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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
Venkat2, it is impossible for mythical stories to be 'rational and logical', be it Sarabeswarar or something else. If we want it that way we might as well throw everything out starting with great epics. I agree with you some stories may h…

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
Venkat2, my humble stance is that 'sthala puranam' and history can be totally unrelated. The basic problem in our times is that there is only ONE way of understanding everything - that is if it historically/literally happened, the opposite…

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Dasavatharam :: Perur
Thank you Kathy for the beautiful picture. Two other pictures of Perur sculptures are very famous, that of Kaali in the last stages of dance competition with Shiva, the dual look of shyness and anger on her face, second is Shiva again as 'Bi…

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
Venkat R - extremely well put :) Malathi

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
VEnkat2, I have heard it, the temple at Perur, coimbatore has two wonderful sculptures of the Shiva-Parvati dance competition. Parvati's scultpure shows anger if you see it on one side and shyness if you see it on another. Malathi

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
Vijay,beautifully put, thanks.

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
Venkat2, whatever little I know from my grandmother, Narasimha's anger was not appeased even after killing Hiranya so Parvati or Shiva decided to confront the lion (not exactly Vishnu). I agree with what you say that many stories may have been…

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
Thank you yes i agree very much.

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
Venkat I don't disagree that Sambandar and Appar had jains impaled. They lived in diferent times. There are things we can accept about those times and things that we cannot. Forget even about Sambandar and Appar if you look at the gory exploits…

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
Sorry Vijay I addressed you as Venkat. Also Kathy, I did not share the Ramanuj story it was someone else. It is one of my favorite stories too.

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
Venkat II, very well said tht both versions are not in league with the original beauty of hindu thought. As far as Vaishavites take 'offence' at depiction of mal in sculptures etc, that somehow to me adds up to what Mal means to the perso…

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
Satish, how can you not mean 'anything', we all mean something dont' we :))? I did not read between lines, only quoted what you said. I will confess my weakness too, I hate being too soft on these age old divisionary arguments, basic…

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
Venkat #2, wise words, and my humble submission - there is no such thing as 'another God', that is all. Thank you.

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
If we really believe in being open minded we should not call iyengars participating in shiva worship as 'generosity' in any way. The correlation of iyers/iyengars to shaivites/vaishavities is tied down to casteism - like Venkat said Linga…

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
Rahul, I can stand him quite well :) I respect his acting skills tremendously, i think he has great talent, and he seems to be a kind hearted humanitarian too who discouraged hero worship and ecourages social work. He is not some intellectual tryin…

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
I remember reading a story on this, don't know where, possibly Kalki but could be someone else too. A Shaivite and Vaishavite are arguing on which is better, naamam or thiruneeru. The vaishavite wants to take down al lthe horizontal bricks fro…

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Dasavatharam :: Trailer link
I don't want to comment on Kalaignar much. Kamal, now yes, he tries to innovte, bring new ideas/thoughts into movies. He is by no means a mature intellectual, only seems to try often times in half baked ways. In our hero worshipping culture m…

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Girl with love sickness mocking the priest of Murugan
Absolutely beautiful, thanks!!

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Nandini's father
Very well said. What makes me stick with this group is exactly that we are not a 'kalki fan club' engaging in blind hero worship. Even after 60+ years of freedom our country suffers this problem with hero worship of politicians, movie star…

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Dasavatharam :: Deciphering :: Govindaraja Perumal
SPS, I really liked reading that post, thank you.

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Impact of kalki on this generation
GOOO Venkat!! :)

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greatness of India
Dear Kathie, wise words and salute your open mindedness!! Thank you Malathi

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Da Vinci Code
This link has great info on Jesus and Buddhism. http://www.thezensite.com/non_Zen/Was_Jesus_Buddhist.html

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Da Vinci Code
Gift of the Magi is a heartwarming, evergreen tale. Pete's Tavern in NYC, where the author wrote it (or got the idea) is a nice place (pub) to visit if you are an O Henry fan.

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Da Vinci Code
Sorry I should have written to study Buddhism, not with the Buddha. I have more info on this, will write more later. First gorgeous day of spring here, would be a waste to spend it in front of the pc:))

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Da Vinci Code
The NG Documentary also mentions that Jesus travelled to India to study with the Buddha. There are many gaps,many things we don't know about Jesus. Yes undoubtedly the book was pulp in many ways. In fact like Venkat said some parts were copied…

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Thillana Mohanambal
Dear Kathy, it was made both in English and Hindi. You can find the English version on Amazon.. http://www.amazon.com/Malgudi-Days-2-Disc-Set/dp/B000E0P2MW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1209231382&sr=8-2 It is well worth the price.…

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Thillana Mohanambal
It was a potboiler Rahul and we can like it or trash it. BTW, it was not as much rubbish as you think, if you look at the painting the person next to Jesus does look like a woman. Nobody really knows.

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Thillana Mohanambal
Sridhar, Alistair Maclean the author of the said movies admitted that he wrote them for movies, although he was a struggling writer early on and had no idea how they would make it into movies. I am not sure how we can define making a 'hash…

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A brief introduction to history of Silapadikaram
Vairam, your posts are very informative, thank you.

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