Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

Dear VenketeshMany happy returns. Please post some puzzles linking the
lucky day to kalki, his works and tamil history. I am sure you can raise
many interesting queries.sampath

As per wiki, cholapuram tower is with octogon shape compared to straight
sided pyramid of peria koil.
quote:
“As one steps in, the great Vimana arrests the visitor’s sight. The
Vimana with its recessed corners and […]

Most of the temples have short vimanams; tanjai temple and Gangai konda
cholapuram vimanams are quite tall and can perhaps be called vimana
gopuram.
What other temples have such tall vimanams?
Cholapuram vimanam […]

May I take it that most of us are convinced that temple’s shadow falls
within its base at noon time all through the year – winter solstice to
summer solstice. The google earth image of nov 2007 (added in the […]

I agree; if only Kalki had written one novel about Pandiyan dynasty, we
will know more about the kings and their times. Had Kalki made notes
for a future novel; was anything found in his papers?
Sampath

It will be like equating modern islamic terror with the chidambaram’s
saffron terror. There are several accounts of mass murder of hindus by
muslim rulers (perhaps these are creations of historians); are there […]

Google images of the temple are added in the folder “google earth temple
images” in the Photos section.
tanjai temple 28aug2007.jpgtanjai temple 15nov2007.jpgtanjai temple
29jun2009.jpg
Thanks SPS.
Sampath

I have not seen any claim that this is the ONLY temple with the unique
“shadow less” feature; perhaps some over zealous enthusiasts might have
done it taking a cue from american publishers – #1 in readership, […]

In srirangam, the main temple is due south. Outer praharams are a bit
skewed by about 1 deg SW.
Sampath

SPS sir,
There is a message in red that I do not have the right to upload photos.
The three pictures I uploaded are not saved in the ‘photos’ section.
Will appreciate if the block can be removed.

I have uploaded three pictures in the ‘google earth temple images’
folder in the Photos section.Sampath

Excellent, sir. I have attached three pics of tanjai temple by google
earth – 29jun2009, 28aug2007 and 15nov2007. In november photos, the
shadow appears to confirm the legend.
The temple is tilted by about 20 deg […]

The pictures are taken in the late afternoon, I guess. A photo taken at
noon on 23rd December will help in removing some doubts. Of course one
need not wait for 23rd dec, if it can be proved that vimana’s […]

Tanjai’s lattitude is 10:47 and max inclination of the sun during winter
solstice is 34deg 17 mins. So if a line is drawn from the tip of the
kalasam at 34:17 to the vertical, then the shadow of kalasam will […]

Each of these – yahoo groups, google groups and forums – has its own
plus and minus points. Yahoo group is ideal for those who want to access
the group almost every day and are interested in most of the topics, […]

Reign has already been passed on to Sundara Chola and his descendents.
Then how and why Uttama chola became the ruler? If RRC did not hand over
the ‘kingship’ voluntarily, his father and other elders must […]

Vijay,
I have more respect for traditional dates and events mainly because they
are stable and are a “reference” while the rediscovered ones are
interpretative evaluations from different sets of data and focus. […]