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Madhura Vijayam by Queen Gangadevi
1371 or 1378 do we have an accurate date for the vijayanagar invasion of madurai sultanate?

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Madhura Vijayam by Queen Gangadevi
-last invasion of srirangam was in 1323 by Ulugh Khan. possibly parakrama pandyan was in power then. the Madurai Sultanate (or the Ma'bar Sultanate) was a short lived kingdom based in the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India during the 14th c…

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Dhivakar in Madurai
used to spend my holidays with friends at TNAU in coimbatore. used to watch night show at central and walk all the way lawley corner( r.k narayan's malgudi had a lawley extention didnt it?) biriyani shops were famous near tnau. i remember a …

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Dhivakar in Madurai
Hi Maloo there was always a legend that madurai never sleeps because of its patron goddess. .....her fish like eyes. most fishes if you notice dont have eyelids and sleep with their eyes open( giving a feel of ever being awake to feng shui enthusia…

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Dhivakar in Madurai
Hi I have very fond memories of college house meeting. both rahul and ananda natarajan are passionate about their city. and college house is located in an area so symbolic of madurai- busy, crowded, never sleeping...... venketesh

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Madhura Vijayam by Queen Gangadevi
Hi Vinjamoor tell me truly. did you like madura vijayam on par with thiruvarangan ula? TU is a class apart though depressing. madura vijayam seems to have ben writtn withsome compulsion venketesh

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Vandiyathevan Statue in chennai Anna salai...
> Vandiadevan is kudiraip priyar. In one of episole of ponniyin selvan, he put ladam for his horse. But he never stop the hrose, as in the statue. actually the kadambur soldiers stop his horse like this once, but then he was on the horse back…

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Gangai Konda Chola puram, Pragatheeswarar Temple
> I found that the Vygrapatha, the Samana Sage who converted to Saiva had written Pancha ratra, the agama text and had constructed 24 Temples In Kancheepuram and Virudhachalam, Villipuram etc., Hi I didnt know he converted from jainism.plese…

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Gangai Konda Chola puram, Pragatheeswarar Temple
vygrapatha the pulikal munivar used to climb on trees to pick the bilva leaves for puja. also when he plucks flowers after dawn the bees have already touched them. so devoted was he that lord shiva appears before him and grants him any boon. vyAgra…

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Gangai Konda Chola puram, Pragatheeswarar Temple
I found that the Vygrapatha, the Samana Sage who converted to Saiva had written Pancha ratra, the agama text and had constructed 24 Temples In Kancheepuram and Virudhachalam, Villipuram etc., possibly pulivanam, puli pakkam ( photos posted in f…

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the third eye of shiva /Tripura
-maagaRal: near kanchi This temple was built by rajendra chozhan and dates back to many centuries. It seems lord appeared in the form of udumbu, and the king chased it. Suddenly the udumbu ( monitor lizard) went inside a paambu putRu(Snake pit) and…

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Chennai Meet
Hi since SPS is out of town( and many members like sivaram will take advantage of the long weekend) we need to reconsider the may first meeting.

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11th and 10th century buildings
> one definite addition to that list shall be the only surviving cholan durbar hall within the chidambaram temple. it is so far not disturbed by anyone and is in its original form. estimated to be modified only by vikrama cholan. but the people a…

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SthalaPurana
> Then there are ideas derived from the name of the tirtham, > such as Kalahasti's elephant, spider, nag. many like kurankanil mutram from monkey, kurangadu thurai etc. thirvadanai from aadu and yanai ( goat and elephant) valithayam( …

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the third eye of shiva /Tripura
mylapore goddess praying as a peacock similar one in mayavaram thiruvanmiyur something to do with a cow for there is hof mark on the lingam. thirumullai vasal - clearing the vines of jasmine and striking blood

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the third eye of shiva /Tripura
Hi clearing a forest and striking blood( thirumullaivoil) chasing an animal which leads to the site( rajendra chases a golden monitor lizrd somewhere)are also common topics. venketesh

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da vinci
vlad the impaler immortalised by bram stroker. otherwise most of us wont know of him Vlad became crown prince took place at age 17, during the same year of his release from Turkish captivity, in 1448. he was a hostage there for years and that mo…

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CERN and NATRAJA
Leonardos works are still relevant today an example is the rhombicuboctahedron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo_polyhedra.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Belarus-Minsk-New_National_Library-1.jpg his 500 year old design for istanbul…

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da vinci
Hi some other contemprory people of da vinci nostradamus, columbus , copernicus, machiavelli, guru nanak , gutenberg, Vlad III Dracula, martin luther venketesh coming to think of it do we have a list of contemprory people of RRC or rajend…

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Krishna's butter?
Hi there is another such rock in jabalpur madan mahal fort. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/9557669 venketesh

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CERN and NATRAJA
there is a site which juxtaposes monalisa on the self portrait of da vinci check it out. they are so much alike.

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CERN and NATRAJA
Rahul the very aspect that he ruined a majority of his art works by experimenting on new methods shows his interest in methods than in art. most of his wall frescoes fell to pieces before his eyes you know michealangelo used to call him " t…

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CERN and NATRAJA

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CERN and NATRAJA

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CERN and NATRAJA
> Leonardo was more of a scientist than an artist but whatever he did his genius was unparelled. He is one of the earliest known vegetarians (in Rome that too!) Many authors have speculated on various aspects of Leonardo's personality. One…

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CERN and NATRAJA
> Also just after his novel was released they did find a 'secret code' in Da Vinci's work which added up to a musical note (the research was going on long before his book but nevertheless the discovery was sensational because of hi…

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CERN and NATRAJA

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the third eye of shiva

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Manmatha
> Here's the fine Thiruvengadu Nataraja, thiruvengadu is called aadhi chidambaram or the ' early chidambaram" the sabhai for natarja is an exact replica of chidambaram minus the gold roofing. two other famous sculptures in th…

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the third eye of shiva
> How was Murugan born? i guess it was when shiva opened his eyes. > what is ThiruPuram? Sacred City? thirupuranthaka form of shiva. vj can you explain the legend.. > He burnt up a devotee? how sad. not a devotee. shiva comes to the …

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