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Where was Raja Raja Chola buried?
-Hi can someone explain in detail what a pallipadai is? i assumed a king (or queen) is cremeated and over the urn of ashes a shiva temple is built. originally it was for a fallen hero at the site of death. venketesh

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Chennai: 'Poornam' Viswanathan passes away
-Hi what most people dont know is pornams close association with kalki. poornam dramatised some of kalki's stories , i think he played the lead role in kalvanin kathali, drama. poornam had a distinct way of speaking and was a mimicry artis…

Comment by abhivencat October 2008 permalink
Chennai Meet
yes and areas like t nagar were wholly telugu. even in mint area many of the marwari areas have telugu style houses. why then did andra ask for madras. potti sriramulu fasted till death for madras to be added to the new state of andra venketesh

Comment by abhivencat October 2008 permalink
Chennai Meet

Comment by abhivencat October 2008 permalink
Chennai Meet
Perhaps we shall discuss the 'life and times of kalki' with lesser emphasis on ponniyin selvan thats because there is so much to him other than PS sathish since kalki was the official translator of gandhi's autobiography it must be…

Comment by abhivencat October 2008 permalink
Chennai Meet
I am yet to hear from muruganandam and nadarajan srinivasan. and satheesh kumar. venketesh

Comment by abhivencat October 2008 permalink
Chennai Meet
> > > > > > > > Will be there. Where in Marina Beach? I hope you have a standard > > location... normally we meet just behind gandhi statue and madan leads us to the molaga bajji area. my phone number is 94442 05292…

Comment by abhivencat October 2008 permalink
Chennai Meet
sivaram 5 pm oct 2 marina beach okay? venketes

Comment by abhivencat October 2008 permalink
Chennai Meet
Hi Not even sps can predict his programme on a weekend. i think we should go for 0ct 2nd. since navarathi may affect a lot of people'd plans venketesh--- In ponniyinselvan@yahoogroups.com, "Sivaram

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
Chennai Meet
they perhaps wont let you in kalki magazine has changed from the days of kalki namma usual place. marina.

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
Chennai Meet
vinjamoor venkatesh too

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
Chennai Meet
Hi Sivaram can you take over. list those coming for october 2. we could meet in marina or any other venue okay i also wish we could have a theme meeting. decide what we are going to discuss.

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
Chennai Meet
HI Sps weekend i think many will leave as a long holiday is coming vk, nadarajan, sivaram, chandra what do you all say. venketesh

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
Chennai Meet
Hi chennai members why dont we meet over the weekend. or on gandhi jayanthi. golu, sundal, pondra excuses thavirkavum. sps october 2 eppadi? we will have to decide today and tomorrow.

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
romantic vanthiyathevan
Hi Muruganandam is busy on his 2 books one on gandhi's assasination and a biography of khuswant singh both need to come out for the book fair.

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romantic vanthiyathevan

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romantic vanthiyathevan
. I definitely disagree on Pooguzhali, seems like a > classic male comment, no way malathi. she definitely had some psychological problems. the night walking, talking to the methane flares in the swamp etc.imagining them as her lovers too. sh…

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romantic vanthiyathevan
> > Dear Venkatesh, > > The British Prince who sacrificied (or refused ? )his Crown as he > fell in love with a Non-Royalty ... > > Then it must be King Edward ... king edward fell in love with a twice divorced american w…

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
romantic vanthiyathevan
Hi manimekalai was kalki's creation. so was kandamaran the nearest whom we have is kanda suriyan sambuvarayan who lived much later and did thirupani to the thiruvvakkarai temple. and perhaps kadambur wasnt even ruled by the sambuvarayans. ka…

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romantic vanthiyathevan
Hi i guess you mean edward the 8th ( later duke of windsor) and wallis simpson romannce? venketesh

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
romantic vanthiyathevan
I think you aare right pungkuzhali and senthan amudhan vd and kunthavai amv and vanathi all have a subtle political or personal angle to it vd talks so much about the lost glory of his kingdom that his love for kunthavai comes under suspicion. k…

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
romantic vanthiyathevan
> Manimekalai..is a true lover in the sort look at the other choices offered to her aditya karikalan and maduranthakan both direct heirs to the chola throne. she still thinks about vanthiyathevan wastes away and dies. kalki must have thought h…

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
romantic vanthiyathevan
Of course pungkuzhali is in KM nadarajan srinivasan one of the first to read the manuscript would have killed me other wise. but pungkuzhali is in a different role- she's the chola empress by then . venketesh

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
romantic vanthiyathevan
Hi check out mails no 8850 onwards. sathish you missed the 'appa paavam ammaa pavam' vasanam but nadaka mayil which dhiwaker used for vanathi and also said it was what pulavar keeran used to use for kaikeyi was just stunning. thro dh…

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
romantic vanthiyathevan
I wish someone would pick out the choicest of diwaker baskerans sayings and print them. his description of pungkuzhali or vanathi were priceless.

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
romantic vanthiyathevan
VT proposes to Poonguzali only as a joke, > he tells her if she has no plans to marry Sendan, he will apply to > that post. joke???? thats what they all say when rejected.

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romantic vanthiyathevan

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romantic vanthiyathevan

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
Blogsite on sculpture
Hi Kathie yes but i thought it was kajraho and in after thought wont a giraffee be out of place in kajraho. we have discussed it in the archives. i always imagine one african slave boy. kidnapped from etosha or some place where he has vivid mem…

Comment by abhivencat September 2008 permalink
How have names changed?
Hi do we have all the actual and political names of the chola lineage so that we can check whether they still exist. aditya rajendra still are in the vougue. venketesh

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