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Heritage sites being bombed by stone quarry owners.

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Radio Show
thanks Shash It was pretty late in the night here !! credit to sri for keeping the discussions focused. its difficult when you dont have a person in front of you to talk to !! but enjoyed the whole session. i am sure many of the members can do simi…

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Hi Friends
hi, Since you are in chennai, access to hard copy works shouldn't be difficult. Please support the authors by purchasing their books.

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Sri 's Radio show - this Wed - OCt 13 8.00 PM INDIA time
hi saurabh Its a tamil show but ofcourse, it will be a mixture of tamil, english and tanglish vj http://www.poetryinstone.in “*Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man*” – Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore

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Sri 's Radio show - this Wed - OCt 13 8.00 PM INDIA time
we are also seeking some suggestions to air songs based on art, sculpture and historic themes. Arvind suggest below silai eduthan oru chinna pennukku kallile kalai vannam kandan kaviyama nenjin oviyama thodudaya seviyan thanjai periyakovil pal…

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Sri 's Radio show - this Wed - OCt 13 8.00 PM INDIA time
Thanks sri, for putting in so much effort. Hoping this will be a start to many more such useful interactive sessions. Seek the blessings of all @ psvp to make this effort a success

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Sri 's Radio show - this Wed
Please note correction in time its at 7.30 AM pacific time. the entire show can be listened online ( india time 7.00 PM i think) -

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Numismatics
hi Sambuvarayar different from Vanavarayar. There is a wonderful book on Vanavarayar varalaru tracing their origins in a unique manner from naduk kal references

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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] Recreating a lost treasure - Somaskanda Paintings of Kan
thanks shankar. only some artists have the talent to bring out that particular aspect

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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] Recreating a lost treasure - Somaskanda Paintings of Kan
Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம் has posted a new item, 'Recreating a lost treasure - Somaskanda Paintings of Kanchi Kailasanatha - Part 3 | பல்லவர் கால காஞ்சி கைலாசநாதர் சிதைந்த ஓவியங்களுக்கு உயிர் கொடுக்க முடியுமா? பாகம் மூன்று …

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Trichy - Lower Cave Temple
Muchukunda temple is in ruined state near moovar koil in kodumbalur. He is also mentioned in perur sthala puranam. There is also a pillar sculpture of his with the monkeyish man face in perur

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Upper Pallava cave temple at Trichy
Hi satish The inscription does say so ! The speciality is you see shiva with all royal embelishments. Reg equating god with king, god king concept was very much there : resembling so n so god in splendor, carrying the signs of ....., why take the …

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Upper Pallava cave temple at Trichy
mahendra clearly states he came back to worship the linga - so it was defn a linga. but what intrigues me - is the two sockets. we never get to see umai anywhere in any of later pallava caves incl mallai - a late cave like the mahishasuramardhini ha…

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Upper Pallava cave temple at Trichy
fantastic work saurabh - especially the inscriptions. did you notice the inside of the shrine - its has two empty sockets

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Thanjavur Celebrations
http://www.projectmadurai.org/pmworks.html item numbers 193, 194, 195 http://www.poetryinstone.in “*Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man*” – Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore

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New file uploaded to ponniyinselvan
Friends, I have added the inscription ref from SII - for the temple dancers giving the detailed names of the big temple dancers in the file section.

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Invitation to view kaliyaperumal veerasamy's Picasa Web Album - 1000 yeara of big temple celebaratio
oh oh, the bronzes !! atlast . fantastic sir

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sivasthanam - somasvinayaga [1 Attachment]

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Monument sought for Rajaraja at his burial place
http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=11 http://www.poetryinstone.in “*Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man*” – Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore

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Organising
dear sugumar You have come to the right place. Unfortunately there is very less inscriptional stuff for VT, but i would recommend you get hold of Vanavarayar valaraaru - its a fantastic effort - but more scholarly tracing the clans evolution from p…

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Periya kovil celebrations
dear chandra wonderful link. do you know this gentleman

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Organising
dear sugumar thanks for the comments. We are looking for people to extend support in creating this - content is always there in this group, but we need people to come forward to help us organise this content. Thiru has been battling all this lone h…

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Raja Raja dishonour to women
dear Raman Can we stick to the relevant portions. Felt the comment about one community and brammadeyas were uncalled for here. Replying to yours - the tamil portion stops with saying imprisoned - wheres the eng ones says enslaved. there is a big d…

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Kamba and his period
Hi sir How about ravana humbled by vaali episode ? Vj

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81 dancing sculptures discovered in Big Temple only in 1956
Hi saurabh Yeah. We don't have any inscription of his after the 29th year of reign. Is it 1014 or 1015 is not conclusive...but 1023 is too far, since the next n next gen has already come on board by then !! Its an interesting study n theory a…

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Any other Emperor remembered after 1000th Year ?
Hi satish Rrc's troupe was 400 dancers !! Vj

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Please identify the location of Pallava cave temples
hi Vkr Cool down sir. They are discussing a prospective tour to pallava sites and hopefully this will turn into another PS tour., Else can help store information on the routes etc . no need to be alarmed over it

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Value of a signature

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Thanjai Periya Koil outer wall being broken to get VVIPs enter
These guys are nuts. Heights of stupidity and deplorable status of heritage conservation. someone need to take up with UNESCO http://www.poetryinstone.in “*Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man*” – Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Ta…

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How to identify that thsi is Rama? [1 Attachment]
hi , can you send me the original resolution image. it doesnt look pallava

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