seshadrigokul

A Historical Study - on the years of conquests of countries listed in the Rajara
Dear Sir As usual, you have painstakingly summarized a complicated chronology of wars of Rajaraja-I. Excellent work Few thoughts : - Rajaraja was almost certainly his abhiseka nama with which he assumed throne. Not something that came out of other…

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New excavation
Compare "Daasa Narayana" of Kulothunga with "Veera Narayana" of Parantaka I.

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A brief study on the Sons & Daughters of Rajaraja Chola - 1
Yet another beautiful email sir. N.Sethuraman has done some work on "Gangai Kondan" whom you are talking about. Maadevadigal is a maruvu of Mahadevar adigal. We meet many such ladies in inscripitions and this title does not necessarily me…

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Chance meeting with Artist Padmavasan
Lovely post vijay!! I have the dakshina meru vitankar you are talking about. I will post it in silpi series. And when I think about dakshina meru vitankar, I am invariably thinking about Dr. Kudavoil and his exposition of vitankar. That was another…

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A brief study on the Queens and the PattaMahishi of Rajaraja Chola - 1
Extremely good analysis - but the conclusion reg pattamagishi can be revisited. Apart from references provided by SPS, the inscriptions of Thiruvalanchuzhi assert the royal status enjoyed by Danthisakthi and her previleges. She had her own karuma …

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paranthaga cholans statue
> whethar any statue or seppumeni of paranthaga cholan is there in > tamilnadu None. Unfortunate.

Comment by seshadrigokul November 2008 permalink
Early Sculpture
You have quite a bit. - The pallava statues at Thirukkandiyur and Veerasingam pettai-Rettai koil area, including the Vageeswarar of Thanjavore arts gallery - Manimangalam near chennai has lot of surprises including Ayyanar. Nice one - You certainl…

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RRC link unexpectedly on Vijay TV
> ancestor had taught dance to RRC's daughter Kundavai and RRC had > honoured them with land etc during Kundavai's arangetram and it is > there in inscriptions. Roughly 60000 inscriptions have been published by state and centra…

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Classical Dance - Chathur
> Is Sathir - colloqueal derivative from Chathur ? Not very sure. The only basic forms during pre-pallava era were Desi and Vadugu.

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Utirmerur kailasnatha temple in the news
Very important and interesting news. Thanks Vijay

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Rare Ayyanar statue found
> MUTHARAYAR inscriptions related to Kavaran Maaran - who preceded > Vijayala Chozha.. ! pre 800 AD.! Dear SPS Still I remember our vallam trip wherein we visited the makali temple. > MUTHARAYAR inscriptions related to Kavaran Maaran …

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Thirukkovil, Thiruvanpurushottamam
Wonderful Dhiwakar and SPS what is the meaning of Thiruvanpurushottamam? * In Thiruchendur, there is pure water available right near the sea !! Unbelievable but true. Naazhik kinaru is considered holy. * In Azhvar thirunagari, the tamarind tree w…

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Serarkottai
Thanks Vijay. Dear Satish, The udaiyargudi inscriptions clearly show that a group of brothers were involved with the murder. And there are many circumstantial evidences that to point their chera affinity. (I've mentioned them in the course of…

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Udayalur Inscriptions
Dear SPS / Friends The new inscriptions of Udaiyaloor were originally reported almost a year back in varalaaru.com also. http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=537 http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=567

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Tamil Heritage Group - Launch of Tamil Heritage Wiki - 4th October
The writer in the photo is Saa.Kandasami - Sahitya Academy winner for visaranai commission novel. The author of Gopalla gramam - Gopallaburathu Makkal etc is my all time favourite writer Ki.Raajanaarayanan

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CONFEDERATION OF TAMIL HERIRTAGE E-GROUP
Dear SPS Good initiative - we will be more than happy to participate.

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templelist
Overall there are around 33,000 ANCIENT temples in Tamilnadu. 33,000. Excluding all the new temples of the last century. Many of them studded with inscriptions & icons. Around 60% of Inscriptions found in India so far are from Tamilnadu. Most…

Comment by seshadrigokul August 2008 permalink
Tamil Measurements
> I have been collecting the measurements used in our past times...I feel Superb - just superb. You may also want to look at the various measures of length engraved in temple walls. Begin with Big temple at thanjavore

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PS Varalatru Peravai - New Forum Site - An Experiment

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Sati in PS and Chola times
Please refer the poem of Perungop Pendu (wife of pandiya king) in sangam literature It is an extremely poignant and moving representation. The lady says she wants to commit sati because she is not able to take the miserable life that is provided t…

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PS Varalatru Peravai - New Forum Site - An Experiment
Yes, Thiru's contributions are fabulous. I was pleasantly shocked to find all messages being made available in web and even google is well recognizing our messages Thiru, I had one question right from day one: How can we couple few messages to…

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temple tour :: THIRUVARUR
Dear Shoba since you are seriously interested in this, I'd suggest a book called "Kudamuzha" by Dr Kudavoil. Though the topic of the book is not vitanka shrines, he beautifully deals with it in later chapters. To your question: Yes …

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A proposal for consideration: PS Varalatru peravai
> I prefer to commence it with Dr. Nagaswamy, and it can be in April > 1st week itself. Very Nice SPS. We all will be blessed to have him as our first speaker. What is your opinion on teleconference rather than a physical meet? Do you think…

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A proposal for consideration: PS Varalatru peravai
Dear all Shall we freeze on the name of the scholar for April 2008? Or shall we begin in May? Then we can look at the following details... -Date -Venue

Comment by seshadrigokul March 2008 permalink
sujatha in anandavikadan
> "I WILL EVERYTHING", and Sujatha responded with "No man is a hero to > his wife" ! I would never forget that line. Very true:-))

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sujatha in anandavikadan
> it reminds me of ananda vikadans one year tribute in 1955 for kalki- > a year with every issue having some of his writing. That was a news to me Venkat! Thanks

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TEMPLES - kalvettugal
> http://www.ecoheritage.cpreec.org/09_newsletter/05_oct_mar_2004/05_oct_ > mar_2004-04.html Amazing vijay. Did you notice the tiny letters on the bottom ? CP Ramaswamy Iyer foundation for indological research !!

Comment by seshadrigokul March 2008 permalink
Temples in around Vellore
Whenever I think about vellore I think about only one temple. One inscription and its vague reference to a temple only this inscription remains now. It belongs to Kulothunga chola. And it talks about a temple called "Arulmozhi Iswaram" Y…

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check out this link - tiruvellarai
> hear that the asura is called bakasura. but we also read of bhima > killing bakasura ...were there two I am not very sure vijay. But looking at the photos Nanda had sent, I remembered that Thiruvellarai krishna is shown slaying the deamon …

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check out this link - tiruvellarai
The thiruvellarai inscriptions of Pallavas talk about a Radha Krishna shrine and not about the present shrine in which the lord blesses with chandra and surya I can never forget the miniature sculptures that adorns the adhistana of the main sanctum…

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