1. [TRADITIONAL INDIAN GAMES]
1.Indoor Games
The following are some of the indoor games that are still played in villages.
• Thirudan police (தி�டன் ேபா�ஸ்)
• Raja rani (ராஜா ராண�)
• Statue/Freeze/Attack
• Oru kodam thanni (ஒ� �டம் தண்ண�)
• X and O (Tic Tac Toe)
• Poo Parikka Varugirom (� பறிக்க வ�கிேறாம்)
• Pappu kanji (பப்� கஞ்சி)
• Aakku paakku vethala paakku (ஆக்� பாக்� ெவத்தல பாக்�)
• Kulai kulaiyaai mundirikkai (�ைல �ைலயாய் �ந்தி�க்காய்)
• Kokku para para (ெகாக்� பற பற)
• Nadu puduchi vilayadu (நா� ��ச்சி வ�ைளயா�)
• Vidukathai (வ��கைத)
• Mookka pudi (�க்க ��)
• Book cricket (�க் கி�க்ெகட்)
• Color color what color
• Current pass
• Guess cricket
• Chain
• Lock and Key
2.Outdoor Games
The following are some of the games played outdoor and are familiar among the villagers and people who
are above 20.
• Hide & Seek (கண்ணா�ச்சி)
• Kho Kho (ேகா ேகா)
• Nondi (ெநாண்�) [Pandi (பாண்�)]
• Kichi kichi thambalam (கிச்சி கிச்சி தாம்பலம்)
• Pacha Kudhura (பச்ச �திைர)
• Kabadi (கப�)
• Oodi puduchi vilayaduradhu (ஓ� ��ச்சி வ�ைளயா�)
• Tree Climbing Monkey (மரேமறிக் �ரங்�)
2. • Anila Naaya (அன�லா நாயா)
3.Marriage Games
In South India, marriage rituals usually get completed in an hour or two in the morning. After the
marriage, the families of both the bride and groom get free time to sit and chat among the relatives till
they vacate the chatram (Marriage Hall), during this leisure time they conduct games between the Bride
and Groom and sometime among the relatives just to have fun. Here are some of the games played
traditionally in South India Marriages.
• Pattukku Pattu (பாட்�க்� பாட்�)
• Thenga uruturathu (ேதங்காய் உ�ட்�ற�)
• Poo Bandhu (� பந்�)
• Koachitu Poorathu (ேகாப�த்�க்ெகாண்� ெசல்வ�)
• Appalam Udaithal (அப்பளம் உைடத்தல்)
• Manjal Thanner (மஞ்சள் தண்ண �ர்)
• Mothitram Thedurathu ( ேமாதிரம் ேத�ற�)
4.Board Games
The following are the games played indoor and in outdoor usually under trees in villages using board or
the board drawn in the ground using Chalk piece (Pencil made of chalk powder used to write in Black
Board in schools and in some colleges).
• Aadu puli attam (ஆ� �லி ஆட்டம் )
• Paramapadham (பரமபதம்) [Thayam (தாயம்)]
• Langa Kattai (லங்கா கட்ைட)
• Sozhi Urutturadhu (ேசாழி உ�ட்�ற�)
3. 5.Property Games
The following are the games that are played using some properties like Bambaram (top), Goli (Small Glass
balls), etc. Some are played indoor and some outdoor which is decided upon the size of the prop and size
of the house.
Outdoor
• Bambaram (பம்பரம்)
• Jalli kattu (ஜல்லிகட்�)
• Goli gundu (ேகாலி �ண்�)
• Seven stones (ஏ� கல்�)
• Gilli thanda (Kittipulla) [கில்லி தண்ட (கிட்��ள்ைள)]
• Pattam (பட்டம்)
• Mudhugu puncture (��� பஞ்சர்)
• Nongu vandi (�ங்� வண்�)
• Cycle Tyre (ைசக்கிள் டயர்)
• Seetu (சீ ட்�)
• Thena ola rocket (ெதன்ைன ஓைல ராக்ெகட்)
• Monkey ball (�ரங்� பந்�)