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Geographical map of Indian Temples
Must we not try the same for PS v

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a historical subjective account?
> To re-imagine PS on this type of crude down to earth basis often will take away the magic of the story that we are used to, true if it was today, aditya karikalan would have been hauled before a war crimes tribunal set up by the UN, side by …

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ponniyin selvan festival
Hi all would be making a sort of final announcement tomorrow. very interesting people like artist padmavasan, dramatist Kumaravel, have already consented to attend. its going to be a real independence day bash. and so we would be requiring a mes…

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4th century buddha viharam - at poombuhar
> That's easily explained venkat. In those days cauvery had a different course and was going thro the land and merging into the sea near poompuhar. Hence this place should have existed on the bank near the river. Hi Gokul thats fine . cauve…

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4th century buddha viharam - at poombuhar
a. > > i also saw an ancient harbour nearby ar melayoor and vanagiri villages done ASI. > > THESE HARBOURS ARE NOW WELL 3 km into the mainland it is beleived they must have been used to bring smaller boats into the mainland. how big…

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4th century buddha viharam - at poombuhar

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Is this a coin of RRC era ?
> We can probably give one RRC coin free to each participant of our event! that should ensure peak attendance can we really? venketesh > >

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tamil history..
> But Periya > Pazhuvettaraiyar was an aristocrat, never a hero. He got corrupted by lust not by power. Hi sivaram perhaps PP was supporting a just cause, to get back kandaraditya's lineage on to the chola throne. after all madurantha…

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Gandhi statues
-Hi that was great i missed caldwell- one twisty question was always whose statue looks at the sea in marina. most statues face otherwise. annie besant and vivekananda and possibly u vesa ( if not hidden by the aquarium) jagajivan ram faces ann…

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Gandhi statues
> > In Pudukottai - the famous ARCH is in commemoration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in throne... yes i remember the arch is going to be brought down because its stability is gone. i think victoria technical institute and vict…

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Tamil fiction and details
. He clearly says America fudged evidence to start the Gulf War I in The Fist of God. In the same book, he accurately predicted what would happen in Iraq if Saddam Hussein was killed. That book was written well before the 2003 Iraq invasion. That gu…

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ramps
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/pyramidlifts.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/great_pyramid_04.shtml http://circulartimes.org/Great Pyramid Egypt Construction Ramp Theory Carlos.htm

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Gandhi statues
Hi Sri that was a comprehensive list do we have a list of foreign nationals honoured with statues in india chennai for one - other than a few kings and governors like monroe we have a statue of g.u pope, and viramaaminivar i guess there is a ho …

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Thevaram - PS
> Songs have never been hidden or 'not available' for any period of time. > Hi ravi who is to blame but the devaram trio. they travelled wide across the country. i am sure the local othuvar knew the temple thevaram by heart. "…

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tamil history..
wiki shows one statue in union square, new york. moscow, hawaii and Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. venketesh

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tamil history..
> > There's a statue for Gandhi in many counries Is that wrong? We are living in a new age world..in a smaller globe... > > > Sri Hi Sri could you give us a few other instances of an indian having statues to their credit. eve…

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tamil history..

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Thevaram - PS
Hi the compilation of devaram is an on going process while cleaning the plaster on a temple near koradachery near thiruvarur called thiruvidaivai(??) they discovered a complete devaaram. the first find o this centyury. in some archives of palm man…

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tamil history..
-MY MY walsingham you do touch on sensitive topics. no wonder you need a pen name. venketesh

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Our Tamil Teacher !!
> > in other words all the human race has to do, to avoid huge wars or > bloodshed, is to ensure women shut up in public? [?][?][?] kannagi eritha maduraiyil ippadi oru maanidanaa?

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Our Tamil Teacher !!

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sanga kaala samayal
cut out tomatoes, potatoes, chochlate, ice , chillys, refined sugar and a few hundred things from our daily menu and it would closely resemble the food of the ancients.

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Our Tamil Teacher !!
helen with the face that launched a thousand ships but then i have read the closest to the story of helen in indian mythology was the story of saranya/ sanjana. though i dont remember anything of it. venketesh

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sanga kaala samayal
maloo was writing a mouth watering serial on foods but then i think she lost her appetite venketesh

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Our Tamil Teacher !!
> > So Kannagi burnt Madurai because her husband was killed by a human, error-prone king? Burning a city is called genocide. And no woman's honour can justify destroying a city. All right we get the message, Tamil people are chaste, but s…

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How did people travel between kingdoms ?
Hi I dont think visitors were restricted at any point of time upto the 1900s ordinary visitors were not thought as threat or possible immigrants. i guess the sense of nationality did not exist with rapidly changing borders and affliations venketesh

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"Serious" tamil?
-Hi thiru naal ithu polE... a song from poompuhar might have been based on this.. check it out. venketesh

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Our Tamil Teacher !!
> > So u too from DAV Gopalapuram..Which batch? Am from 1998-2000 batch. > Mouli another "family song" case in this group >

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"Serious" tamil?
> I really hope some school students get a look at my blog, because they are in a illusion that Tamil Literature is dull and boring and it is not the reality, Tamil Literature is more versatile and different themes ,logics,styles. romba nalla i…

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My Tamil Language Teacher
Hi my tamil teacher was cynical most of the times expectedly, since it was a cbse school and tamil as a second language has less than 15% takers.the bulk went to french, sanskrit or hindi. but then some how he left a spark. i thanked him by name i…

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