Thambiran Vanakkam

Thambiran Vanakkam (also known as Doctrina Christam en Lingua Malauar Tamul in Portuguese; Tamil: தம்பிரான் வணக்கம்) is a Catholic catechism translated by Henrique Henriques and published on 20 October 1578 at Quilon, Venad.^[1] It is the first printed work in an Indian language and script.^[2]

Thambiran Vanakkam
(Doctrina Christam en Lingua Malauar Tamul)

Front page of Thambiran Vanakkam
Author	Henrique Henriques
Original title	தம்பிரான் வணக்கம்
Language	Tamil
Publication date	1578
Publication place	India

See also

• Printing in Tamil language