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prolougue of new novel
. > > Second: I was taken aback by the drawing you have posted in your blog. Excellent. And more importantly, the architect has captured an actual pallakku very well. > I suppose you mean the archer statue. its a long story I told vija…

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prolougue of new novel

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21st march historical trip
Hi less than 10 we will go in a couple of cars r.venketesh

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> Which Uriayur is the one mentioned here. Is this the one in Trichy or of course its uraiyur of trichy The famous temples like Sri Azhagiya Manavala Perumal ( 1 of the 108 divya desams),Panchaverneswara temple,( then karai thevara sthalam) and…

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21st march historical trip
vijayakumar venketesh y.m.ragothaman confirmed till now.

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the following link is on old light houses of india http://www.lighthousedepot.com/lite_digest.asp?action=get_article&sk=285&bhcd2=1237081218

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> Light houses evoke strong emotions in lot of people btw. I have seen many atleast here in the west. Hi Maloo I once collected lighthouse trivia for a thematic diary. some here one of the 7 wonders of the world was a light house. the one on t…

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> Hi Venkat, yes I agree about the light house. Was that song Vaali or KD would you know? I really like the lyrics very much. pon ezhil pooththathu puthu vaanil ven pani thoovum nilavee nil I think its panju arunachalam???? panju who was assi…

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Vaaram Oru Alayam #89 Arulmigu KalaBairava Vaduganathar Thirukkovil , Kundadam
Hi nataraj one valid reason why you should give out info in english too venketesh

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-Dear VJ could you also post the pic of the archer at draupadi ratha so people can compare. beauty is in the eye of the beholder i agree but give her a fair chance. perhaps kathie can tell some adjectives to describe her. venketesh

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Perhaps you are right maloo. what makes a powerful impact on us we beleive must have done so on others too. for me there was a very strong impact of the light house concept which was reflected in KM venketesh > Really..am not so sure Venkat. …

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Thirukkadayoor
Dear Vinjamoor venkatesh Thirukadavur Amrita narayana perumal temple is a vaishnavite temple in thirukadavur. is it a divya desam?? venketesh

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Prasadams at Perumal Temples
To my knowledge, in older days even "kalkaNDu" was not offered to PerumaL as it somehow undergoes cooking. How old is kalkandu? any mentions in ancient literature? if we could make kalkandu, so much like sugar why not sugar? why kar…

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=> > > > Even MGR was so much impressed with this inspiration and depicted a part of the episode in his movie KALANGARAI VILAKKAM ...(Ponnezhil poothadhu pudhu vazhvu... ) > > most readers of SS after this movie imagined the …

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> Btw, to me the most beautiful maiden in mallai is here > > http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/09/05/divinely-inspired.html no way what about the girl in that archer costume on the draupadi ratha. a beauty that would inspire a …

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Thirukkadayoor
Hi Maloo- the thirukadavur temple is very ancient.sung in the devaram by all three. mentioned in silapathigaram as home town of mathavi one of the eight veerattanams 2 nayanmars born here kumgaliyan and kari regarding markandeya- he visited 108 te…

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Thanga Maaligai!!!
Hi remember from an early discussion that the golden palace was in thiru kandiyur..... not kanchi

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Thirukkadayoor
Also why is this temple famous for sadabhishekams, anyone knows? > Malathi Hi Malathi abirami andadi is a much more recent phenomenon serfoji maharaja witnessed it. thirukadayoor is also the home place of kungaliya nayanar one of the 63 nay…

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Thirukkadayoor
> > Hi Malathi, > > That one is my favourite temple and every year i will be visiting it. The story behind is there at?http://kayalsworld.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year-trip-details.html > > I have told the entire story behidn…

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Photos of ponniyin selvan spots

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Photos of ponniyin selvan spots

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1000 kaal mandapam
Hi all i think we should gather info on these 1000 kaal mandapams. in fact i crossed chidambaram today and intended to worship there, but unseasonal and cyclonic rains prevented me from going in. have posted 2 photos in the new folder called 1000…

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1000 kaal mandapam

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1000 kaal mandapam

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> > Is there any literature or inscription to speculate that VD was under scanner during Uthama period atleast ? > > How come Kalki himself gave us an impression on these lines ? > Hi sps does kalki give an impression? he ends …

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Hi Venkatesh thanks for the detailed account. now could you please explain the link with PS volume 1. where alwwarkadiyan meets a young boy singing the pasurams. venketesh > Lost, does not mean literally lost. This can be explained in 2 way…

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4. So at best the term "Azhwar" would have been coined by the Acharyas starting from NathamunigaL, who found the lost DivyaPrabhandhams and started the propagation of these pAsurams in temples and other Vaishnavite rituals. where did he …

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silpis of mamallapuram
> Got it clarified with Swaminathan sir....but some questions arise. your views > > These names are inscribed on a stone tub (Nondi-kurdirai thotti) in a village to the south of Mallai. It is called Poonjeri. Many take as the names of the …

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Question in Ponniyinselvan???

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Question in Ponniyinselvan???
> Ponniyin selvar is called so because while he was in his childhood, when all of the family members were in cauvery, our 'cauvery Mainden' had slipped in to the river and everyone assumed that it is the 'cauvery amman' who sa…

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