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madurai vs thanjavur, pandyas vs cholas
All right all, Before we get carried away with our great tamil heritage, let us also reflect on the fact that we are basically a very intolerant and intrusive society. Even Coimbatore. Yes, my folks settled there after their retirement and altho…

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Are Panadeys and Pandyas related to our Pandiayans???
David Nalbandian was actually Draavida Nallapaandiyan.. his ancestors were from one of the obscure branches of the pandyas who, before Lemuria went under the sea, swam across the small river channel then connecting Lemuria to South America. His …

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chola blood boiling
I think you guys are being rather harsh here.. you are comparing a rather weak pandya period with the best of the chola period. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable about ancient Pandya history can illuminate more for us? I think Dr. Jaybee has don…

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deepening sethu
Well I believe the Sethu Samudram project is still in the same spirit as Bharathiyar's paadal and a hell of a lot more eco friendly than filling it up to make a road :)

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shadows and europeans
The story I heard is that it is that of an Italian soldier who saved someone while work was going on during the Nayakars' time. The then king was so pleased he had the relief installed.

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frescoes
Dear Venketesh, Have you any pictures of the three frescoes?

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THANJAVUR :: Chozhas Vs Mutharayas
Dear SPS, Awesome. THanks. Arun

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tanjore named after an asuran
I have some ideas about that which I wanted to write up as a story/play :) Unfortunately haven't found time for that *sigh* Arun

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thiruvotriyur
Dear Venketesh, I doff my metaphorical hat to you. Amazing knowledge of temples. Please keep these posts coming. Definitely teaches ignoramuses like me a lot.

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TN Maps
Dear Suganya, Wow.. Would be great if we could somehow work towards a consolidation of all this information. Hmm Will see if I can ask my dad to buy this book and shoot it over to me.

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Madras nalla madras
Dear Venkatesh, I have always been proud of my madrasi heritage ;) No questions about it.. My only point is that we tamils have done such a poor job of highlighting (even to our own people) such wonderful historical heritage sites.

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Temple Tours
Dear Venketesh, Thanks for that info. I wish we had things like the Historic District boards in the US or other Western Nations.,.. Damn! Arun

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Temple Tours
Dear SPS, How come these sites aren't highlighted? See, I was always under the erroneous impression that there wasn't much to see in Chennai... Fort St. George, Marina Beach.. Snack Bar.. er Snake park etc.. and then off to Mahabalipur…

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Re Udaiyar ..
Thanks Ramanath. I think my problem with Sandilyan is also in his style of writing. His sentences are LONG and meandering and one can sometimes come to the end of a sentence and have already forgotten how it began :) This is of course a matter of…

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Re Udaiyar ..
Dear Sridhar, I have read both Kadal pura and Kanni Maadam... They were ok IMHO. Nothing very great.. There wasn't the epic feel to these novels that there was to PS or SS. Again these are all IMHO. Views are subjective etc :) Haven;t read …

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Historical Sites :: Points to Ponder - 2
Dear SPS, Some really wonderful suggestions. One of the things I noticed is that travel brochures/information brochures in India are really lacklustre and frankly quite unappetising. Perhaps we can also take the task of creating information broc…

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Ponniyin selvan - prabanchan

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Thanjaavur Kovil...
Wonderful!~ thanks! Arun

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Ponniyin selvan - prabanchan
Dear Sampath, First, please call me Arun :). I don't have any disagreement with what you said. As I said, if he said it out of arrogance, that is still his opinion. And just like we have ours, he has his. And we are also well within our rig…

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Legends and sthalapuranams
Malik Kafur was a born Hindu? That's the first I have heard of it. Can you please give us some links regarding that?

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(unknown)
Welcome Indhirani. There are a number of people here who have extensive knowledge of tamil history. In my short time here I have learnt quite a lot from them and am sure you will. Also, please give your opinions on Ponniyin Selvan, the characters…

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Poll results for ponniyinselvan
Oh come on! :D this is a biased poll. You have a poll about this in a ponniyinselvan group and of course Raja Raja would come out tops!:p (Not saying that he wouldn't come out on top otherwise, i would have voted for him too, but the fact is…

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PS Facts and Fiction - Ravidasan Panchavan Brahmadhirajan
Hear Hear! Let me add my congratulations to SPS'. Must have taken a lot of time, patience, dedication and passion for the subject. Well done indeed!

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Kalki's Portrayal of Women
Ok Satish :) I HAVE to put my tuppence worth here. I understand the concept of being respectful towards elders but it is precisely this policy of NOT questioning our elders/seniors that led to the "dark ages" in our country. Human Knowl…

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Kalki's Portrayal of Women
Krupa.. you are treading very dangerous ground here!:P Paarthu irunga ayya!

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Kalki's Portrayal of Women
Appidithaanga solluvaanga :) kEttathilla? Horses Sweat, Men Perspire and Women Glow!

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Kalki's Portrayal of Women
Dear SPS, Great! Looking forward to your post on that!

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Kalki's Portrayal of Women
Aah the young brigade... thinking Ewen McGregor is Obiwan.. *shakes his head* : not a patch on Sir Alec! no maam. NOt a patch!

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Kalki's Portrayal of Women
Wow Pavithra... I think you covered pretty much everything that I wanted to say but didnt have the time to type out. I agree completely. Sivakami is a fantastic character because of the fact that she has all these contradictions that natural, nor…

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GOLDEN AGE :: INDIA
Dear Satish, That argument was very similar to George W. Bushś viz, there is NO proof that Iraq does NOT have WMD and hence they must have WMD. That is circuitous logic. The burden of proof lies on us. Sure we can believe anything we want, but t…

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