Really Gokul's letter mirrors the reality among those wish to search for more on Chola's...and after reading Sivakamiyin Sabathan...looking for Vatapi...
Of course I am one among those...as per Gokul's letter...suffereing from the disease!
Gokul...your writing is excellent...you should devote more time for writing.
Sometimes I feel leaving the news once for all...pack myself and go to places near Trichy, Thanjavur..Thirumayam..Virupaksha temple on the Tungabadra river, cave temples at Badami..But can it happen? Gokul's description about the deceased man is working on me!
Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Swamingal's writings were published in serial in Kalki in late 80s and he was narrating almost every temple from Mayavaram (now Mayiladuthurai) to Thanjavur .. with such finer details !
I felt the same way to visit each temple after reading an article, when I was in a Defence Establishment Chennai, to travel by passenger train with a Jolna bag and get down at each temple and spend time leisurely ..
Almost after 5 years, I quit my job and could do this in my Two wheeler and spent months in the Chozha heart land wandering ..
Those interested in this, should definitely have the feel of these places, breath the air and record the experiences atleast in their mind .. which can be recalled and cherished for rest of their life.