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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Tamil weekly magazine}}<br />
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| logo = [[File:Kumudam-Logo.svg|200px|Kumudam's Logo]]<br />
| image_file = Kumudam 10 Oct 2007 cover.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = [[Asin]] and [[Suriya (actor)|Suriya]] on 10 October 2007 cover of ''Kumudam''<br />
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| frequency = Weekly<br />
| circulation =<br />
| total_circulation = 620,000<br />
| circulation_year = 1986<br />
| publisher = <br />
| founder = S.A.P Annamalai<br /> P.V. Parthasarathy<br />
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1947}}<br />
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| company = Kumudam Group<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| based = [[Chennai]]<br />
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
| website = [http://www.kumudam.com/ Kumudam.com]<br />
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| oclc = 416964234<br />
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'''''Kumudam''''' is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] weekly magazine published in [[Chennai]], [[India]]. It was founded in 1948 by S.A.P. Annamalai, and his close friend and confidante P.V. Parthasarathy.<ref>{{cite news|author=Latha Srinivasan|title=Now, a petition filed against Tamil magazine Kumudam Reporter for its 'obscene story' on leggings|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-now-a-petition-filed-against-tamil-magazine-kumudam-reporter-for-its-obscene-story-on-leggings-2128186|access-date=28 February 2017|date=24 September 2015|location=Chennai}}</ref> Now the magazine is published under the Kumudam Group, which also publishes other Tamil magazines including ''Kumudam Reporter'', ''Kumudam Snehidi'', ''Kumudam Bhakti'', ''Kumudam Jothidam'', ''Kumudam Theeranadhi''. The Kumudam Group started a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] spiritual magazine called ''Kumudam Bhakthi Special''.<br />
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It had a circulation of 620,000 copies in 1986.<ref>[[Hutchinson Encyclopedia]] 8th edition, 1988, p.745</ref> The web site ''kumudam.com'' attracted over 66,000 visitors in 2008 according to a [[Compete.com]] survey.<ref>[http://siteanalytics.compete.com/kumudam.com?metric=uv Site Analytics]</ref><br />
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==Criticism==<br />
In September 2015, ''Kumudam'' came under criticism when an article published in ''Kumudam Reporter'' had criticised women wearing [[leggings]]. The women's pictures used in the article were reportedly printed without consent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Plea-against-mags-take-on-leggings-gathers-momentum/articleshow/49101999.cms |title=Plea against mag's take on leggings gathers momentum |date=25 September 2015 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> The article received considerable social media attention, resulting in a petition on [[Change.org]], which received over 17,500 signatures.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.kumudam.com/ Kumudam website]<br />
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