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K A D A M B U Rs
-aaditya karikalan was a man in a hurry. entered the battle field at 14(?) fell in love earlier than that. did you notice even his language. we could always find him jumping to conclusions,( the hunt at kadambur) i always imagine ak's voice slu…

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chola capitals their desertions?
Dear sri was puhar abandoned after a tidal wave? or before the legendary wave that destroys the town. nagarathars of chettinad were initially traders in puhar. the frequent flooding of their godowns created a fear psychosis. a 1500 years later , n…

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K A D A M B U Rs
not that bronze but another stone idol possibly a dwarapalaka was vandalised > Rajavelu) visited Kadambur about a decade back. There are two > Kadambur/s. Melakkadamubur (West) and Keezhakkadambur (East). > Udayarkudi - Veeranarayaperu…

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New Photos Uploaded - India - Lanka Bridge
Dear Sps i think this dance of shiva in kadambur is called the pradosha murthy year before last ( on new year)when i went to kadambur i was told some fanatic got in on dec 6th and with a hammer and broke an idol or two within the temple. i could no…

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New Photos Uploaded - India - Lanka Bridge
dear arun photos were great. these were taken during high tide and all land mass gets into the water. the photo in madras musings is in low tide when water levels are said to drop by 1- 2 metres. the 22 islands are seen in the pic.

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adams bridge
Dear Sri, now that you reminded me , alwarkadiyan has a big fight witht the shaivates and is brought before the prime minister. and i think he reprimands the pm for having deserted the vaishnavite faith. and kalki in the words of adiyan asks the pm…

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deepening sethu
friends there is no politics whatsoever involved in my opinion you cannot build a construction within 500 metres of high tide line( the farthest the waves can come) that is because it will damage the environment of the sea there are islands in the…

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elephants
dear nandan elephants are not totally out of context . among other things our hero was an accomplished mahout and could even speak their language. and our dear alwarkadiyan was nearly despatched by one pachy derm to his favourite vaikundam in lank…

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madurai vs thanjavur, pandyas vs cholas- Stop
LETS STOP tamilnaattil oru idaththai kuuda vittu vaikka villai. ellaa ottai odaisalum ambalaththukku vanthudum polirukku > > > --- In ponniyinselvan@yahoogroups.com, Arun Krishnan

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elephants in war
indians were the first but not the only ones to use elephants Hannibal 247- 182 bc of carthage took elephants across the alps when he was fighting the romans. Hannibal probably used a now-extinct third African species, the North African elephant, sm…

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Uththama Chozhan - Sendhan Amudhan - Choose your pick
yes sir right you are when you said "And I do underrate the effiacy of chozha justice either that they would accept Uthamma as the king even after possible involvement in AKs death." the cholas were known for their impeccable justice s…

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Peravai and Maiyam
dear vijay you are right uraiyur needs to stand alone from the rest of chola towns the city of guts the initial cholas called it when a chola king came on an elephant in a parade a chicken/cockerel stood in the way of the elephant and refused to bu…

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son after father
Thanks Srithar i stand corrected i missed arinjaya cholan there was a similar period in delhui where for over hundred years no son followed a father ghazni followed by kutbudin( slave) kutbudin followed by iltamish( slave and son in law0 iltamis…

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frescoes
dear arun unfortunately i have no pictures. photographs are banned inside the place. some official photographer called behl had taken the snaps. i searched on the net but not available. arun this one is a must see. some two hundred feet of hol…

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malapaadi
Dear Srithar of course it is thiru mazhapadi. vajaranathar and azhakammai temple on koLLidam bank on the thiru -must mean holy only madurai is already called thirualavai and tanjore has no padal petra sthalams on the shaivaite front. individual va…

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TN Maps
-Dear sps i bought a book from varthaman pathipagam called thirumurai thalangkal they gave a map of devara sthalangkal you wouldnt beleive how useful it was for example such shiva temples are classified as kaviri vadakarai- north bank and then…

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Temple Tours
Dear Arun just for some info on the antiquity of our city the third song of devaram ( written 1300years back and catalougued 900 years back is in padi 0ff anna nagar west extention.

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Temple Tours
thiruvalangadu thiru pachur( on main road left) and thiruven bakkam form a nice shaivaite trio.( can add thiru evvalUr too.) thiruvenbakkam is our own abu simbel the actual temple was on poondi lake bed. it was removed slab by slab and brought to th…

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Temple Tours
Dear sps your suggestion of temple tours gave me old memories. i was at one point seeking out the 275 theevara paadal petra sthalangkal with a fiery enthusiasm.( have slowed down a bit) it was then that i used to visit 3 temples in the forenoon( w…

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