India, Sept. 28 -- Where stone towers rise in resilience and poetry outlasts empires, Tamil Nadu emerges as the living heart of the Dravidian world. Its legacy is etched not only in temples and song, but also in the food that has carried its people through centuries of faith, struggle, and celebration. Nestled in the southeastern corner of India, it has always been shaped by its geography-the Bay of Bengal stretching endlessly to the east, the fertile Kaveri delta watering the plains, and the rocky uplands of the Deccan plateau testing the endurance of its people. These natural contours influenced where people settled, how they worshipped, and above all, what they ate. Tamil Nadu has for over two thousand years been a cradle of civilisati...