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What was kulotunga III capital city
Believe Balalla's son escorted the king to Kanchi, even stationed their forces to help with invading pandyas. What happened when K III was captured ? How did it happen that he lost to the same enemy ? Was he aged and more religious hence soft…

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What was kulotunga III capital city
K III had in-laws with Hoysalas. Vira Narasimha was awarded some tamil lands as a token of K III gratitude but not to the extent of GKC. K III was the greatest of the final cholas, something like Anayara vilakku pragasama eriyum :-) Towards the 2n…

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What was kulotunga III capital city
K III capital was GKC. I had read somewhere that K III hid in the uraiyur fort / temple and be captured there evoking this event. I will try and find the source. - R

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obama gets peace prize
I was thinking about the book, it applies not just for this, but for the oscars also...

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obama gets peace prize
Udanx no issues... I share the birth day with Obama, in a few years I will get it ... the best of best only do ;-) - R

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Rajini & Anusha
Rajini sonna oru dialogue namo Venkatesh ku porunthum... Singam singlea thaan varum :)

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ancient and unique nature of tamil
Even in 10-12th century Kamban chooses to use ilakuvanan instead of lakshman. We can also see swami changed to sami even in these days.Probably if we go deep interior rural tamil nadu we might find people having difficulties pronouncing the sha and …

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Asia Society Talk
Vishwaksenan Sir Parents tend to protect children as a natural instinct, more so with Indian parents. My dad still believes that he must help me all the times, I dont deny him the benefit - just to make him feel the best. Do I heed his advice, only…

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Asia Society Talk
Madhu I dont think we have Siva peruman and Nakeerar's in this forum. All are very easy going. Take it easy but then knowing US, if you are not sitting right at the top of things, your time at work belongs to work... Am sure my co-US mates wu…

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Saundarya lahari by Virai kaviraja panditar.
Probably one of the best mystical Hymns ever. Gives a very unique pleasure chanting. First 40 is ananda lahiri and second 60 is Soundarya Lahiri. Next to thirupugazh, this has my greatest respect. - R

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Mother of Sita
Cho's Ramayanam... naan kelvi pattathu illai :) Going by Cho's scheme of writings, i am curious... War kadaisila yaar win panna ? Ithu nayyandi thaan, but not on ramayana ;-)

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Mother of Sita
Malathi I would say, nayaandi is not for Sita story, it is for the Kadal vs kadala. Some modern lingo is ok, it helps with younger generation digesting the information better than ancient scripture decoding. Chennai thamil la pesi ramayanam expla…

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Mother of Sita
yennoda siva pazha sittrarivukku yettiyathu... thanglish has got hella lot of nayyandi comedy... esp if u convert from english to thamil chennai style :) 300 to 300 paruthi veerargal... - R

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Mother of Sita
aaha madhu... intha kathai sinna pilla thanama irukke... vedavathi... athu appoo... vaidehi... ithu ippo... topic = vaidehi mummy not vedavathi family tree... Valli from vishnu eye ellam ok thaan... but entha vishnu thaan question ;) 'Manage…

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Mother of Sita
Xerxes owned an army in millions - Symbolic Xerxes was God - Myth Xerxes took down 300 'paruthi veerargal' using a million strong army with the 'undead core' was 1/2 symbolic + 1/2 myth... Dont want to incl our indian reference…

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Mother of Sita
Intha bit vereya ? Not to implore = must implore with our makkals :-) 1/2 symbolic + 1/2 myth wont be a good combo here... There must be missing links. BTW: What is the actual name of Dasaratha... :) - R

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Mother of Sita
Other people who do not have any evident biological parents. Sita Andal Valli (I dont believe on that Mr.Rishi & Mrs.Deer story) Unique combo of these three are 'all of them are related to bhumi' - R

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Mother of Sita
Deivame... Eppadi thalaiva ippadi ellam yosikiringa :) ennavo...Naradharin kalagam nanmayil thaan mudiyum.... Yaar kuzhandhai padam mathiri irukku.... But it does rake an important point, we have seen atleast one biological father or mother in…

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Mother of Sita
Videha is a part of Mithila - the larger land. Videha was the kingdom that was bordering current Bihar/Jharkand & Nepal. There is a totally different philosophical meaning to the Janaka - Sita - Videha etc. Dont want to delve into them here. …

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Mother of Sita
By terms of Adoption, Janaka is the Father, so there by his wife is assumed as mother. Actual mother of Sita, if I am right, is Ganesh's question. That, am not sure if History can answer. - R

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Mother of Sita
Seeradhwaja Janaka. He was not a king actually, but more of a Raja Rishi of Videha a southern town near Nepal. Somewhere between the meeting point of Saraswati river this whole drama happened. Videha is on the north western border to the Karusha …

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Mother of Sita
Mrs.Janakar... Bro: She was found while ploughing land as a baby. King of Mithila's adopted girl. She comes from the Soil and Goes into the Soil. Infact this is the whole controversy behind iraavana kaaviyam :-) Apparently...Ravana's w…

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Dharma
Kathie - Thats not me :-) I am tigers country... so never talk about B Ball in public :) ... - R

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Dharma
paanjaali vaazhndha paridhaaba vaazhvai paaraatta yaarumillai... nija vaazhkkaiyilE... palapEraich chErum parandhaaman thannai pugazh paada kEttadhuNdu indha boomiyilE... This is more in context to the script of the film not to the actuals…

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Times of India - Aryan-Dravidian divide a myth: Study
Ithu oru complicated subject with no conclusions many a time. Another view - When Ayan takes the form of Naran, it becomes Narayan. Dravidians wanted a seperate id ellam Pro-Anti DK discussion, i dont want to get into that. But going by generic c…

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[off-topic] Man to become immortal by 2029: scientist
Always wondered why my daughter enjoys school whereas I never used to :) Learning must be a pleasant experience. Any one heard about JKI foundation 'The School' hear they have an out of the box mind on education. - R

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[off-topic] Man to become immortal by 2029: scientist
No one... athu oru dead end aagum... any 1 is dead for a reason, it better be that way. Illena, nambo blog / group bore adikkum... On second thoughts ..My Great Grand father.... oru document enga vechar nu kekkanum ;) - R

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Times of India - Aryan-Dravidian divide a myth: Study
Interesting Between 135,000 and 75,000 years ago, the East-African droughts shrunk the water volume of the lake Malawi by at least 95%, causing migration out of Africa. Which route did they take?

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Dharma
Ithenna pa vamba pochu... Guru dhasai vantha ellarume siva pazham thaan ;) Anyway, my philosophy in life, "vayathile thoppai vizhalam... manasile thoppai vizha koodathu". According to me...being spiritual means enjoying everything, for …

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Dharma
GRS: I had a similar comment at psvp :-) I think we shud link this group to face book so makkal can get a feel of the face behind the wall :)

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