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Early Ganapathy worship
dear sir i stand corrected. i did go back on this thread and saw member Prasanna's query as below " But if we notice there is no mention of Lord Ganesha in any of our early Tamil literature. Even I had heard that there is no mention of …

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Early Ganapathy worship
dear Shankar I am sorry, but where did anyone say that there was no reference in Thevaram. We started with Vathapi Ganapathy and the fact that there are no references to Ganesha during Mahendra pallava's excavations. You can see my post which…

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Early Ganapathy worship
www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=607 *புள்ளி* *தந்த* *பிள்ளையார்*! ஐராவதம் மகாதேவன் காரைக்குடிக்கும் திருப்பத்தூருக்கும் இடையிலுள்ள பிள்ளையார்பட்டி தலத்தையும் அங்கு எழுந்தருளியிருக்கும் கற்பகவிநாயகப் பெருமானையும் அறியாதவர் தமிழகத்தில் இருக்…

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Early Ganapathy worship
hi gokul Nice. When you have time, can you elaborate on the stylistic attributes of pillayar patti cave.

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Ganapathi is indeed mentioned in Thevaram at 2 places
dear shankar We are talking of references prior and during 6th C

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Early Ganapathy worship
Dear shankar What dates are you ascertaining to the thevarm verses .

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Early Ganapathy worship
dear gokul, Thanks - but i am reposting one of your earlier mails. second para - you attribute to 3rd -4th C. any reason for moving this date to 6th C in your latest mail. The veerapuram terracota image is indeed an interesting find. Check Google…

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Vathapy Ganapathy
Dear satheesh Pillayapatti is a puzzle. Stylistically the cave is assigned to 3rd ce, but not sure how they arrived at it. Its also assigned tp pandyas, again not sure how. Thumb rule, if cave has linga which is cut into bed rock: its pandya. If …

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Vathapy Ganapathy
you may want to check this. http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2009/01/01/there-are-no-ganesha-sculptures-in-mallai-except-for.html

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Vathapy Ganapathy
thanks for sharing. would you have more photos from the visit - this is Dr jaybee sir 's article on the Vatapi Ganapathy http://www.visvacomplex.com/Ganesa_ Worship_ In_Tamilnadu.html interestingly he mentions of another ganapathy brought ba…

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cracking the code - kandhaloor salai
dear Gokul Based on this, can we recap all the events of kandalur salai with a time line and important inscriptions

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book fair 2010
sir, pongal trade fair @ island grounds?? periya appalam, panju mittaai, ranga rattanam, toy rail, karumbu juice, cheap books, plastic vegetable peeler, soap bubble blowers....corporation of madras stall, police stall etc etc fond memories

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VAIKUNTA PERUMAL TEMPLE - BOOK
dear sps sir i had posted this earlier - in the prakriti foundation site, there is a bio of the author where it says as below *"The upper sanctum of the temple originally housed a venerated image of Vishnu. Following the tenth-century conque…

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cracking the code - kandhaloor salai
maybe gokul can throw more light on the full implication of this find. will be good for all members to know - a special thread just on Khandalur salai?

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Greetings
hi Rahul Congrats and best wishes for a long innings

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manikavasagar issue
while on the topic - i read Nandhivaraman III by Sri Mylai Seeni Venkatswamy, he identifies Kazhsinga nayanaar to Nandhivaram III and also on same king that Nandhi Kalambagam was sung - Ad 825 - 836. Is this right

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Ashok Pillar - Book store - The Chola by KAN S
i bought this book from madras univ - they had a sale on in their university campus - for rs 120!! vj http://www.poetryinstone.in Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man

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Cholas affliction with Vishnu
dear sir Pg 19 of the book. Manavur is mentioned as the place and comacekara colan is the name of the King

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Cholas affiliation (affliction?) with Vishnu
yes sir. but guess with the Govindaraja episode, Ramanujar episode - you can take it both ways!!! but interesting legend.

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RRC's Pallippadai temple Research paper
dear mr selvaraj Do you mean you have sent the paper to the group - seem to have missed that mail. If possible please upload in our files section.

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dinosaur statue
interesting venkat. Not heard of it before. have to wait for some members to take a snap !!

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Tamil kings and lankan kings have a long relationship. Chola's always had problems with the lankan rulers, while the pandyas had their support mostly ( related with lot of marriages) . We have already seen the pandya haram thread. Pl also searc…

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hi, i will be in chennai mid of december and planning a few trips around Tanjore, Kumbakonam, coimbatore, madurai and tiruparankundram. If members can recommend a few good sites to visit ( am not spiritual and the interests are more for sculptural …

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Downfall of Chola Dynasty
Dear prabhu What r the dates for rrc and rjc. Which dynasty do u refer as mughals n their dates...u can urself deduce

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dear sir read the first part. somehow the second pdf file is not opening

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The moat around the Tanjore Big temple
Dear sps Interesting. One of our readers has pointed out another sculpture in the same photo, which is even more beautiful. Have updated the earlier post with that as well. Hope and pray that these are still adorning the moat walls!!

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Picasa photos
Dear kathie, You never fail to amaze us. I wish we could match urs to atleast 25 percent !!

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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] The moat around the Tanjore Big temple | தஞ்சை பெரிய கோய
Dear sir Wow, I haven't noticed it. Would it be possible for someone to take some photos of this idol as it is now and send me

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Woodz Steel
Hi Kathie Kalinga is from the area is from. He is Balu sir to all of us and when he writes it s.balasubramani B+ve - a movement which he lives by - affixing his blood group after his name, so that it becomes a tag for emergency. But i think it also…

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CNBC Lufthansa-All for the one moment
http://www.ptinews.com/news/343051_Murthy-sells-8L-Infosys-shares--to-set-up-VC-fund hope is eternal vj http://www.poetryinstone.in Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man

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