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saiva siddhantham-conclusion
Dear sir Nice summary. Kindly see "Art thought and religion of the Bhairavas" by Dr.R.Nagasamy. It very much falls in line with your study and will be a treat for you. Also, "The presence of shiva" by stella krarmrisch. Gokul.S

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Chidambaram - Golden Roof
Very good one Satish.

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RELEASE OF BOOK :: RAJARAJESWARAM
Dear SPS, Thanks for the update. The book is his lifetime work. I'm sure every bit of it will be enjoyable.

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Maruthu pandiyarkaL
Why Jaipur? Just go to the Museum at Nagappattinam. The sword in this museum cannot be even be lifted by one person. G

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RELEASE OF BOOK
I was fortunate enough to contribute to Dr Kudavoil's magnum opus RAAJARAJEECHARAM in a very little way - like a squirrel in Sethu. Few years before myself, kudavoil and a friend went to Rajarajeswaram. USually we will be standing at the upap…

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field trip
> 2. Two Cave temples near Namakkal - almost contemporary to Mallai.. by Adhiyaman... One Aadhivaraha... another " Adhiyaman Vishnu Graham " Thanks SPS for very informative mails. Namakkal has 2 caves - one with Narasimha as main deit…

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Thakkonam Temple Snaps
The temple is called Thakkolam Jalanadiswaram. http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=287 An inscription of aparajita discovered by Dr. R.N confirms the belief held earlier that this is a late pallava temple. Thakkolam - the war in which …

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Tripurantaka vadha
In one version, one of the asuras is VAANAsura who becomes a kudamuzha player to shiva. Dealt with great excellence by Kudavoil (Book: Kudamuzha) Gokul.S

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Parantaga Chola inscriptions in Tiruchanur Padmavati temple
Now you have made this topic even more tempting. Thanks.

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Parantaga Chola inscriptions in Tiruchanur Padmavati temple
The web page gives AD 966 as the date of Samavai. Could not have been a Pallava princes right? G

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Parantaga Chola inscriptions in Tiruchanur Padmavati temple
Wonderful info. Thanks Sankar

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Best Photo / Blog award in our Group
> We can institute an ANNUAL AWARD - say for TOP 3 positions - Very good suggestion SPS. Sep 9th is the perfect date for the occasion G

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Best Photo / Blog award in our Group
BEST POSTING IN THE GROUP DESERVES AWARD TOO.

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Karaikkal ammaiyar
Badami if I am not mistaken. I unfortunately forgot to save the sculpture. Need to look for it again.

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Karaikkal ammaiyar
I was very intrigued when I saw Karaikkal ammaiyar in some early chalukyan sculptures - predate mahendra !

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Dear all Thanks to swarna, Siva and Sri on this topic. The novels are not available online - had to remove them after they were published. Swarna - you will be able to get them in any Palaniappa brothers stall. Recently they were on display at Tha…

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Period of Azhwars
Aazhvargal Kaalanilai - Mu Raghava Iyengar History Of the srivaishnavas - T.A. Gopinath Rao

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MURUKA WORSHIP IN TN w.r.t. SANGAM LITERATURE
A response to this article: http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=222 Could not find the original article of the scholar.

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MURUKA WORSHIP IN TN w.r.t. SANGAM LITERATURE
There is an extremely beautiful article on Early Muruga worship by Iravatham Mahadevan linking Indus icons with murugan - velan concepts G

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Krishna - Buddha - Jaina
Stunning details. Thanks.

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AVANI GANDARVA ISWARA GRIHAM- Balarama worship
A detailed article by Dr.RNagasamy explains the vellai nagar vazhipadu - white snake worship I begin to think that the snake statue we see in almost every single temple sometimes with krishna and sometimes without krishna is a reminiscence of balar…

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Rajakesari
Dear Mouli Thank you. Let me know what you think about Paisaasam also. It was a kind of genre different from Rajakesari. Cherar kottai - though considered to be a continuation of rajakesari - does not suffer from 'Rajakesari hangover' (I…

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List of temple built by Chola kings
SR Balasubrahmanyam's books: - Early chola art - Early chola temples - Middle chola temples (RRC period) - Later chola temples

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BOOK REVIEW - SEMBIYAN THAMIZAVEL BY C. SENTHAMIZSSEAI.
The nexus between cholas and Gangas is one area which has not been researched very well. The relationship was at its peak aditya parantaka period. Even kodumbalur princes married ganga princesses. Epigraphical references available. Then one war ch…

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Kalamugas and Kapaligas
Thanks for the comments and posting some of my old emails SPS. Seems I had better things to share 6 years ago:-) I just learnt yesterday that one of the sculptures in Elephanta is that of Lakulisa. The whole cave is dedicated to concepts and ritual…

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Paisasam-Great story
Thank you very much Vaidyanathan.

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Udaiyarkudi inscriptions
Pl see http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=374 http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=383 http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=406

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The Maharaja, the State, and the Temple [autobiography of the Travancore Maharaja]
Very good one. Thanks Thiru.

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Nagappattinam to Swarnadweepa
> I can experience your joy. Is there any write-up about the excavation? A small writeup was published in aavanam-2009

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Nagappattinam to Swarnadweepa
This book features a British painting of 18th century showing the full vihara compelx as it existed before the demolition (not just the towers but the whole complex) Incidentally, I was fortunate enough to see all the items from a recent excavation…

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