This is about a sculpture panel in Ankor Wat in Cambodia. It depicts a puranic scene - the Devas and Asuras churning the Ocean of Milk by using the Manthra Mountain as the churn stick and the snake Vasugi as the rope. Lord MahaVishnu takes the form of a Tortoise and supports the mountain which started to sink. He also steadied the rope. It also covers the story of three persons involved in that story. One is an Vanara; one is a Rakshasa; and the other is a Kshatria. They are Vali, Ravana, and Karthaviryarjuna. Among these, Vali and Karthaviryarjuna took part in the churning of the ocean. There are five pictures covering the story.
This article with somewhat strange caption is also a true story from history. It is about a young king of a small weak country who dared to defy the emperor of the mightiest empire of the world at the time. The tussel between Aurangazeb, the Grand Mughal and MuthuVeerappa Nayakkar, king of the Madurai country. The article is accompanied by a map.
Dr. Jaybee Ayya, whose contributions through for more than a decade is unparelleled, moderator of Agasthiyar Group, has been kind enough to post again after a long time..