despite this difference in language of clothes how are Tamil Nadu Karnataka and Kerala similar write five or six sentences explaining this
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There are lot of differences within south India, though for someone from outside, most people from the south look alike.
Food: Karnataka has the largest number of vegetarians in the south, while Kerala has the largest number of non-vegetarians in the south. And they are neighbours for 1000s of years, trying to influence their food habit on the other! This is primarily due to access to coast, non Hindu religions and caste restrictions within Hindus. You will find a lot more rice usage in meals in the eastern half of south India, than the western half (Karnataka and Kerala).
Shaiva and Vaishnava: Within Hindus, there have been regional concentrations. You will find a lot more Shaivas in Tamil Nadu and North Karnataka, than other regions. You will find a lot more Vaishnavas in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, than other regions. This has to do with 1000s of years of regionally concentrated literature, access to key temples in the region (for example Tirupati in AP) and so on.
Different calendars: South India has 3 main types of Hindu calendars. Most of Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh use Shalivahana Shaka Lunar (Chandramana) calendar. Their year begins with Yugadi (Ugadi) on the first day of Chaitra month, usually in late March. Even Marathi and Konkani people use the same calendar. But note that in followed in south India, the months are usually 15 days later than Vikram Samvat calendar used in large areas of North and East India. Here the month begins after Amavasya, while in north India the month begins after Purnima. But Tamil Nadu mostly follows a with April new year’s day (politically now being pushed to January - Sankranti). Kerala and Coastal Karnataka (Tulu speakers) have a slightly . There are more, but these are the key differences in calendar. That means, new year for Kannada and Telugu people are different from Tamils, which is different I think from Tulu and Malayalam people. If you add in Kodava, Konkani and others, things will get more complicated. If you add Sunni, Shia, Catholic, Protestant, Syrian and other denominations, it gets far more diverse in the same south India.
Scripts: If you are going to learn one script from south India, learn Telugu. The reason being Telugu is the largest spoken language in the south, and also is 70% similar to Kannada. Between Telugu and Kannada, one can navigate easily through 60% of south Indian roads (3 states, with Karnataka being the largest in terms of area). These had the same ancestral script and started splitting only over the last 700 years. Malayalam looks similar to Tamil, but is a branch of its own at least for the past 1200 years. But Tamil is very different from Telugu/Kannada branch with a much longer history.