I was not sure if it was the vallam of our beloved Vandhiyathevan, thatz y dint mention. The temple I visited is not Arinjayeswaram. The space between the thiruchutru and the vimaana is covered. That makes reading inscriptions very difficult. I could just locate meikeerthis Rajaraja-1 and Rajendra-1. My visit was extremely short. So must have missed quite a bit. Arinjayeswaram is a close by temple in a place now called mel-paadi. I had to travel abt. 10-12 kms from katpaadi railway station to reach Thiruvallam (now called thiruvalam).
one thing great for amatuer epigraphists at thiruvallam ( just off ranipet industrial estate)is that the temple management has painted all the kalvettus with yellow paint. so easy to read( though necesesserily not to understand)
pallipadai temples seem to have negative impact on people. reminds them of battle fields and burials.
in panchavan madevi pallipadai which we all visited, in the inscription at the lower levels the word pallipadai had been chisseled out in the past.. the peple had tried to make it seem a normal siva temple
Dear SPS and Gokul, Your Pallippadai temple articles tempted me to read Kalingattu Parani once again. SPS is cent percent right. Where-ever the war has taken place, a negative sort of vibes felt in that particular place, especially for those people who know the history of war perfectly.
The Kalinga war has taken place nine hundred years back, where I am sitting presently. Vizag, ok - very nice place to stay, but some how I observed no industry or trade other than naval and shipping related flourish and in fact failed miserably due to various reasons. Not only Vizag, the whole area of the present North Andhra where a most bloodiest war took place between Cholas and Kalinga, is still a backward area and people miserably failed in industry including Birlas, Marwari Jute Mill owners, and some big PSUs.
The whole chapters of Kalingattu Parani claims our land like 'Devils'world'.
When I was mentioning to one scholar about this, ha said that even Kurukshetra, in that sense looks like that. Of course I have not gone. People who know about present Kurukshetra can explain.
-Hi one thing I have noticed is even if the warfields remain within cities they are not private properties but public buildings.
the example i would quote is santhome. the most recent battles between the european factions have taken place here. almost 90% of the area around the church ( a large area indeed) is full of schools like rosary, st bedes etc. the same goes for the beach stretch from AIR to parrys corner which was constantly war zone is govt owned.
but then even srirangam and chidambaram have been centres of gory violence even till european times.but energy is different.
similar feelings to me also. even though bhubaneswar is so called capital all the industries got failed with more debts. even we are all talking bhubaneswar is a sinners place . may be because of kalinga war.
this happens at parlakamudi,jajpur, and all the war regions . this also is one of the good topis. practically we are living on the bebries of the past.
Hi Just out of curiosity I checked out on the present status of panipat the site of some of the greatest battles that changed indian history
here's what i found Panipat is a city of textiles and carpets. It is the biggest centre for cheap blankets and carpets in India and has a handloom weaving industry. Panipat also has heavy industry, with a refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation, a National Thermal Power Corporation power plant and a National Fertilizers Limited plant. three major projects under public sector - IOC Refinery, NFL and Thermal Power Station. Biggest Centre in the Country for producing Shoddy Yarn. Biggest Centre in the Country for producing low priced blankets. Biggest Centre in the Country engaged in Export of Cotton Durries, Made-ups, Throws and Mats. Larger consumer of rags for re-processing.
not that they have forgotten the battles there. 'Kala Amb' is a memorial built in memory of the soldiers who died in the battlefield of Panipat. It is said that blood of the dead soldiers was mixed with the soil and the fruit of a mango tree became black in color due to that and hence the name "Kala Amb" meaning 'Black Mango'.
I have been to kurukshetra.It is an underdeveloped place in haryana Currently it is a place of religious importance - there is a temple tank and the bhagwad gita place.
But the major area where the battle is said to have taken place is just empty. Vast area where you cannot see any trees - just dry land.
> When I was mentioning to one scholar about this, ha said that even Kurukshetra, in that sense looks like that. Of course I have not gone. People who know about present Kurukshetra can explain.