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sucide of horse sculptor
http://www.gururaghavendra1.org/munr.jpg http://www.poetryinstone.in “*Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man*” – Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:17 PM, laxmanan kailasam

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Value of a signature

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Rajarajan samadhi
hi i had seen this ref in wiki couple of years back ( and posted in the group) - i also wrote to the wiki author to provide the source for this ref. sadly, there was no ref. we should look for ref and not go by wiki.

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for the 1000th year - let us upload the bigtemple.com with more details
compilation of articles on the bigtemple from www.poetryinstone.in The Big temple intro post http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/09/14/the-big-temple-an-intro-post.html http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/09/14/how-big-is-big-part-2-on…

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Rajarajan samadhi
sir Can you advise basis for this 1015 theory

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Silapadhiharam - dance drama in SFO Bay area
Wonderful Sri - do you have video or audio? on that note, why chose a lady to play pandyan??

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sucide of horse sculptor
Btw, its thomas monroe and not marlyn monroe ( how I wish we could have her statue !!) Vj

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sucide of horse sculptor
http://blogs.thehindu.com/delhi/?p=16585 This is where we heard the story of Jakkanacharya. The master craftsman left Kaidala and travelled far and wide and became a sculptor. Meanwhile, his son Dankachari grew up without seeing his father, and bec…

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Trichy trip - completed with following sites
hi saurabh the vibeeshana vimana http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/10/16/origins-of-the-srirangam-vimana-story-in-sculpture.html http://www.poetryinstone.in “*Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man*” – Nobel laureate, Ra…

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sucide of horse sculptor
dear sir There are many legends about sculptor's mistakes. There is one in perur - kanagasabhai - the main hall that house the brone natarajar - the pillar to the left of the entrance ( right as you view it) is broken. local legend is that th…

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sucide of horse sculptor
dear sir What i have heard is that - the mistake in the sculpture is that the rider doesnt have a stirrup and its supposed to be a grave oversight for which the artist paid the price. But not sure if it a myth

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sucide of horse sculptor
the popular version is the stirrup was missed out http://www.poetryinstone.in “*Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man*” – Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore

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Food Talk
I remember reading the utiramerur kailasantha temple inscriptions of danti varma pallava and rajendra chola : which talks of the various items for neivethiyam, will search ref and post here. Maybe chandra has the full version Vj

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Trichy trip - completed with following sites
Wow, sounds wonderful. Great work sirji

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Ramayanam before Kamban - Hanuman meets Ravana - Thadaka Vadham
Self and arvind did visit sarcar periyapalayam. Temple was being renovated by asi, and looked very promising fm a distance. But sadly not many sculptures / panels and the ones that are there weren't of great artistic beauty. We could spot a cou…

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Tamil Nadu minister meets Modi,seeks Rajaraja,Lokamadevi statues
Hi I think he did not go. A replica was made and sent. It is now in the madurai temple as an exhibit in the museum inside the temple ( but without any board saying its a replica !!) Vj

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Tamil varsity inks pact with ASI

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AMARAR KALKIs BIRTH DAY 09.09
I only wish he lived longer and wrote a novel on the pandyas

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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] Head to Head clash - Pallava Stone vs Chola Bronze| பல்ல
yeah, picasa is a fine tool to network and share as well. Lots of thing to do - the net opens up a world of possibilities

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Tamil Nadu minister meets Modi- Is it possible to check scientifically?

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Tamil Nadu minister meets Modi,seeks Rajaraja,Lokamadevi statues
dear sps these two are apparently the only surviving ones from the same inscription ref http://www.frontline.in/fl2713/stories/20100702271312800.htm if so, cant we find out the tanjore scale from the inscription and comparing it with the two whic…

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Tamil Nadu minister meets Modi,seeks Rajaraja,Lokamadevi statues

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Tamil Nadu minister meets Modi,seeks Rajaraja,Lokamadevi statues
reported in the hindu as well http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/08/stories/2010090862410700.htm *Modi's help sought to get back Chola icons * A. Srivathsan * ON A MISSION:School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu presenting a memento to Gujara…

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Uttaramerur temple work reaches BBC Tamil!
Hi chandra, watched it here. Some good coverage is always welcome !

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Where RRC born? - Tirukkoilore (near Vilupuram) ?
Yeah, mixing fact with fiction !!

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Tamil Nadu minister meets Modi,seeks Rajaraja,Lokamadevi statues
Indeed a good initiative. They are surely tamil kings , that's certain to start with !! Vj

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Kids Feedback for Vj's Workshop
thanks everyone - it was a wonderful afternoon. they have asked for a repeat shortly for the other classes as well, hopefully i will try and record that session. yeah, kathie - their handwriting stunned me, mine always competed with the hen's …

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Mahabalipuram - Finished and Unfinished Arjuna Penance - Startling differences
Dear saurabh Google or search inside poetryinstone for " a testing panel" . But post this dr balusamy has brought out a defn book ( the same link for the talk in tamil that I posted) which gives lot of evidences to the scene depicted as t…

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Uttaramerur temple work reaches BBC Tamil!
hi chandra you had mentioned earlier that some company was video graphing the various stages of conservation and plan was to make it like a short film. any updates on that

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interesting article by Michel Wood
Hi Raj, Thanks - yes, we did see the wonderful words from him. The bronzes are so exquisite that you cant stop to adore them the veenadhara is a splendid one in the freer collections. Regarding Sembian Madevi - experts ( as usual) are usual split…

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