1. Poja is Tamil for prayer, so a poja room is the room or place in the house where the Hindus keep statues and images of the Gods and pray.
2. This is an unofficial figure: http://www.english.rfi.fr/visiting-france/20110203-sdgvsdg (4 February 2011). Official figures in 2002 estimated 50,000 Tamils (Etiemble 2004).
3. Amma is Tamil for mother.
4. Amamma is Tamil for mother's mother.
5. Kovil is Tamil for Hindu temple or shrine.