Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

Dear Vijay,
Did you see the message that Arvind has the book and will get it to you?
Kathie

Thanks, Arvind.
kathie

the card wasn’t sent by my, but by Kirutika Hr.
kathie

Very cute, thank you. Have you ever seen the British animated film:
‘The Snowman’
it has the loveliest music. I recommend you google it.
kathie

Dear Vijay,
I don’t have a way of sending you the image from the book. No Scanner.
Perhaps
someone else in our group owns the book? It’s such an important one
for Saivas,
hope you can find someone else who has […]

just a little semantic point:
earth ‘rotates’ on its axis and ‘revolves’ around the sun.
kathie

Dear Swaminathan,
I just enjoyed looking at your Sittannavasal powerpoint. A beautiful
presentation.
Thanks again for all your help.
Kathie B.

Dear Gandhi Babu,
So explanations you sent me about recurrent murthi-discovering themes,
[cow letting down milk over underground SLingam, ruler's dreams, etc.]
is called ‘Hermaneutics’. Good to know.
Thanks again […]

another funny expression is to ‘knock up’ someone. Fine in Brit,
sensational in US!

Dear Kadambar Vijay,
I’m looking at the photo now. in SRM Nataraja in Art, Thought and
Literature

Caption: Fig. 174 Nataraja dancing on bull with vina. Pala. 10th
century A. D.
Ranihati, Dacca Distt. Dacca […]

gives new meaning to the word Camouflage [now if I could only spell
it. . . .] could hardly find him in the last photo.
kathie

yep, I noticed that, too.
kathie

dear Sankar,
that was just a guess, don’t take my word as authoritative.
kathie

I’ll mention that the constellation honored is the Pleiaides.
kathie

You mean, it’s all symbolic? OK. That makes more sense. I should make
a list of all the temples that use a similar Purana.
I wanted to take it literally. The Chief-man’s dream is another common
theme. ‘I show […]

Dear Shash,
I’ve been intrigued by a recurring Purana found all over India : cow
wanders off daily,
keeps coming home seemingly already milked. Milk is being let down on
jungle spot. Lo & Behold, a
SivaLingam […]

I thought every temple had some sort of Puranam assoc. with it. If
nothing ancient,
then one is created for it.
kathie

Ariyalur Dt. experts,
I’d like to know other important places near GKCP, also, please.
kathie

I admire him so much. What a dear man!!
kathie

Dear Sankar,
Did you mean Kudanadu Athur near Tuticorin. Only Attur I could find is
in Salem Dt.
kathie