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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] An Unique panel - Samudra Manthan from Kanchi kailasanth
hi shankar There is a hint in the post - that kind of brings out the disconnect in the garuda episode. The white horse is the one that is used in the argument between Garuda's mother vinata and her vain sister kadru ( mother of serpents). the …

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Saurabh on Stanford Radio - California - May 11 - Wed 7.30 pm India time
good luck Sri and Saurabh....

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Vaish=shaiv conflict in Suprabatham
Vyagrapadhar Jain...this is new. Reference please

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RE Vaishnava-Shaiva conflict before tenth century CE?
Ithu enna puthu Kathai...Thanjavur natraja temple....vishnu thrown into sea..dont we have enough already http://www.poetryinstone.in “*Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man*” – Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore

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Mr Raman Sankaran's Coin Collection
Not able to get the online link attaching the article

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Vaishnava-Shaiva conflict before tenth century CE?
Srirangam is thulukka nachiar Perumal with lungi is in tirupathi

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Vaishnava-Shaiva conflict before tenth century CE?
Hi satish Ottakkuthar verse is the only argument for the case of throwing into the sea: kadalil pallikondanai kadalil eithom. Which is found in his ula and also takkayagapparani. He says to make way for the temple expansion, the above had to be don…

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Sittanavasal - Legacy of Chitrasutra
hi Saurabh Appar takes credit for the conversion of the Pallava king, but for conversion of Pandya King its the act of his queen Mangaiyarkarasi and Sambandar.

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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] Possibly the earliest depiction of the Ananda Thandava o
dear Sri We are not talking contemporary versions. There are many descriptions of the Dancing form in silpa texts....There is reference to the Lord's *Bhujangatrasita *when he notices Karkotaka in his feet. Muyalakan is said to hold a snake as…

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Vaishnava-Shaiva conflict before tenth century CE?
dear shankar The seeds of the dispute can be seen from the moment you have a lingothbava image. anyway, again i would like us to look at the origins - Rudra / Shiva....

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Vaishnava-Shaiva conflict before tenth century CE?

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Vaishnava-Shaiva conflict before tenth century CE?
Hi all This is a subject to be studied keeping emotions aside. And to seek an answer to saurabh's query is to study who is supreme and who came first. We need to dwell deep into the realms of the scriptures which again are at best vague... Let…

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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] Possibly the earliest depiction of the Ananda Thandava o
Hi Sumathi We do not get to see the snake coiling around his neck in the dancing form - mostly shown as coiled around his right arm.

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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] Possibly the earliest depiction of the Ananda Thandava o
dear shankar The plate says Okkur - undivided Tanjore district !

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Ponnar-Shankar Legend
Please do check this effort as well http://ponnivala.com/

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Kamarasavalli temple renovation now to be done by REACH FOUNDATION
Great news chandra. Hope Reach has also gained lot of varied and quality exposure since the days of starting up as a mere uzhavaarappani group. We sincerely hope the team seeks inputs from experts and study better preserved structures of similar dat…

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Visalur - Early Chola Temple dedicated to Shiva

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Title meaning

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guyz i need a help here!
The rest of the volumes have not been translated yet by Indra - we hope to get the 3rd volume by end june. If you are in a hurry, guess you need to work on KN's or try to use our sri's tamil podcasts of the individual episodes

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My book on Chola Murals
Fantastic effort sir. Eagerly awaiting

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houses of the holy
Nice one. thanks for sharing

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Nataraja
wonderful collection Mr Selvam and thanks for not putting the location names in the album ( for safety reasons)

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Ramayanam before Kamban 82 Kamarasavalli

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Taj Mahalor or Tejo Mahalaya

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Taj lor Tejo r Tthanjai koyil

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Taj lor Tejo r Tthanjai koyil

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Taj lor Tejo r Tthanjai koyil
Authority ? You put up something totally ridiculous n when questioned take refuge under age ! If you can source the proof let it be put here. Don't say its inside the safe of an adheenam. You talk of proper wage for builders. Do you want to d…

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Taj lor Tejo r Tthanjai koyil
Fantastic ....a new kathai on the big temple ..... Brahmmahatthi. Have not heard of this till now. Can you explain where you came up with this one ? How a temple galvanises an economy, forms the core of a village etc - without even going into the s…

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Virinchipuram Temple
http://www.poetryinstone.in/?s=perur http://www.poetryinstone.in “*Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man*” – Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore

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Virinchipuram Temple
Thanks sir..

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