Question

What is the Tamil name for the summer season?
A. Khulir
B. Mun Pani
C. Ilavenil
D. None of these

Answer 1

Hint:The Tamil seasonal calendar is much similar to that of the Hindi calendar. The hottest period of the year; on the northern side of the equator it reaches out from the late spring solstice to the pre-winter equinox.

Complete Answer:According to the ancient historical Hindu calendar, India has 6 seasons in a year. The twelve months in a year are distributed into six seasons of two-month duration each. These seasons comprise the spring season, summer season, Monsoon season, autumn season, Pre-Winter season, and winter season. Regardless, as per the India Meteorological Department, 4 seasons in India are summer, monsoon, rainy, and winter.
According to the Tamil calendar, there are mainly four seasons that is Spring, Summer, Monsoon, Autumn. The Tamil name of these seasons are
1. Muduvenil (summer) begins in April and ends in August.
2. Ila-venil (Spring) begins from the march and slowly ends by June.
3. Kaar(Monsoon) The monsoon season begins in August and ends in December.
4. Kulir (Autumn) The autumn season or the kulir season begins in December and ends by the end of March.
The Tamil seasonal calendar is much similar to that of the Hindi calendar. Thus from the above observation, it is clear that Muduvenil is the Tamil name of the summer season.

Thus, option (D) is correct.

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