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how literate can a toddy gather be in ancient india
Its a toddy pot, so we canbe rest assured that Nakkan wrote it :-) Also any info on, when was toddy a start in our country ?

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sivakamiyin sabatham..
Mark podanum na history teacher biology subject thirutha koodathu... PS kannotathile SS pakka koodathu. Mahabaratham oruthar thaan ezuthinaar... Ramayanam pathi sollanuma? Sirithathu sengat singam... Deleting the super power ideology, Krishnar mathi…

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sivakamiyin sabatham..
Dear SPS, Koduthathellam koduthar...avar yaarukkaga koduthar, orutharukka koduthar illai oorukkaga koduthara... Appadi thaan Krishnarum... Manidharukkul upadesathil avarai minja yaar ullar?

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sivakamiyin sabatham..
Saravanan sir.... PS = Mahabaratham SS = Ramayanam apadi parunga. Kathai vithyasam thaan, aana Hanuman, Neelan, Jambhavan mahabarathathil irukkanga, inge oru sila char' will have some similarities but on the whole, i personally think they …

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sivakamiyin sabatham..
How can we compare SS and PS ? It is like comparing Ramayana and Mahabharatha! Ramayana is a 1 line story Mahabharatha - every line has a story.

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History of Murugan form Pre History to Sangam
Hello Vairam We can take this discussion offline and communicate via email if you would be interested in a longer discussion. Your research and article is very valid as it is He who prompts your work. Who knows what He has in store :-) But to …

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sivagamiyin sabatham
Malathi: Sivaji as Mahendra or Narasmha would be very difficult to digest... Physique alone would not match up. We know what happ to Veerabahudevar (and Lord Murugan coz of veera bahu) to Raja Rajan. So ideally speaking... none of the chars we kn…

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History of Murugan form Pre History to Sangam
The work with archeology is commendable and the article is impressive. To start, there is a quote in Kandar Anubuthi "Yaam odhiya kalviyum, yem arivum, thaame pera velavar thandathanaal, Poo mel mayal poi, arra mei punarvir namir nadaveer na…

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kannadasan
True, of all his songs, which mesmerize people this (kodi asainthathum) was the song that talks about 'Deja vu' and questions the very concept of what we percieve as truth and what is truth in essence. That is why this lands up as my fi…

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kannadasan
KD must be in par with the great legends of our time, a highly evolved spiritual person as every one knows. Of all his songs, the most catchiest with the greatest subtle spiritual tone would be 'Kodi asainthathum kaatru vanthatha'. Liste…

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sivagamiyin sabatham
Narasimha was not goody goody type...but infact I would say I envy a stunning and it is immaterial he was portrayed in such way by Kalki.

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sivagamiyin sabatham
SS was a fiction riding over what really happened. How would you make any story interesting without a tryst of love - emotion and drama? The plot was a simple one as Mahendra saves Kanchi but lost his country and is terminally hurt. Pallavas wag…

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RAJENDRA - I
6 kings who have never lost a war in the battle field Chandra gupta maurya, Ashoka, Karikala 1st sangam, RRC, RJC, Narasimha Pallava. it is a honor to have 4 tamil kings in the 6 list. I have been puzzled why the last 4 have never got the same pub…

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kannadasan
MGR dotting Narasimha pallava was to a large extent tolerable (many who read kalki would have visualized N.Pallava as a 6 ft breat build wrestler). What was difficult - saroja devi as sivakami... the abinayams were found wanting, i would have pre…

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decline of the cholas
1 thing could be a natural phenomenon, there is no singular dynasty across the globe to span for a long period of time. I am particularly interetested in the last good chola king Kulothunga III. He did rule for some time over a large territory. H…

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
the very concept of killing of a entity that is beyond the compromise of birth is not correct. When one is never born - there is no death. Sarabeswarar - did something like a 'DATA TRANSFER' of all the rudric amsam of Lord Narasmha. The…

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Sundarbans
Sundarbans I believe had the white tiger some time back not sure if it is still around. engeyo padithathu: Anga desam was typically bengal and bangla desh, where Karna had set forth, if myth is true in the physical plane :-). Kunti floats the chi…

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Members in midwest/southern US
Sunday after 2 pm (EDT) wont be good. Any other time is ok. lets get confirmation and we can jump in. There are conference lines we can use too.

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Members in midwest/southern US
Myself and Thiru are in michigan. We should plan a meet in webex video confr, I have a license for the same.

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dasavatharam
Expectation is a tricky ghost, too much of it can dampen the spirit, too less can make it dud!

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Kalki
So did Kalki give up on the cause and start historical novels ? Curious to know.

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iniya puthandu vazhthukkal
A point blank question, is this a blunt approval of the slipper garland process ? Vaariyar shouting in a session is NOT to be equated to this demonstration, I dont think that is a fair comparison. Ravana uttered the name of Rama more than any …

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Beautiful description of Madurai from Silapadikaram
Pothigai thendral - i remember reading something from ancient Agathiyar vay mozhi, it had something to do with the kutralam and agathiyar coming down south for the wedding of Shiva. I am searching for that hope to find it soon. if any one remembe…

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iniya puthandu vazhthukkal
Please read the entire message. I neither support nor critisize the DK. They are a part of a bigger play. Only a force called humans can destroy mankind.

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Contemprory tamil Scholars
Good point, we can find people who are very brilliant tamil literates and have not been on lime light. Hari krishnan works are amazing, I liked his vaali vatham episode tremendously. He gives out of the box explanations at many episodes.

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Contemprory tamil Scholars
If we are talking of 'Amarar' then we can go back to n number of scholars. Mu.Ka is a great scholar, no question on that. I would be curious to know his mastery over many tamil literacy documents over the years. There is no one single …

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iniya puthandu vazhthukkal
Velukudi Krishnan (check out his upanyasams). Solomon Paapaiya (Thirukkural - i have not seen any one better). even Ma. Nannan excellent tamil literates. Knowledge is like an astra, it works best only in hands of the dharma.

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iniya puthandu vazhthukkal
Hi Malathi My quote was not saying you disputed the fact of beliefs. My point is, the non believers are essential catalysts to spiral the believer clause.

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iniya puthandu vazhthukkal
Malathi , there is always going to be believers and non believers. My .02 cents... very purpose of Budhisum and Samana religions to have marched across the land was to revive hinduism. Gyana sambandar was the best example "padi vEdham padiy…

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iniya puthandu vazhthukkal
I have a question on these birth dates of Indian people, have we not gone by masam + natchtram than any western date ? was Jesus birth calculated by Roman calendar how was that adjusted against the Indian calendar...confusing.

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