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AK's MADEVI
> > dear sirs, > > was this habit of appointing a successor - co ruler practised by > other clans - chera/pandya /chalukya etc. would like to know since > even RJC appointed his son as co regent as early as his 1018...if > …

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Long due group meet
Me okay venketesh

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Thank you all, Your help is remembered.
via ECR and I > am interested to know more about your following mentioned places in > the ECR. Hi Raju welcome to the group from chennai to pondy in this order 1. thiruvidanthai nityakalyana perumal temple, with RRC edicts after croc…

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ANCIENT AND MODERN MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS
Hi Vk its a fashion in the world book industry to churn out books on management based on ancient texts,. other than thirukkural, bagawad gita and The Art of War written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. the last is very important with napole…

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Kollarama temple
-90% or more of inscriptions available are in temples and most relate to temple grants. we should look up on big temple inscriptions and record the percentage of non- temp from the info gathered from the kalvettus except for some punishment detai…

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big temple- an enigma
> > The lingam was installed first and then the vimanam built around it - > since the lingam was installed pooja started immdly Hi Vijay 2 tonne rocks being placed 200 feet above the lingam. the pujari who did the prayers must realy h…

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ANCIENT AND MODERN MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS
Hi Coming to think of it have we had a full fledged discussion on thiruvalluvar. what period? which place? what religion( jain or hindu?) venketesh

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kalki's film review
-Hi kalki's review was for baktha nandanar produced in 1942 actually nandanar was produced thrice in a decade. 1933, 1935, and in 1942- the last by vasan venketesh

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kalki's film review
Regretfully, Nandanar failed at the box office and `Kalki' in a famous review in Ananda Vikatan tore it to pieces Hi randor guy otherwise a good researcher made one mistake kalki had left ananda vikadan in 1941 and the movie was made by vasa…

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kalki's film review
Hi Kalki was harsh on most movies. he reportedly gave auvaiyar only a good chit. but as the saying goes, people who live in glasshouses should not throw stones.. thats what happened to kalki. all his movies were torn to pieces by the press which wa…

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kalki's film review
Hi Here are 3 of the articles http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/03/25/stories/ 2002032500190300.htm http://www.appusami.com/HTML/htmlv113/main/ALAVANDAR.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._S._Krishnan there is a small connection t…

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Karikal Cholan ruled TN before Nedunchezhiyan
Hi This gazette we are all referring to was printed in 1903-04. i wonder what the system of measurement was in the non- british world? I think the french used the gram system in the 1800's. is that ight. and what about the US. venketesh

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Karikal Cholan ruled TN before Nedunchezhiyan
Hi I dont think the canal was ever constructed. the gazette mentions detailed planning was going on. but one intersting thing mentioned was local villagers were quarrying for stone in the erstwhile palace and fortress foundations area even as la…

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Karikal Cholan ruled TN before Nedunchezhiyan
Hi check out gangai konda chola puram in the gazette. though they are a little confused on who actually built it they talk about a huge canal system in the offing to fill up the nearby lake. also lots about coins. and a new news- could be challen…

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Karikal Cholan ruled TN before Nedunchezhiyan
-HI Rahul Though I knew about this site earlier and had book marked it, i have been visiting it more frequently over the last two days fascinating accounts of how chidambaram temple and tanjore temple were used as gun powder storages by the europ…

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Karikal Cholan ruled TN before Nedunchezhiyan
try this link for a gazette. lots of references to tamil nadu towns in early 1900s http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/

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Karikal Cholan ruled TN before Nedunchezhiyan
Asylum Press Almanack and Directory of Madras and Southern India (1909)lists the zamindars of tamilnadu. this has been wideley referred to by Rudner, David West in Caste and Capitalism in Colonial India.

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Karikal Cholan ruled TN before Nedunchezhiyan
The largest Zamin in that area is singampatti. the family is related by marriage to both the royal families of sivaganga and ramanathapuram. there were a lot of articles in kumudam about this family.

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Real charecters in kalki's novels.
Real Charecters in sivakamiyin sabatham mahendra pallavan his wife( is she mentioned anywhere?) narasimhan his wife the pandyan princess(is she mentioned anywhere?) nedumaran mangayarkarasi pulikesi huen tsang- the chinese traveller paranjothi his …

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interesting read - the antecedants of RRc from his mothers side ( vanavan madevi
> > mother from paari and father from sembian ( sibhi) .... what > illustrious parentage. no wonder !! Hi Vijay the same parentage for aditya karikalan too!! venketesh > > meantime, chanced on this interesting article .... >…

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interesting read - the antecedants of RRc from his mothers side ( vanavan ma
HI SPS law point maathiri quote pannurathukku namma groupla jambavans are there. now sampath and last week it was swetha. really a pride. venketesh

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interesting read - the antecedants of RRc from his mothers side ( vanavan madevi
Hi Pari vallal was from sangam age I gues. he is reported to have been settled in many places. the place that bears a closest chance is piranmalai. even today some castes in tamilnadu claim a lineage from him. dont sambuvarayar and malaiyaman figh…

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SAMBUVARAYARS DURING CHOLA RULE
HI Naresh could i request you to go a little slow . two days back we started with the descendants of the cholas and the book mentioning them. then we jumped to the pandyas. now the sambuvarayas. we need some meaningful discussions to analyse new…

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Veda giri temple
Hi manicka vasagars famous temples of auvudaiyatr koil and uthirakosa mangai were not sung by the devaram trio. thiruvannamalai sung by manikavasagar but skipped by sundarar. other temples sung by all 4 include chidambaram, sirkali,thiruvarur

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Sundarar

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Chola Pandya branches..
the nature of the Pandiyans.The > Pandiyans differ from Cholas in one aspect.The Pandiyans were known > to quarrel for the throne. Hi aditya karikalan was murdered for the chola throne. we have murders later also. its not the nature of the…

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Veda giri temple
Hi thiru kalu kundram( the temple in the foot hill) is one of the very few temples sung by all four samaya kuravar. venketesh

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Royal women power
Hi there are three sevi vali stories i have heard. couldnt find them in record though 1. lord shiva admires himself in the mirror, and says " sundara" that image pops out and to account for it he sends it into the earth. so sundara ia a…

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Royal women power
Lord Siva storms into Sundarar's > marriage party and took Sundrar for him by force. > THADUTHTHAATKONDAAR. what a paradox. when you hear of shiva taking pains to come and wreck sundarars wedding we all expect that the lord wants all …

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Who is a better devotee?
1. Both S/Shri. Sundara Moorthy Nayanar and Thirugnana Sambandha Nayanar were considered to be direct divine creations ie., born with Gold spoons, So they had and enjoyed the Special previllages. Hi sundarar sothanaikku utpattat…

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