first tamil printing press was established in tamilnadu at serampore college library. from 1715.
first tamil printing press was established in tamilnadu at serampore college library. from 1715.
where was first tamil printing press established in tamilnadu?
serampore college library. from 1715
it was not till 1706 when bartholomaeus ziegenbalg, a danish missionary, arrived at tharangambadi that printing in india could flourish again. a printing press arrived around 1712-13 and the tranquebar press produced its first publications. on ziegenbalg’s insistence, the first tamil publication from the press reached the mass in 1713, followed by the new testament in 1714. it was as late as 1821 that printing was revived in goa with the starting of a weekly called "gazeta de goa", later known as the "chronista constitucional de goa" (1835) and still later, the "boletim de governo do estado da india" (1837).
printing in goa
bartholomäus ziegenbalg was the pioneer in the setup of a printing press at madras. in south india the printing press had been established as early as 1578, but printing activities came to an end owing to a gradual decline in the religious zeal of successive generations of missionaries. tamil printing stopped after 1612, as the numerous writings of nobili and manoel martin lay unpublished in 1649 and 1660. there were some attempts to revive printing, but they proved short-lived. for instance, there is a reference to a latin–tamil grammar by father beschi, a sanskrit scholar, having been printed at ziegenbalg’s press.
printing in tamil language