Thilak, Latha, Sri, good to hear from you:-). Everyone else, join the fray as soon as you can!
And for the benefit of the newbies and Oldbies, who're back after a long while...the latest news is that one of our star members- Gokul - did an impressive interview about our group and its activities on Singapore Radio.
People...do you remember the discussion we had about including ThakkOlam in the Mudhal Yathirai? We wondered what was left in Thakkolam. Well, here's an interesting tidbit from Dr. Jaybee about it. I shall give it in his own words:
"...ThakkOlam is very important place. There is a Pallava temple there. You can see some very rare statues. The Dhakshinamurthy is unique. The Durga bears the prayOga Chakra. There is a very tall kodi maram. Nearby, you can see a half buried Bairavar statue. One of the most beautiful and life-like specimen that is found around. ThakkOlam has its twin city in the present day Thailand. Its known as Takua Pa. There was a Vishnu temple there. Its also a very important historical place. One of the 13 naval bases that were struck by Rajendra Cholza I. There are several articles about all this in Agathiyar.
Here are some remnants of the Avani Naarana PerumaaL temple of Takua Pa - TakkOlam of Thailand.
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