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Diksha
Dear SPS, Thanks for the detailed reply. One thing became clear after reading your mails. This aagamas, rituals, yogas etc. are way out of my reach. Can you suggest a simple starting point for us? May be these things can never be simple. I wou…
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September 2006
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World Tourism Day - Sept 27th : Thiruvalanchuzhi
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September 2006
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hai i named My kid as Arul Mozhivarman
Hi All, As SPS mentioned earlier, I had been to Thiruvidavendhai on saturday and was thrilled by "Rajarajan ThirunaaL". The ASI board mentions this inscription and also claims 12 fishermen were co-ordinating a weeklong 'thiruviza…
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September 2006
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Mahudamagam :: Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam
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September 2006
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Mahudamagam :: Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam
Hi all, These links locate sources from which buy makutakama. If that is done, I'm sure all doubts will be erased. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2583/books.html http://www.allbookstores.com/book/8186768173 I shall try my bit in acquiring …
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August 2006
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AADI - 18 on AUGUST THIRD
Madan, Let me add my wishes for aadi 18. I would be travelling to the US then. I will have to miss the meeting I guess.
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July 2006
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Raja Raja chola....
Dear Uma, That is a differnt Lavanya. She helped me with the first brush with our one and only SB.
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July 2006
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Thakkolam!
shankaran, it is the same. (can bee seen in travelogue too). Do u remember howm much we had to struggle to take of pic. of dhakshinamurthi. taking pics of other icons were fairly easy.
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July 2006
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Thakkolam!
Venkatesh, I'm not sure. can refer in gopinath rao's book or enquire with kalaikkovan though. shall get back to u. ram
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July 2006
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Thakkolam!
Itz tough take a pic. of dhakshinamurthy in thakkOlam. other icons are easily capturable as pics. The dhakshinamurthy icon is a rare depiction in terms of iconography. usually one finds the lord with crossed legs called 'veeraasanam'. the …
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July 2006
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Thakkolam!
Itz tough take a pic. of dhakshinamurthy in thakkOlam. other icons are easily capturable as pics. The dhakshinamurthy icon is a rare depiction in terms of iconography. usually one finds the lord with crossed legs called 'veeraasanam'. the …
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July 2006
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Thakkolam!
RjC, These travelogues have ramnath's pics: http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=256 , http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=287
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July 2006
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Group meeting and trip on 23rd July
SPS/Gokul/others, I will join too.
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July 2006
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kavyadarsa - Dhandi - Samskrit poets - Pallavas
Hi, "avanthi sundari katha" is definitely traceable. I just finished reading Ma.Raajamanikanaar's "pallavar varalaaru", he quotes this work as a primary literature and tries to deduce some historical facts from it. Pallavar…
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March 2006
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Beach Meeting on Saturday
I will be around in Chennai too. Pls. do confirm on timings, I shall try and make it for sure.
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February 2006
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What letters are these?
Saminathan, It is the Rajasimha period Pallava grantha. I shall consult with Lavanya/Dr.Nalini and get back to you on this. It is belongs to the Dharmaraja ha, it may as well denote a "biruda" of king Rajasimha (He has several virudhup pe…
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February 2006
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Kundarakudi Temple-Pandyas, RR Inscriptions..
Dear Saminathan/Raj, Varalaaru jornal is an annual/bi-annual (depending on editor's convenience) run by Dr. M. Rajamanikkanar Centre for Historical Research. It can be obtained by contacting Dr.Kalaikkovan. Here are the contacts: Dr. M. Rajam…
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February 2006
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Kundarakudi Temple-Pandyas, RR Inscriptions..
Raj, KunRaikudi is a great Pandya Cave temple. We have had the fortune of visiting it with Dr. Kalaikkovan and Dr. Nalini. Their work at ThirukOLakudi cave and kunRakkudi cave has been published in the "varalaaru journal (not varalaaru.com). T…
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February 2006
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Buddas in Big Temple
Dear Venkatesh/Diwakar, I think my mail is quoted out of context. The mail has nothing to do with constructive criticism. The article made me angry not because it did not mention the historians I know. The article is published in a popular newspape…
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November 2005
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Buddas in Big Temple
Dear Sridhar, The article in hindu made us fume with anger esp. after reading the lines "This monument awaits a scholar like Shobitha Punja who unravelled the mysteries of the Khajuraho temple.". The presence of the Buddhas and the prope…
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November 2005
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Buddha
Group, In fact, I was the first one to react to Kamal's mail and I thought my mail did convey that Kamal had carried out a spoof. Never realised that there would be a detailed discussion on this:-)) My boss reapeats this often, "Never un…
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October 2005
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GNB
there is a typo. it is 19th century and not 9th century. reg. subbarama dikshithar.
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October 2005
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GNB
Venkatesh, Yes. Thyagaraja's maternal grandfather Girija Kavi was a poet-composer at Serfoji's court. However, not much is known abt. him to say if he laid the foundation of wonderful creative and artictic climate at tanjore court. Tanjor…
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October 2005
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GNB
I meant right "OR" wrong. karuththup pizhaigaLoda ezhuththup pizhaigaLaiyum mannichudavum:-)
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October 2005
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GNB
Dear Sathish, Below are my views which may be right are wrong. When we look back at carnatic music history, with the limited data we have, the music performance was more of Raaga singing or pallavi singing. There were minimal or no renditions of k…
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October 2005
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Atlast we found the statue of Great Rajaraja I
oru vELai raaja raajan kadaisi kaalathula Sivapaathasekaran-aa irundhu bore adichu pOi buddhism-kku shift adichu iruppaarO? Seri! seri! enakku en veeN vambu!!
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October 2005
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varalaru-font
Swetha, if u are referring to varalaaru.com (many get confused as there is varalaru.com too), it is based on Unicode. You might have to set ur encoding to user defined. Usually the fonts are dynamic and doesn't require any installation of font…
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September 2005
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Pon sei visit
Dear Venkatesh, We had this discussion on Ponsei during our recent trip. I know for sure that the temple is refered as 'ponsey nalthuNai eeswaram'. I'm not sure if both thiru nani palli and nalthunai eeswaram are same. This doubt grow…
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September 2005
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Research and its philosophy
Dear Satish/Kamal, It is for sure that the kuLavudan koodiya tharangam transformed into a vettu podhigai. And that transition did happen during RRC's reign. As an effort to pinpoint when exactly this transition comes across and when does the k…
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September 2005
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PON VIMANAM :: THANJAI ?
Let me bolster my questioning with the attached picture. The attached pictures are the snapshots of the inscription we are talking about. As you can see the first line that goes something like 'zudaiyaaruLa', which clearly indicates that …
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September 2005
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