Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

Hi Gokul

welcomeback..the group has lacked facts of late..

The following is the initial list which can be expanded :
Veeranarayanapuram - Kattumannarkoil ( How many KM from Kumbakonam ?)
Kadambur - ?
Pullirukkum Velur - Vaidheeswaram Koil (Distance ?)
Thiruppurambiyam - ??
Thanjai.....Thanjavur
Kudhanthai....Kumbakonam aprox 50 kms from thanjavur
Pazhaiyarai...near Kumbakonam
Vallam.....
Pazhuvur.....The present day Kilapazhuvur and Melapazhuvur near ariyalur...between Ariyalur Trichy and Thanjavur.approx 40 kms north of Thanjavur.
Kodumbalur...Supposed to be near present day Pudhukottai..60 Kms south of Thanjavur.
Mamallapuram...remains of Present day Mahabalipuram/Mammallapuram
Malayamaanadu...the area near Thirukovilur..Thiruvannamalai
Thakkolam

Kodikarai...present day Kodikarai 100 something Kms from Thanjavur..east wards

NagaPattinam...110 Kms east of Thanjavur

Madhurai...200Kms South of Thanjavur


Places in srilanka...

Dear all...

Sathya, Sridhar, Muhil, thanks:-)

G,I'm sure there're plenty of people in the group who have more expertise in
this than I am...but I'll try to do justice to your request:-)

If there're any factual errors- well, then I ask you all to bear with
me.(the only excuse is that I visited them 7-8 years ago:-)

>Kadambur - There's a place called Kadampuliyur, about 10 kms south from
>Panrutti- this could be Kadambur- its about 25kms roughly north of Veera
>Naarayanan Eri.

>Pullirukkum Velur - Thanks Muhil:-)

>Thiruppurambiyam - the one place I didn't visit. My guess is that it could
>be about 4-5 Kms away from Kudanthai (Aazhwarkadiyan walks all the way on
>the banks of Manniyaar).

>Thanjai - Today's Thanjavoor (Hey, Ram...:-)

>Kudhanthai - Kumbakonam

>Pazhaiyarai - Todays it is known as Darasuram, some 5-6 kms away from
>Kumbakonam- 30 kms from Thanjavoor, famous for its Shiva temple(built by
>Rajendra Chola), beautiful sculptures maintained by the ASI. Its a great
>tourist spot too- one of its attractions is a 'pillaiyaar' sculpture the
>size of a matchbox. And there are also the famed temple columns which have
>been constructed to produce different musical notes. Arisilaru runs nearby-
>a very small trickle:-)

>Vallam - there you have a debate. The people who're from Thanjavoor and
>roundabout- there's a Vallam within a few kilometres of Thanjaavoor, isn't
>there? I don't think this can be the Vallam VD is from. There's also the
>Vallam on the Vellore- Arani route- could be the real Vallam...maybe.

There's one more Vallam enroute Gingee- Tindivanam- but I know nothing about
this...

>Pazhuvur - Sridhar has given that well...

>Kodumbalur - 36 kms from Pudhukottai- roughly 5-6 kms down south of
>Viralimalai. Its known more popularly today as Moovar Koil- maintained by
>the ASI again. Its on the Pudhukottai- Trichy route.

Talking of Pudhukottai- two other places which figure in Sivagamiyin
Sabadham can be found within a few kilometres...one is Sithannavaasal-
that's the name of the village. The hillocks on which the Ajantha-styled
poaintings can be found are called 'Eezhadi pattam'.

11 kms from these hillocks are two more hillocks called Kudumiyaan malai and
Naarthaamalai (this place has a temple built by Vijayalaya Chozha)- if ever
anyone visits these places, don't miss out on these. They're absolutely
beautiful. In Kudumiyaan malai, there are stone inscriptions on music,
life-size sculptures of rishis on the columns- the place is massive, no less
than the famed Krishnapuram sculptures (near Thirunelveli). On the hill
slope rising behind the temple, there are engravings of Lord Shiva and the
whole retinue- kingarargal and everyone else- they can seen at a certain
angle from the ground. The view at dusk- 'kaiyezuthu maraiyum neram'- is
excellent.

>Mamallapuram - today's Mahabalipuram - with the Tiger caves on the way.

>Malayamaanadu - region around today's Thirukovilur

>Thakkolam - On the Kanchipuram- Arakonam highway, I think it comes after
>the small village of Kooram.

>Places in srilanka...

Simmagirikottai- a famous tourist spot- today, its called Sigiriya, I
believe. Its a one-day trip, a large hill, with steep steps. Half-way
through, there are near-perfect Ajantha painting replicas, in a cave. Maybe
these were what Arulmozhivarmar saw:-) On top of the hill, there are the
ruins of the palace that once stood there. If you look down from the
elevation, one can see the remnants of a huge palace complex down below.

Anuradhapuram - the lake really does exist- as beautiful as it was in PS.
The lakeside is paved with stone, the ruins of the anthapuram and the
gardens were well-maintained. Last we saw, it had tourist cottages-
breakfast was panang kizhangu and papaalipazham:-) amazing:-). A five star
hotel level tourist cottage-don't know what its status is now...

Thambalai- Northern Sri Lanka, a famous Buddhar Koil. It resembles our own
temples, and in the caves, there're plenty of Buddha statues. Definitely not
in ruins.

Aside from this, we saw plenty of Buddha statues arising suddenly out of
fields and water-bodies...if anyone has seen Manirathnam's 'Kannathil
muthamitaal'...then they might remember.

All the places in Sri Lanka were visited a long time ago- I'm not sure what
changes may have taken place now...

This is the best I know- I checked out with a map too:-)If anyone has any
more details, please share them.

Wow...just writing about those places brings back rich memories- what
wouldn't I give to visit them again?

Feeling nostalgic,
Pavithra.

Hi friends,

It's really an EXCELLENT work by Pavithra. Well done.

Why don't we plan for a trip to all these places at a convenient time
of the interested ones. I am in Chennai and ready to take the
initiatives.

Please post your opinions on this.

Hi Friends,

Thanks you very much for the quick responses.

For the trip, the following things have to be decided.