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Rajaraja Chola
> Yes, this picture from GKC. Siva crowns chandikeswaran.. not shiva crowns > RJC.. Two famous myths were propounded almost 20 - 25 years ago without any basis and both of them refuse to die. One is the famous karuvoor thevar - rajaraja pa…

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Hiranya Karpam
Udankattai is totally different from Hiranya garpam. I do not know the exact spiritual significance of this practice nor what is means - but it is something like going and coming out of a golden cow etc. In Thiruvisalur Rajaraja performs thulabh…

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Atlast we found the statue of Great Rajaraja I
> > where was the mention of the sangu and sakkaram first. > > copper plates? THIRUVALANGADU COPPER PLATES IF I REMEMBER > > does it have any vaishnavite significance Kings were considered as incarnations of vishnu ! "Thir…

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Muththaraiyar
> Is there any material available about the Muththaraiyars? Who was the NATANA KAASINATHAN "MUTHARAIYARS"

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Re PANCHAVAN MADEVI
> Not able to connect Panchavan Madevi with Pandya origin ! On rethinking this seems to be true. reason : Almost all pandiyan princesses who married cholas were identified as "Tennavai maadeviyar" and not as panchavan maadeviyar Pan…

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Uthama
> "Mathirai Konda" Uthama Chozhan !? > No way .. We will look into this detail more. Actually Dr.Nalini has written in detail about the madras museum plates in varalaaru print magazine. And if it had been the fact, she would have c…

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superb
> Then why would paranthaka II would want to give his > daughter in marriage to a rashtrakuta prince ?? This is very common. Parantaka I was a staunch enemy of pandiyas but had a "Tennavan mahadeviyar" as his queen. We are not sure…

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Rajarajan
> What was the title he adopted while being crwoned? When was the > title 'Rajaraja Devar' conferred on him? That was an interesting question - though I forgot what I have read in this reg Arumozhi thevar takes on the title mummu…

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photographs required
I have captured some good moments in low light one evening - I'll upload all the best and rare ones

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pyramids and the bigtemple
> When read of Hiranya garbam, it was stated that it was performed to I think the vedas begin with something like "Hiranya garbha tamavat...bhootasya jasas spathireka..." - I am no exponent of sanskrit or vedas so this info or verse…

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pyramids and the bigtemple
> one is a photo of the roof of a passage within the red pyramid. > it looked strikingly similar to the roof between the two walls above This is most interesting. Needs further research. > the second was the phot of a bent pyramid. > …

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Thirukkoyilur Inscriptions
Thanks swetha With some effort, I was able to gather all the articles from the same site check http://www.freehomepages.com/tamil-arts/volume2/contents.html > http://www.freehomepages.com/tamil-arts/volume2/articles/thiruk- > koyilur.html &…

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thebigtemple.com
Cholatemples.com is enough for the moment I think. members can share their opinion The next immediate thing is to have an IT ground where people can start putting in their articles.

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thebigtemple.com status
Dear Vijay Your good intentions are well understood Quick question : Have you reserved a web space along with this ? What are the technical features of the web server (ASP support, java support etc)

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thebigtemple.com
> I have a small suggestion too : Can we have a forum on the > website.We could, after the site is setup, use that forum to > interact. Why not interact here itself ? Managing 2 forums is a big task as ps- varalaaru proved it > > I …

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Artist Silpi's Drawings
> Anyways, I have some good news for you all. All of Amarar Silpis arts > are safe and maintained well by his son Sri.Mahalingam. All Amarar > Silpis paintings and line drawings are available for re-print. > > If required we definitel…

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Chola Administration in the new website
> -we should also add a chapter called "the rivals" about other > dynasties at the time who were fighting with the cholas > > It would be very nice adding RR's administration as > > Chola Administration. This is an…

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Artist Silpi's Drawings
> Silpi did a marathon serial in Ananda Vikatan from 1948 to 1954 > titled 'THENNAATTU SELVANGAL' visiting various temples and capturing > the beauty of temple sculptures the way only he can do. It is this series that i was badly…

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website content
> but first we need suggestions on the topics Dear Venkat I thought we already have a list of preliminary topics to work on - as suggested by amar He had drawn a high level plan of topics. I think we need to subdivide the larger categories bas…

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THEBIGTEMPLE.COM is registered!
Dear Vijay That is a good devt. I think we are still discussing the domain name stuff - but this is not a problem in my opinion. Let us go ahead and later on expand our scope. CMS I am ok with it though I do not have good exposure. You may have to…

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The Big Temple Website
> should we not include > > "tanjore thro the ages" as a chapter > Very much. The deterioration of Rajaraja to a leprosy patient (kirumi kanda choza) also speaks about the deterioration of a society at certain point of time in…

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Aippasi Sadhayam ::

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The Big Temple Website
Dear amar I've not been following this thread properly. Your idea seems to be great. A small suggestion from my side would be that while you enter the domain name make it something like cholatemples.com etc so that at a later date we can cover…

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PS Facts and Fiction : Aazhvar Kundavaip Pirrattiyar -3
> > Kundhavai's day-to-day activities are hard to guess. She would have > definitely had her say in many matters. Danti sakthi vitanki's inscriptions from thiruvalanchuzhi changes this perspective we all have in mind

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Yet another ardent fan of PS..
> there is an inscription of a person called kandar suriyan sambuvarayan Excellent and rare piece of info on poonguzhali and kandamaran ! Sambuvaraiyars did not (may not) have lived during the times of rajaraja

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Yet another ardent fan of PS..
> periya pv talks to chinna pv and calls him thambi kaalaanthaka. There was literally no research done on Pazhuvettaraiyar clan in Kalki's time. He just managed with what was available. Pazhuvoor pudhaiyalgal has the distinction of being t…

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Yet another ardent fan of PS..
> > Periya pazhuveyttaraiyarin unmai peyar enna ??? > (chinnavar peyar kaalanthagar endru ninaikiraen... > Orey oru idathail thalaivar ezhudhi iruppaar) Historic pazhuvettaraiyars are being dealt with in great detail in the PAZHUVOOR s…

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PS Facts and Fiction : Aazhvar Parantakan Kundavaip Pirrattiyar -2
> Maybe Ilaiya piratti was also given the title because she built/gave > grants to vinnagarams. Hi Swetha Good to see another azhvar - but I don't think this is the reason for her title

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PS Facts and Fiction : Aazhvar Parantakan Kundavaip Pirrattiyar -2
> I narrow down on two postulates... RR must have been really young > and thats why Uthama came to power, because AK was also killed then. > we assume that RR came to power at 30's based on PS. Do we have > proof. Probably he would …

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PS Facts and Fiction : Aazhvar Parantakan Kundavaip Pirrattiyar -2
> I remember a conversation I had with Mr. Nagasamy years back. he told > that rajendra's wife performed sati in a place near kanchipuram, i > think brahmadesam. After your mail even I seem to vaguely remember this thanner pandhal stu…

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