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26th jan meet
web interface undaa?? vj http://www.poetryinstone.in Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man

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Did Jesus come to India?

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Nagappattinam to Swarnadweepa
thanks for sharing the link gokul - Ebooks are available for purchase - and good think is there are free downloads - of the index, appendix ( incl famous inscriptions in this context) Another good thing, is the priced ebook /pdfs - you can buy arti…

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Paisaasam released
Hi gokul Congrats and good luck. Amazed at your ability to find time to do all this and accomplish such in so short a period

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what are idols made of?
There is another line of thought to this. Early Pallava caves did not have a provision ( grove) for the sacrificial water to drain out of the garba graha. While it doesnt rule out abishegam - they could have collected it in a small receptacle - but…

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Did st thomas come to India?

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It depicts arjuna's penance only, aserts scholar
hi kathie this panel has to studied in relation to the test penance panel. i had featured them both in the site http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/09/04/a-testing-penance-opps-a-test-penance-panel.html What do you say about it

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Did st thomas come to India?
Hi Temple destruction is a senstive topic. So please write with some restraint. To set the record straight our kings were not above this : pallava ( search for gunabareshwaram referred in dr nagaswamy's siva bhakthi book) destruction of a j…

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Can Cholas Be Gods?
Dear sirs Am sure you have read many inscriptions of rrc and rjc. Can you elaborate the purpose of these temple inscriptions. Except for the big temple dancer inscription, land record inscription etc ( a few) ....rest all run to say 50 lines... The…

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Did medieval Chola Expansion have an objective?
Hi mark Would adiyen explain the ashokan edicts n the empires listed in that.

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Chola parikgrammam & trip to Cheyyur
Hi nanda Cheyyur looks interesting. Would u have any photos ?? Hope u saw the hindu report on finding of new inscription on the kandalur salai. Maybe you can ask ramachandran sir for his views on the same.

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Are the later Cholas a 'robber dynasty'?
Dear arul Some corrections. Palllava contribution to tamil. Can you please do some reading on inscriptions in seeyamangalam. Check period n verses of alwars n nayanmaars. Pallavas followed buddhisim: this is a wrong claim. We have some pointers …

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West Coast
Hi satish Will be back in chennai on 24th..currently on chola trail...will reach u once back

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Art spanning three generations
Hi Self, arvind and mr shriram visited the gallery today morning. Fantastic original art of sri maniam incl original works of pk, ss and ps. A must visit for our group ( incl the famous periya pazhu n nandhini)

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Interaction with Tamil Heritage Foundation ( International )
Hi sps Saw all thw wonderful photos in mintamil forum. Very glad

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Vathapy Ganapathy - what is the conclussion?
Dear kathie I just stepped on home soil !!! The article is very interesting, will try and translate into english once back or hv time. Meantime, tani padal discussion is on verses annexxed to main songs. The dating on main songs n these hv been t…

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Vathapy Ganapathy - what is the conclussion?
hi friends there is a wonderful article about exactly what we are discussing - titled Pillayar vazhipattin thotramum valarchiyum, in the book Pen Deiva Vazhipaadu. its reproduced here ( in tamil ) www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=575 The…

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Ganapathy
am sorry - the statement is not entirely true. The styles in Undavalli which predate Mahendra and the proximity of Mahendra's childhood areas to these - clearly point out that it was initially the other way around. Mogalrajapuram is a puzzle as…

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Vathapy Ganapathy- ganesha in srilanka in 1st century
hi, Dhambulla - is not fully attributed to 1st C BC. There was continuous work on these and most certainly was a pure buddhist site in its early days. The additions continued as late as 9th C. the particular mural listed as 1st C Bc is definitely n…

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Vathapy Ganapathy, Muruga
Hi Ravi enjoy more http://murugan.org/research/java.htm http://murugan.org/research/china_karttikeya.htm

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tamil puthinangal - udated file loaded
Wonderful mr sundar, we need more like you. But i feel you should try and do proper ( meaning full fledged) and unbiased reviews of works. It will be a great tool for people like us, who are stuck with hazarding guesses and buying.

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Vathapy Ganapathy
ok , my friend. Here you go Before we start, must clarify something to you - I am not an expert nor do i have any formal training /degree on this subject and hence am as much a student as you - however, i have spent considerable time on these - inc…

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Vathapy Ganapathy
" According to me " !!! I would want to write more but its too too basic or rather elementary to even argue with your wild hypothesis. You got to know how to crawl before you start running. There are volumes and volumes of high quality wo…

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tamil puthinangal - udated file loaded
Feel so jealous of you. But due to some personal restrictions ( imposed on myself) have not touched this genre for a year and a half - despite about 8 works still left unopened. Focussing all available time of another pursuit. But the credit should …

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Vathapy Ganapathy
" For instance, Tamil was not used in administration during the Pallava time. This will meet your querry." Dear Sri R Narasimhan Can you please explain what you meant by with the above.

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Vathapy Ganapathy [1 Attachment]
dear sir Just had time to go through the attachment. Some observations: 1) Quote from article" "There are two points to be noted. The earliest Pallava king, being a Zoroastrian, wanted to build a temple for the Sun on the Pyramid model.…

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tamil puthinangal - udated file loaded
Dear sri sunder have you read all the works on the list !!

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Early Ganapathy worship
This is from dr rn paper on some contributions of the pandya to south indian art The image that was considered to be a pallava king with his two assistants has been identified as harihara. The reasoning is due to the hair style. One side is jata…

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Early Ganapathy worship
dear venkat there is a wonderful article of dr nagaswamy on the same. will seek his permission and reproduce.

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Early Ganapathy worship
My dearest friend I am not sure if you know us well enough to hint what you are hinting. Dont want to end a good discussion on such a note. I am asking a straight question and request for a straight answer. You mentioned that there references to g…

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