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Is it true or superstitious???
Jeevan, You are free to brush aside everything as myth.... But in Mahabaratha war, the army formation is counted in 'Akshauhini'. Pandavas had, i think, 7 Akshauhini's and Kaurava's had 11. Please refer the links for the count…
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March 2010
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saiva siddhantham-26
http://www.tamilhindu.com/2010/02/creation-theory-2/ The above article is by our member Jayashree Saranathan. Its amazing note the wealth of knowledge and the way they looked at inner and outer life. Mind boggling.. As SPS says, the more we know, …
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March 2010
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Is it true or superstitious
And just recently we discussed about Periya marudhu's armour and the size of him, and Swai Raja Mann Singhs structure. These recent time heros were able to fight in the battle field weilding nearly 20KG of armours, shields, weapons....today we …
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March 2010
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Center of Studies - Universities
U.Ve.Sa describes the ordeals he faced in his auto biography. He shares the pain that, many of the manuscripts have been burnt or thrown in water, as per 'tradition'. Actually, the 'tradition' is to make a copy of the worn out ma…
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March 2010
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Center of Studies - Universities
Wonderful Points Vairam. Thanks. But I read somewhere that Tholkapiar was 'shishya' of sage Agathiar...and if my memory serves me right, Nachinarkiniyar urai says this. Let me try to get my memory right and see whether I can get that refe…
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March 2010
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Center of Studies - Universities
Thanks Vairam for sharing these. "Other point to mention here is that Dravidians in general were very settled people with good knowledge in Agriculture and they weren't into meta physical studies as their aryan counterparts did. And the o…
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March 2010
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Maruthu pandiyarkaL
Dear SPS, Talking about armours and weapons those yester year heros used...I am reminded of Savai Raja Mann Singhs sword and shield in Jaipur Museum. The guide said, the sword weighs 5kgs and the shield 6kgs. Apart from this, his armour, helmet and…
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March 2010
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REACH MEET : 07.03.2010 - CHIDAMBARAM
Thanks for te update SPS. Last week I called Chandra and said I will attend this meet...but last minute could not make it as I had some personal emergencies. Thanks for the synopsis. Congrats Chandra...your work is really commendable.
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satish_arun
March 2010
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[Poetry In Stone|à(R)•à(R)²à¯ à(R)²à(R)¿à(R)²à¯‡ à(R)•à(R)²à¯ˆà(R)µà(R)£à¯ à(R)£à(R)(R)௠à(R)•à(R)£
Thats a wonderful point Gokul. Thanks for sharing. Even today, for the 'dasasu' people do a sort of 'nadu kal' atlease for the name sake. Now I realise the origin of it. Then Mahendra was a revolutionary in his times.... Good to…
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March 2010
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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] Where it all began in South India - Stone Circles| கல்தோ
I am not expert, but my 2 paise.. As Swami Vivekananda says, Indians (Hindus) found ways to live with the bare minimum things. No where in the world we can see this. In the west, people of wealth of revered, but in India, Even the great kings will …
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satish_arun
March 2010
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escape tunnels in forts
This is yet another proof to the thought we all have that, every fort has a escape tunnel. We have discussed more on this earlier. Talking about excavation...yesterday morning, in Kalaignar tv news, I saw a news item as follows - in a village (near…
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satish_arun
March 2010
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believe in God , not godmen
A million dollar question, which Dhiwakar also raised. If the 'swami' has been exposed, why should the actress be masked?? Why didnt the media reveal her? Isnt this a bias? If HE is wrong, then SHE is also equally wrong. why this partiali…
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satish_arun
March 2010
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SS - audio CD
Thats wonderful. Thanks Vijay, for sharing. Will make a good gift...
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satish_arun
March 2010
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happy birthday
Happy birthday to our special member...Kathie... :) Satish On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Pavithra Srinivasan
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March 2010
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Period of Azhwars :: Sri Aandal - Lunar month?
On Pongal day, I happened to watch a program in jaya plus - an interview with a scitinst couple - who were talking about India's astronomical prowess. They said that, the earth axis changes 1 degree every 72 years and there is provision in our…
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satish_arun
February 2010
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Period of Azhwars :: Sri Aandal
Wow..thats wonderful SPS.. Thanks for sharing. While speaking of Aandal...I like to share the two part artilce of our esteemed member Jayashree Saranathan... http://www.tamilhindu.com/2010/01/paavai-nonbu-and-thai-neeraadal/ and http://www.tamil…
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satish_arun
February 2010
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nellaiapper legend
I think I wrote t his already. I have seen muslim ladies lighting lamp for 'saneeswara' in nagai karonam.
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February 2010
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Why do we need to know about chola history
Vijay, A good question, but you might very well know the answer. The common man on the road has least idea about who RRC is or what is what, forget history. In decemeber end, I visited the chennai tourism and industrial exhibition in 'theevu …
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February 2010
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Watch Sun TV - 16/Feb/2010 @ 2230 hrs IST
Sankar, There is a 'kalvettu' fragment that has the word that reads like 'pon meyvita...' . So its speculated that the vimanam could have been gold plated. But many disagree with this for lack of proof and the for the same reaso…
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February 2010
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target 500
Thanks Venkatesh for the enlightenment....I always know that I am a block head and this forum is full of Stalwarts.. All along, I was thinking Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism are offshoot of Hinduism. I thought without Hinduism, these religions could no…
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satish_arun
January 2010
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Collaboration with the enemy
Exactly Venkat..thats what I too am saying. Atleast you got the message. :) Whether its progress or destruction, Indian History cannot be written without Hindu History. or atleast without the mention of the word 'Hindu'. You have struck …
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satish_arun
January 2010
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I dont think you are able to see where I am coming from... Liberal thinking doesnt mean that one should always oppose others and raise questions about evrything. I never questioned anyone criticizing the aspects of Hinduism. All I am saying is, whe…
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satish_arun
January 2010
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>> refer to the Archives for messages during the period of June 2005 and for almost a year thereafter. There will be jovial mails and also some real pearls. That is all I can say. Swetha, Good to see your mails again. While mentioning the ma…
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January 2010
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history of marriage
I really didnt want to write again...but like to share one interesting thing to the group. The below article is by our member, Madam Jayashree Saranathan,who is an expert in Astrology and varous other subjects. http://www.tamilhindu.com/2010/01/pa…
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satish_arun
January 2010
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Vijay, Finding good mails of the lot...I accept to some extent. But people leaving the group because of these...come on give me a break. intha pulicha mavaye evvalavu naal araipeenga... I have subscribed to nearly 7 or 8 groups. But after subscri…
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January 2010
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January 2010
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26th jan meet
Dhiwakar, namma Venkatesh veetu chetinadu tiffin matter-a ippadi potu udachitiye? cha...silenta nama rendu peru mattum poyirukkalam.. by the way...the worlds mokkiest novel is 'prathapa mudaliar charitiram', which incidently is tamils fir…
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satish_arun
January 2010
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26th jan meet
26th should be fine.As of now I dont have plans. Ramanath...heard that youare coming back for good. Welcome back...
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January 2010
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what did you buy in the book fair
Banarasidas was i think was towards the left side of the fair. Got a catalogue which is almost a mini book by itself. I think everyone is feeling that the book fair has lost its charm. Maybe because of over 'hype' in recent years, there i…
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January 2010
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what did you buy in the book fair
I forgot to share this info from book fair. Not sure how far it is true. I was checking out the PS books (chumma oru second copy vangalamnu...) and when I was chatting with the sales man in Vanathi pathipagam, I asked him, why dontyou publish PS wi…
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January 2010
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