicable law.
You retain ownership of intellectual property that you lawfully own in your submission.
9. Copyright Complaints
TamilSangams.com respects intellectual-property rights.
If you believe that material available through the Website infringes your copyright or other intellectual-property rights, please contact us with sufficient information to identify:
- the copyrighted work or protected material;
- the allegedly infringing content;
- the URL where the material appears;
- your contact information;
- your relationship to the rights holder; and
- the basis of your claim.
We may remove or restrict access to material while a legitimate intellectual-property complaint is reviewed.
10. Third-Party Links
The Website may contain links to external websites, social-media services, online stores, book retailers, video platforms, or other third-party services.
These websites are operated independently of TamilSangams.com.
We do not control and are not responsible for their content, security, availability, products, services, privacy practices, or terms.
Your use of third-party websites is governed by their respective terms and policies.
11. Advertising and Third-Party Services
TamilSangams.com may use third-party services for purposes such as:
- website hosting;
- analytics;
- advertising;
- security;
- spam prevention;
- content delivery;
- embedded media;
- social sharing; and
- website performance.
Third-party services may use cookies or similar technologies subject to applicable law and their own privacy policies.
Further information is provided in our Privacy Policy.
12. Website Availability
We endeavour to maintain the Website and its content, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free availability.
We may modify, update, suspend, restrict, or discontinue any part of the Website where reasonably necessary, including for maintenance, security, legal compliance, or operational reasons.
13. Accuracy of Information
We endeavour to provide useful and accurate information. Nevertheless, historical, literary, biographical, cultural, religious, and other information may contain errors, omissions, differing interpretations, or subsequently discovered information.
Content may therefore be corrected or updated without prior notice.
Users should independently verify information where accuracy is important for academic, professional, legal, financial, medical, or other consequential purposes.
14. Prohibited Uses
You must not use TamilSangams.com to:
- violate applicable laws;
- attempt unauthorized access to the Website or its systems;
- interfere with Website security or operation;
- distribute malware or malicious code;
- conduct automated scraping that places unreasonable load on the Website;
- collect personal information about users unlawfully;
- impersonate TamilSangams.com or another person;
- infringe intellectual-property rights; or
- use Website content for unlawful or fraudulent purposes.
15. Disclaimer
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Website and its content are provided on an “as available” basis for general informational and educational purposes.
We do not guarantee that every piece of information will always be complete, current, error-free, or suitable for a particular purpose.
Nothing on the Website should be treated as professional legal, financial, medical, or other regulated professional advice unless expressly identified as such and provided by an appropriately qualified professional.
16. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, TamilSangams.com and its owners, administrators, authors, contributors, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or similar losses arising solely from reliance upon or use of the Website.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under applicable law.
17. Privacy
Your use of TamilSangams.com is also subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how personal information may be collected, used, stored, and protected.
18. Suspension and Termination
We may suspend or terminate access to particular Website features or user accounts where we reasonably believe that:
- these Terms have been materially violated;
- the Website is being abused;
- an account creates a security risk;
- unlawful activity is occurring; or
- suspension is necessary to comply with applicable law.
19. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms and Conditions from time to time to reflect changes in the Website, applicable laws, technologies, or business practices.
The revised version will be published on this page with an updated Last Updated date.
Continued use of the Website following the effective date of revised Terms constitutes acceptance to the extent permitted by applicable law.
20. Governing Law
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of India.
Subject to applicable consumer-protection and other mandatory laws, disputes relating to these Terms or the Website shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts in Tamil Nadu, India.
21. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.
22. Contact
For questions, copyright complaints, legal notices, or concerns regarding these Terms and Conditions, please contact:
TamilSangams.com
Website: www.tamilsangams.com
Email: pothigaipublishers@gmail.com
