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Aryan Dravidan War! /Ariyar in the ancient tamil literature
northern parts of srilanka were ruled by a race of kings called ariyan chakravarthis who were initialy generals of the pandyas but asserted independence after malik kafur laid madurai waste. period 1270-1350 venketesh

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indian history
Hi sathish though the aryan theory generally seems to have been discarded there were many races which came in thro the hindu kush passes and settled in the indo gangetic plains. last week on a trip to himachal pradesh in a remote plains district…

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Art of cholas
> And the greatest triumph for the Cholas was brought by Rajendra I > when he marched right up to the banks of the holy river Ganga in > Bengal! There, to commemorate his achievement, he built the royal > city of Kumbakonam and const…

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Thakkolam!
Hi dakshinamurthy in thiru malapaadi sits on nandi any specific names for such a variant pose? venketesh

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Educating my 12 yr. old on PS & Tanjore temple
Hi when in chennai surely meet sundar bharadwaj ( sps) . I guess there is no other person who can create in your daughter a total and permanent sense of pride in her native culture. his love for the cholas and the book ps is his driving force. ve…

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Book on slavery in tamilnadu
Hi Madan what a co incidence ? I thought of that scene too. but then rrc inscibed the name of the sculptor on the temple along with lots of workers. others did not even have that courtesy. venketesh

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Book on slavery in tamilnadu
Hi madan I surely accept your theory that art( good art) comes out of freedom. I sincerely beleive creativity arises out o un boinded chaos. slavery if used for the temples must have been in quarry, transport, and rough masonory work. the skilled…

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Book on slavery in tamilnadu
Hi Madan If something really emancipated the slaves it was the industrial revolution.on an economical front It was cheaper to feed a machine than a slave and his family. really it was mechanisation that brought us to our humanitarian senses. a m…

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Vikrama Cholan S/o Parthiba Cholan!
kundavai is the name of the heroine in parthiban kanavu, the hero vikraman's mother, the chola queen is called arul mozhi devi. did kalki see a connection between his charecters? or did he run short of names. can somebody chronologically p…

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Vikrama Cholan S/o Parthiba Cholan!
-Hi if you visit mamallapuram definitely make a visit to the stone quarry which supplied stones for the temples. it is closer to the ECR by pass road 3 temples just like the pagodas in various stages of completion gives us an idea of how the te…

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Book on slavery in tamilnadu
Hi Rahul so tamilnadu was not a bed of roses compared to egypt. slavery was surely used (if not in higher stages like the sthapathis) but in lower levels like chiseling, dressing and heaving the stones. is there any reference at all in this boo …

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temple constructions
Hi Rahul I for one beleive prisoners of war and slaves must have been used for the rough work even in Big temple. The economy of the immidiete area would have been disrupted but for that. however there are others who beleive it was not possible.

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temple constructions
Hi Rahul excellent write up > In case of hollow pyramids the principle is still the same but the thickness > of the walls have to be greater as they have a hollow space between them. I > think the thickness of the wall increases as we …

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temple constructions
pyramidal structures were probably the best load bearing structures. > Their mass is minimal at the highest point therefore having least resistance > to wind. Hi Rahul I always thought a pyramid was the toughest to build, especially if it …

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temple constructions
Hi Rahul a lot of similarities between the buildings across continents are just the builder's common sense. There is a photo in the photos section which shows striking similarities between the internal support system in the big temple( 100…

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TEMPLES CONSTUCTED / RENOVATED BY SEMBIYAN MADEVI :: UTHAMA PERIOD
> > > > the temple in which. the deity was named after KANDRADITHAR at > > Thirunallam @ Konerirajapuram. Sembiayanmadevi village where > her Dear SPS very close to malapaadi village where sembiyan mathevi was born is a…

