But today very less people even among Tamiz speaking know about the Tamiz isai.
Tamiz music has a lot of similarities with carnatic music.
There are people who argue that carnatic music came from Tamiz music. The reference to Tamiz music is there in ancient Tamiz literature like SilappadhikAram. In thEvAram the following paNs are used. The entire thEvAram is arranged in sequence with respect to the paNs. In the 9 th thirumuRai a paN which is not used in other thirumauRai called sALarApANi is used.