India boasts of amazingly diverse culture. All four corners of india are unique in the sense of different range of music and dance forms flourished over there since centuries. The regional culture plays a major role in kind of music and dance developed. All the regions in India have their own exclusive music culture and each of them is appealing and unique. No form of music provides a better glance of the culture of the place than folk songs.  Folk music is nothing but traditional music of a particular region. The style used in the singing is very different or should we say, traditional in nature. The music instruments being used not at all contemporary. Traditional instruments give that extra charm to the folk music.

Tamil folk songs are very appealing to ears. It belongs to the state of Tamil Nadu. Tamil folk songs are often accompanied by classical dance like Bharat Natyam. This form of dance is indigenous to Tamil Nadu. In other words, Tamil folk songs combine best of songs and dance where both forms play equally important part. Modern music like pop, rock, film songs have slowly replaced folk songs from urban area but rural areas are still very fond of folk songs. In tune with retro fashion, many new movies are including folk songs in film music. One of the more popular trends is mixing new music with folk songs and thus creating amazing fusion music. Such music is getting widespread popularity.

Different types of popular Tamil folk music styles are pulayurs and talams. Different areas in the state have their own types of folk msic. In recent times, music celebrities have tried to revive the folk music tradition in big fashion. Musicians like Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy and Vijayalakashmi Navaneethakrishnan have contributed a lot in reemergence of Tamil folk songs.