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TEMPLES CONSTUCTED BY SUNDARA & ADITHA KARIKALAN
Hi thiruvallam is a temple on the banks of a river called niva( just like vaigai shiva said "nii vaa" and the river sprang forth. The temple has highlighted all kalvettus with white and yellow paint and made it easy to read. venketesh

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TEMPLES CONSTUCTED / RENOVATED BY SEMBIYAN MADEVI :: UTHAMA PERIOD
Hi SPS There you are. I remember the kalvettu at thiruvakkarai because of another name. KANDA SUURIYAN SAMBUVARAAYAN. I always beleived kalki based his kanda maaran charecter on this name. Kanda maaran is one of my favourite charecters in PS who …

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TEMPLES CONSTUCTED / RENOVATED BY SEMBIYAN MADEVI :: UTHAMA PERIOD
I would like to add a word about thiru miyachuur. there are 276 devaram shrines totally. of these three are very different. thiru pugalur, thiruvaarur and thiru miyachur. all three have 2 shrines that have independent devaram hymns within the sa…

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TEMPLES CONSTUCTED / RENOVATED BY SEMBIYAN MADEVI :: UTHAMA PERIOD
-Hi Sps I vaugely remember sembiyan mathevi kalvettu in thiru vakkarai along with a name called " kanda suriyan sambuvarayar" was sembiyan mathevi not involved with this temple too?

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Uthama RJC
Hi all the cholas were paranoid about the pandyas. it was also true in the reverse. I remember swetha telling us all the sholavanthan place name is actually solavendran or something. two races with mutual distrust lasting a millenium . destroying …

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REVIEW OF UDAYARKUDI INSCRIPTIONS :: AK's MURDER
Hi Poornima, Kalki was genius. no doubt about that. but he was also handicapped by the fact that he had to write one bit every week. he was comitting himself in print with no opportunity to correct himself if he was found to be wrong. in this gro…

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REVIEW OF UDAYARKUDI INSCRIPTIONS :: AK's MURDER
Hi Poornima Sai Nandini is fiction. mathuranthakan is not. in actuality mathuranthakan became uthama. but kalki was a great fan of alexander dumas I guess and like him has a emperor growing up amongst the common man. so he created a charecte…

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Kannagi...
Hi all the ps group is indeed ahead of its times. what discussions we had on kannagi is going on in the columns of most news papers now. Many distasteful events did take place however like burning of ananda vikadan copies because writer gnani h…

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REVIEW OF UDAYARKUDI INSCRIPTIONS :: AK's MURDER
Hi all antha naal niyaabakam....... a literal flood of knowledgable mails. I would like to express my views too. first of all we should be able to seperate and see the attributes of a king. if building temples is the only criterion for a good …

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REVIEW OF UDAYARKUDI INSCRIPTIONS :: AK's MURDER
Hi Sps thats fantastic.. now we can also be happy the the old cases of history are being solved. the national geographic did such an investigation ( including ct scan of the body) of tutankhamen of egyp who was also possibly murdered. I am ver…

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UTHIRAKOSAMANGAI
Hi I have been proposing a pandya tour for long. I could ask somebody to arrange a visit to the palace @ ramnad too. venketesh

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UTHIRAKOSAMANGAI
Hi Sps uthirakosamangai is a very mystic temple. a jade nadaraja which would reportedly split when exposed to sunlight and is hence covered by sandal on 364 days a year. But the most fascinating tale is about the sahasra linga present here with…

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UTHIRAKOSAMANGAI
> Queen of Ramanad is the Head of this Devasthanam. > Dear SPS one small change. Ramnad samasthanam has a king for the last few years.HRH Kumaran Sethupathi. he heads all the temple devasthanams built by his anscestors including rameshwara…

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Ramayana and Tamil Nadu!
some more ramayana land marks in Hampi, Amongst the ruins of the Vijayanagara empire, is a cave known as Sugriva's Cave. The cave is marked by coloured markings. The place holds its similarity to the descriptions of 'kishkinda' in …

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