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Ponnar-Shankar Legend
Hi, My kula deivam is annamar swamy, another name of Ponnar Sankar. We used to conduct kunnadayan story in our temple every sivanrathri. The original story as played by these traditional artists differs a lot from what karunanidhi wrote in his no…
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nesam_virumbi
April 2011
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saivism and vaishnavism
Thanks you sps sir.. Excellent compilation covering all aspects of history.. however, there is some small hitch here.. It seems from your mail, that shiva emerged only after buddha.. In that case, Sriram worshipping shivalinga at rameshwaram seems…
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nesam_virumbi
February 2008
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saivism and vaishnavism
Thanks sps... I heard that there was heavy fight b/w shaivites and vaishnavites.. i wonder, how RRC being considered avatar of vishnu, built a shiva temple (big temple), if there was so much enmity b/w both sections.. (inspite of the event of kazu…
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nesam_virumbi
January 2008
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Who owns the media in India? Interesting
Hi, This is really interesting discussion. Particularly, if we watch the pattern in which news reporting is done, we can easily judge, where the root lies :) Is there any proofs, or references, where the ownership is exposed? i came across this…
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nesam_virumbi
January 2008
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Intresting topic and anlysis Imperialistic Cholas Vs Im
Hi, I too dont want to prolong this topic.. there is no point in emotionalising it.. THe reason why i posted this discussion was to discuss the ethics followed in the wars followed by our kings.. and particularly since, some of the members equat…
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nesam_virumbi
January 2008
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Imperialistic Cholas Vs Imperialistic Europe
Good one.. However, my query is on the effect of such wars on the society and common people.. All wars are ruthless.. there is no doubt in it.. But, how those wars are conducted and what effect they had on the common people. There are certainly …
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nesam_virumbi
January 2008
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Mayan civilization
Thanks Ravi.. I too have the same opinion, that whatever is stated should not be taken as it is.. My personal opinion is that such boar theory could have been evolved as a symbology to indicate the position of kapilaranya region.. (Its better to …
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nesam_virumbi
January 2008
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Imperialistic Cholas Vs Imperialistic Europe
Madan.. I dont have any references to quote now.. I just got this feeling, and shared to this group.. Probably this discussion may bring about more details your mail is very Interesting vijay.. In this group, some posted a very lengthy detail o…
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nesam_virumbi
December 2007
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Mayan civilization
Madan, I just mailed based on various sources that i came across in the past. I dont claim all these to be valid or true, but since, the mail chain was some what related, i shared my views. Regarding californiam, the actual sanskrit name quoted w…
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nesam_virumbi
December 2007
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Mayan civilization
Its really very interesting. Some of the points i would like to note are: 1. Prior to islam and christianity, almost all people of this planet were nature worshippers. Europe was full of tribes, with indigneous culture, worshipping nature. Today…
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nesam_virumbi
December 2007
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Benazir - History repeats
Poverty cannot be alleviated to religious fundamentalism.. Rather, its the ideology behind religious terrorism.. If we find the conspirators of twin tower attack, or mumbai bomblast, or parliament attack, most of them are highly educated persons..…
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nesam_virumbi
December 2007
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Understanding pre-british india correctly
Thanks ravi & siva.. I feel, encouraged..
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nesam_virumbi
December 2007
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Did RRC looted maldives and lanka, similar to britishers?
Hi Venkat, I feel, you are degrading our own kings too much. The soldiers did not participate in war, not just for loots. There could be more than that.. Those who participated in war belongs to all castes.. In the epic of our community Called …
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nesam_virumbi
November 2007
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Did RRC looted maldives and lanka, similar to britishers?
Hi Vijay, War is Ruthless.. Its no doubt. Infact, from what i understood from my little knowledge of our tamil literature, which i studied during my school days is, that, the ruthlessness is attributed to bravery.. A brave man is aggressive.. Bu…
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nesam_virumbi
November 2007
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British India vs Post Independence India
Hi, This is a good compilation of the discussion.. and you have eased the situation with your analogy of cricket :)
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nesam_virumbi
November 2007
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gandhi's mode of action
Godse is a staunch follower of gandhi, and infact participated in freedom struggle inspired by gandhi.. And he is a staunch brahmin.. and he is not a extremist freedom fighter too.. HIs decisions are rational, and properly reasoned out. THere is …
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nesam_virumbi
November 2007
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British India vs Post Independence India
Venkat, I accept your view, that the entity of india was british creation.. we are lands of small kingdoms, which existed under large kingdoms. But, i would like to emphasize that we are culturally united, and the common masses in our ancient indi…
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nesam_virumbi
November 2007
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British India vs Post Independence India
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nesam_virumbi
November 2007
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British India vs Post Independence India
Dear Venkat, I have given enough proofs for my points, and please refer to them. "We should see history as it is, and NOT As we are" If we judge history by our own morals, then it would not be history. but bunch of facts to be hated by …
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nesam_virumbi
November 2007
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British India vs Post Independence India
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nesam_virumbi
November 2007
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Digest Number 2525
There are so much discussions going on this group, which is very very useful and valuable. it would be great, if we could document them somewhere else, .. probably we can start a wiki for this, where we can dynamically edit the content.
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nesam_virumbi
September 2007
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education in ancient days
I dont know about ancient tamil education. But, i will bring about how the education was in our village some 50-100 years back. Probably, we can extrapolate to guess the education system of ancient tamilnadu. Our village had no brahminical temple…
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nesam_virumbi
September 2007
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Periyar and Dravidasthan
I feel, the basic concepts of periyar itself is wrong. On analysing more facts on our history, i feel, periyar would have been mis- understood on the prevalent social conditions. I would like to highlight the following points. As per dharampal…
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nesam_virumbi
August 2007
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A history of kashmir pundits - by Jia Lal Kilam
Do you believe, these stories are reliable???? How can the muslims be assumed to become broad minded, when they destroyed the very foundation of each and every non-islamic culture they came across. The caliphs, slaughtered even the sufi muslims, b…
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nesam_virumbi
July 2007
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