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Uththama Chozhan - Sendhan Amudhan - Choose your pick
It is certainly interesting to speculate on the characteristics of S.M.D and U.C, but for the lack of evidence, I prefer the policy of holding all people (historical or contemporary) as innocent till proven guilty. Regarding the succession, it shou…
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July 2005
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thalikulaththar aalayam
Asuran
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July 2005
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PS Tour
Kamal, I am certainly interested. Ideally in August.
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July 2005
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Lighting protection Big Temple
Generally Kalasams act as conductors and since they are often packed with insulating materials like Ummi/grain etc., Whether and how it applies to Rajarajeswarm, which has only one kalasam (?)., we must consult experts
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July 2005
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Madras nalla madras
And Sekkizhar hailed from Kundrathur-Pallavaram area. Even in recent history, Subramanya Bharathi had his years in Thiruvallikenni. Papanasam Sivan was a Mylapore vaasi. If you dig deeper you would find quite a few of laureates of Pallava times ha…
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July 2005
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Temple Tours
Temple tours: I would love to do both - GREATER CHENNAI tour.
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July 2005
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thiruvasakam
I agree. If you drop off comparisons and ignore the background of the lyricists/composer/style etc., and listen to it as a just music, it is an elevating experiance. Then if you do want to analyse it, keep it mind that music like all arts is very …
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July 2005
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temples like rajarajeshwaram
During the nineties when we were in Trichy, the standard weekend trip we used to do family and friends was. Thanjavavur/Thirubhuvanam/Darasuram and GKCpuram separately. These 4 temples built during almost successive Chola regimes, showcase the evo…
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July 2005
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Aavudayarkoil
You have bought back a lot of memories now. It has been 10+ since I visited it, now I remember the 2 statues, the royal pompous pose of the Minister-Manickavasagar and the same figure replicated as the Adiyar, not only has the dress and pose chang…
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July 2005
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manickavasagar
Thiruvasagam's literary idioms are more modern than Devara Muvaar, though evidences are yet to be resolved, given the language, the maturity of treatment, I favor Manickavasagar being later than the Devara Muvara, that would make him within 100…
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July 2005
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thiruvasakam
Let me say it before I analyse it, I loved the music, it is a great work. Now the Criticism. Instead of the music being a setting for Thiruvasagam, I felt that irrespective of the lyrical composition, the music would have still been great. So it i…
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July 2005
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manikavasagars era
We know that Thirunavukkuarasar was a contemprory of Mahendra Pallava and since Thriugjanasambandar was contemporous with Appar, his times are also fixed. Was the Pandya king- husband of Mangayarkarasi "Koon Pandiyan" same as Arikesari Pa…
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July 2005
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TIS
I think Aavudaiyaar kovil and Thiruperunthurai must be the same place. Not sure though.
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July 2005
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TIS
Aavudaiyaar koil - Not sure about the route, I went from Trichy through Pudukottai, it is near the sea coast much north of Tuthukudi
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July 2005
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TIS
Aavudaiyaar Kovil is much associated with Manickavasagar and is tha place where supposedly Paris were morphed into Nari vice-versa. Sculpturally one of the most beautifully temples in South India, could be ranked in the top ten, though not as popul…
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July 2005
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The Cholas by K.A.Nilakanta Shastry
Not sure where you would get it in Kovai, but I bought both History of South India and The Cholas by KANS at LANDMARK chennai, perhaps you can contact LANDMARK over the net and arrange the purchase. It is a great book,no doubt. But from this group …
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July 2005
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Poll results for ponniyinselvan
Sorry, Missed the Poll I read that Srirangam is the largest "live" hindu temple and Angkor Wat the largest - But not live - no worship hindu temple in the world.
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July 2005
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Ponniyinselvan - the movie.
On the association of Mutts of today with the royals of history, I have some opinions, The mutts of today are mostly Vedantin mutts, in south India those either belong to Sankara/Vaishnava-Ramanuja/Madhav parampara. To my knowledge of history, the…
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June 2005
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Ponniyinselvan - Sankaracharya & Ramanjuar
Another good source to look into would be Kovil Ozhugu, which chronicles the activities of the Sriranga temple, its traditions and conventions. I believe the Kirumi Kanda Chozhan of Vaishnavities was Kulottunga II, tradition holds that he threw the…
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June 2005
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Ponniyin selvan - prabanchan
I just had a rapid glimpse of the discussion. Have couple of thoughts on it, 1) History is an ever growing field, with advances in anthropology/archaelogy and epigraphic evidences shed more light over it, we find lot of things we thought was hi…
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June 2005
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