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PON VIMANAM :: THANJAI ?
Dear SB, Tamil prose was very well developed even 1000 years back and there was no need to hide the naankaam vEtrumai 'ku' in the sentence Srivimanam pon meiviththaan (which could have been Sri vimaanathiRku pon meiviththaan). Also, as SP…
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September 2005
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PON VIMANAM :: THANJAI ?
Dear Sathish, In the process of logical thinking letz not defame one of the greatest ever kings of india and the only one to have actually extended the indian frontiers overseas. When there is no solid evidence to prove that the Periya koil vimaana…
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September 2005
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Research and its philosophy
Krupa, One small clarification. The word 'Pon' is clear in the inscription. But the inscription doesn't call the vimaanam as 'pon vimaanam'. If the vimaanam was covered with gold, I'm sure, it would have got mentioned …
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September 2005
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Travellogue of the trip ?
Gokul, It was decided in the trip that Uma, Venkatesh, Sathish and Suganya will write their impressions of the trip (preferably in tamil) and it will be published in varalaaru.com as a special 'pathivu'. expecting the folks to send it in…
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September 2005
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trip
One clarification here! For the first-timers, it might look like the varalaaru team, (esp myself) and our periyaNNan SB sir cant even see eye to eye on many issues. But we actually enjoy doing this and we tend to pls devil's advocate of each o…
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September 2005
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My weekend news
Dear Venkatesh, The notice board in the temple claimed that it was sung by all 4 members of the esteemed quartet. I made the mistake of believing it without verifying, thanks for throwing light.
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August 2005
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Nilavarai
Muruganandham, RMHRC found 2 nilavarais during tehir recent research at thiruvalanchuzhi. One at the madapalli,other at the north-eastern corner of the perumandapam. Infact the second one is still in use with lot of bronzes. During their recent vi…
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August 2005
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My weekend news
Forgot to add a few more interesting tit-bits I gained from talking to Dr.Kalaikkovan. The endowments to thiruvalanchuzhi udaiyar given by Rajaraja is given from Thiruvallam (which was then called theekaalivallam). This temple is very close Arinjai…
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August 2005
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Mann Vasanai
HI Vijay, I'm out of town on Sunday. Let us see other responses. The place being so close to blr. we can do it as many times as we want I guess.
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August 2005
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Mann Vasanai
Folks, I was waiting for Saravanan/Suganya to post on yesterday's meet. Looks like they are busy. Me being relatively, though I could post. Kamal a.k.a Adhitha Karikalan, A.P.Saravanan, Arvind, Suganya and myself met up in forum and invariabl…
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August 2005
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Tanjore trip :: FINAL CALL
Bangalore vaazh PS makkaLE, Myself and Adhitha Karikalan are planning to join the rest of crew for the SEP 3rd trip in Chennai. I'm planning to buy the tickets to Chennai (from Blr) today. We are also planning to come back to bangalore direc…
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August 2005
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Kooththa Nool
Dear Gokul, Are u refering to the book which attepts to reconstruct various yazhs based on sangam and post sangam literature? It was written by Swami Vipulanandha adigal. Do u have a copy of 'kooththa nool'?
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August 2005
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C H I D A M B A R A M - Medieval Settlements
Swetha, I've raised this topic of Kulothunga torturing vaishnavites to DR. Kalaikkovan adn Dr.Kudavoil Balu and they both reject that theory as baseless...
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August 2005
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CHIDAMBARAM :: RAM
SPS, There is a Tyagraja Krithi "evarani" which brings out this news in a beautiful way. I wrote an article based on Thyagaraja's "non saraNagathi thatva krithis" long-back. It can be read in the following link http://www…
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August 2005
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Attn: PS members in Bangalore
I wont be arnd that week. it would be ok for me on anyday of the following week. Just see f u can grab me in, if it doesn't workout have fun.
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August 2005
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Chaturvedimangalam and Bhramadeyam
I have not read Vishnupuram but have read a couple of his works. I loved both the novels. One was a spoof on all crime novels, titled 'naangaavathu kolai' (can be read in thinnai.com archives). Other is a more intense novel titled 'ka…
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August 2005
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Goals for our group
Dear Sridhar, There is no debate on the worthiness of the research and documentation of he rajarajisaram. I was just trying today, that temple is real real huge and one's lifetime is not enough to do a complete research. However, we should st…
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July 2005
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Goals for our group
DR. Sir, The things u have listed are life time ambitions of scholars like Dr,Kalaikkovan, Kudavoil Balu etc :-)
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July 2005
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Kalki's Portrayal of Women
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May 2005
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Kundavai _ Vandhiathevan
Dear Suganya, VD must have been elder than RR as he was married to RR's elder sister. Uder normal circumstances, VD would have been elder than Kundhavai and hence elder than RR too. We are not sure if VD was very powerful during Rajendra'…
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May 2005
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Siva's daughter :: Dr.Kalaikkovan in www.varalaaru.com
Another point to ponder.... In north worship of Godess Santhoshimatha is prevailent and she is supposed to be sister of Lord Ganesha and Muruga.....may be she is the 'pEythozhilaatti' (being an ardent fan of Dr.Kalaikkovan, I shouldn'…
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May 2005
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Unread Kalvettus
Hi Suganya, Whats is said in that article is absolutely true. In our frequent interactions with Dr. Kalaikkovan, we have heard him say that not even 20% of the inscriptions in TN have been copied. Many of the copied inscriptions are waiting to be p…
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January 2005
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http://www.varalaaru.com/
Dear all, I'm extremely happy to announce the launching of a dedicated monthly e-magazine for thamizh history. www.varalaaru.com , today. In this site, we aim to share valuable articles from Dr. M.Rajamanikkanar Centre for historical research,…
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August 2004
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tamil poems
Dear Sri/Arul, Just an addition.. People did se Olaichuvadi and agreed it had limioted life however people copied and recopied the works and passed onto several gnerations...even now we can find several olaichuvadi copies of same work. There are…
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May 2004
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