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rebuilding of kapali temple
Yes indeed thiruvanmiyur, mylapore and tiruvotriyur all three ancient devaram shrines of the chennai area are all most equidistant from the sea a parallel shrine for thomas should have existed on the coast for 2 famous travellers marco polo and …

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rebuilding of kapali temple
here are some travellers accounts and books that mention thomas in mylapore even before the portugese stepped in Beginning with the Acts of Thomas (c.200), in almost every century there are statements about the existence of his tomb in India. The l…

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rebuilding of kapali temple
My guess is that the > British tolerated them until they felt strong enough to consolidate. > > > > > > But that still doesn't say much about exactly what happened - there > > hardly > > > seems to be any re…

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rebuilding of kapali temple

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PS Site Picture
The bikshu standing in the extreme left of the picture is the Thalamai Bikshu of Soodamani Viharam??? naganandhi of ss

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Did st thomas come to India?
> Dear Venkat > > http://ponniyinselvan.in/ta/node/3792/backlinks > > the above is self expalantory. ( Do U question Dr Nagaswamy?) Hi the one thing i couldnt understand is if a temple was destroyed how come many inscriptions in…

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Did st thomas come to India?
Hi there are reports in third century that thomas visited india then the visit of 2 italians marco polo and another independently confirmed the tomb in 13th century when the portugese in (15th century) came they found remains of a " nestoria…

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Can Cholas Be Gods?
> after lot of discussions and reading lot many opiions and opinions backed with proof. > > 1. There is nothing wrong in the bruda ( or mugasthuthi). There should be a fear on the King. Then only they subjects will have fear in the syste…

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european structures of east coast
> > We in India really have lost a lot of recent history in the patriotic fervour....and anti colonial stance... george five next to war memorial has gone. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/king-george-v-loses-pedestal-117 edward 7 s…

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Can Cholas Be Gods?
Hi kalki talks about one chola clan in SS. mangayarkarasi's father. in parthiban kanavu he talks about another clan, that of parthiban though the latter is fictitious there were possibilities of many chola clans ruling as small kings in centr…

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Are the later Cholas a 'robber dynasty'? - trying to substantiate.
....This is similar to what happened to Ma.Po.Si who elevated a minor satrap called Kattabommu Nayakkan to a major hero known as Veerapandiya Kattabomman. Dear PNMS could you please enlighten us on this episode. our archives do contain tamilvana…

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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS ( to Ms malathi)
> I am not a moderator, i have merely found from experience that they dont' prefer debates and it comes to light only after extended conversation, more often than not the person who disagrees shoulders the blame for having started it and i d…

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Did Jesus come to India?
a great photo from st thomas mount in 1945 http://dsal.uchicago.edu/images/hensley/large.html?id=m105

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Did Jesus come to India?
> > 4. The Prsent day St thomas mount was Called bringimalai ( the mountain also was converted to Parangi malai) thats another theory wiki says its due to parangkikaai creepers in hill i think firangi( the term in persian for european) was …

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Did Jesus come to India?
Hi according to the bible the two present day countries christ would have been is israel and egypt. these kashmiri theories have come about in the years he was rather silent. where the chronology goes missing. age 12- 29 and by the way kalki has…

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Did Jesus come to India?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_route the line leads from palestine to upper kashmir ( POK now) same latitude

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Did Jesus come to India?
Hi satheesh remember this was not a new route. the silk route travelled thro it. alexander had travelled the same route some centuries back and of course the magi had travelled with gifts for new born christ in this way venketesh

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Did Jesus come to India?
Hi Sivaram 3686 kilometers is the distance from jerusalem to srinagar today a little more than india's size from north to south less than 6 months walk for a determined man. much lesser for a saint. venketesh

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Did Jesus come to India?
> I really wonder that is even possible for Jesus at 1 AD to have come to > India half way across the world?? what sivaram israel to kashmir is not too far off. afganistan- iran- iraq- jordan like many people we tend to forget forget jesus…

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ARJUNA THABAS PANEL
> Mahakavi Bharaviâsâ Kiraataarjuniyamâ which mentions indrakiladhri hills and srisailam Hills (Shivasaila), clearly shown the place of Arjuna who did thabas and Shiva appeared as Hunter and after brief spat, Shiva appeared before him in or…

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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
Hi in todays times of indai there was a nice story of a boy nicknamed tsunami who was born almost precisely at the time the tsunami struck. his pregnant mother scampering to the safety venketesh

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Where is Vinnagara Kovil?
> ( Dont ask me how can Madurai Naik build in Tanjore Naik territory. I think kings were taking pilgrimages even in other's territory) could be because she invaded tanjore Wars with Tanjore Mangammal had frequent troubles from the time of h…

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Re :: RAJENDRA I - Ganga Jalam
> He Conquered Devagairi, took supplies from there for attacking Warangal. when malik attacked warrangal of the kaakatiyas the siege of the two walled fort of warrangal is very well recorded in turkish court diaries. pratap rudra was the king an…

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european structures of east coast
they are > 1.pulicat http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2003/10/19/stories/2003101900280700.htm > 2.chennai > 3.sadras http://www.hindu.com/2003/04/18/stories/2003041803600500.htm > 4.marakkanam(al-ambarah) http://www.hindu.com/mp/20…

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Looking for Venkat's books
Hi thanks for your interest kanchi is not out yet . but maybe by april I am half way thro it you may read the prolougue here http://kavirimainthan.wordpress.com/ kaviri mainthan and thillaiyil oru kollaikaran would be available at higinbothams

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PALLAVAS
> > Actually adiyen's area of these was Hindu influences on Cambodia (Kambojam) and Java. I think the Pallavas played a big civilising role in these places. > PNMS then you missed a fine pp presentation by nagaswamy sir last week…

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palace of tamilnadu
Hi Prabhu i think the simple reason is over building. the present tanjore fort must have been built over the foundations of the previous ones. except in case of places which were deserted like gkc and remember stone was a precious commodity. pra…

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who constructed alambarai fort in marakkanam coast?
Hi go to our photos section. in the first row we have two folders 16th tour and alhambra. there are photos we took of it beautiful place one noticeble thing were a lot of courting couples. venketesh

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Re :: RAJENDRA I - Ganga Jalam
> Interesting because a supposedly "non-Tamil" king Nandivarman the > > Also, Pallava kings repeatedly fought and beat off northern attacks on Tamil Nadu, neither language nor religion actually united the tamil kings. mem…

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Why cholas didnot go to fight Sultans
> 1. Now we have known that Rajendra's army did meet Gajini's i still fail to understand how their paths could have crossed. bengal and gujarat are at extremes of the country. > Simillarly Kulothunga, could have helped North. Bu…

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