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Unmatched Philanthropy - The Tata's Way
Hi Satish, One correction in this, Ms Sudha was waiting for her husband, Mr Narayanamurthi at that time :). And I agree that Tatas have done good and honest job for the country and business. However I have a feeling that the coming generation migh…

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Upper Pallava cave temple at Trichy
Hi vj, Yes there are two sockets inside the shrine. Earlier scholars, A H Longhurts, E Hultzsch, thought that one, large one, socket was for Shivalingam and smaller one was for an image of Mahendravarman. However later scholars, K R Srinivasa…

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To the past, with passion
Hi Friends, I have few books of Mr K V Ramesh. One book on Varadaraja Temple can be bought from Flipkart.com. The cost of the book is Rs 100/- and shipping is free. The site is quite reliable. Please visit the given link, if you are interested in…

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Raja Raja dishonour to women
Hi Friends, My knowledge on Cholas is very very limited hence I wholly depend upon you for enlightenment over the topic. I have no idea of the characters mentioned in this mail, hence can't comment on this. Mr VKR's mail was very…

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Any other Emperor remembered after 1000th Year ?
Hi, I support the statement from Shash, Chengiskhan is seen as a national hero in Mongolia and many establishment of that country bear this name.

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81 dancing sculptures discovered in Big Temple only in 1956
Hi vj, The time period of Rajaraja in this article, Raja Raja Chola I (985 - 1023 AD), seems to be different from widely accepted theory of 1015 CE as end of his era. Am I correct?

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Legal document in stone
Hi SPS Sir, This is published by Aryan Books International under authorization from IGNCA. I am a regular buyer from this publisher as they deal with ASI books as well. The cost of the book is Rs 3000/-, for me they gave 25% discount. However …

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Legal document in stone
Hi vj, Today I received this book, Brhadisvara Temple, which Dr Nagaswamy is shown handling in the pic. This is second in series, the first one is about the architecture of the temple written by Pierre Pichard. Seems a good time as the arrival of…

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Please identify the location of Pallava cave temples
Hi Arvind, Actually it was a mistake from my side. When I was writing this mail, I saw your gmail id in the list and thought that this mail will be going to your id only, however when I saw this mail in this group then I realized that the grou…

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Thanjai Periya Koil outer wall being broken to get VVIPs enter
Hello Sir, I understand your concern, and what i expressed was just my opinion. I only think that we have very few leaders left in the country, all others are just make money and get status kind of people. One example I quote of our neighborin…

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Thanjai Periya Koil outer wall being broken to get VVIPs enter
Hi, Sorry to say this but this country has many godmen who are above the real God. By godmen, I do not mean swamis and others, but those self-proclaim lords who either are involved in running this country or flying high on the support of those wh…

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sucide of horse sculptor
Hi, This is a pretty old theory proposed by Professor P.N. Oak, in which he applied to the court to get access of the underground chambers of Taj Mahal, however that plea was rejected by the court. He wrote a book on this as well, however my per…

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Please identify the location of Pallava cave temples
Hi Arvind, Would you be free on those days to accompany me to these sites? Also do I need to get some permission for photographs on these sites?

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sucide of horse sculptor
Hi, This could be just a legend or a local story. Nothing such is mentioned in ed Taj Mahal I did not any feeling of sorrow or sadness. In fact the idea of this monument was to visualize heaven on earth, mostly known as Char-Bagh architecture st…

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Mahabalipuram - Finished and Unfinished Arjuna Penance - Startling differences
Hi Kathie, I have reached the 'Teerth Yatra' section of vana parva. I remember some books already published on the identification of these teertha places, will revert back if I get any clue about the book or the places.

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Mahabalipuram - Finished and Unfinished Arjuna Penance - Startling differences
Hi vj, very unfortunate that the talk is in Tamil, someone in this group should take up this task of translation so that people like me can also be benefited by these researches. I am going through Vanaparva of Mahabharata in detail now, its a big…

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Kids Feedback for Vj's Workshop
The best feedback you would have got vj in whole your life, I assume. Quite impressive, the way they have written down things which they like and about their expectations.

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Mookambika temple-size matters in temples too!
Hi, Yes, it is true that we find big temples usually in Tamilnadu however many of these temple were extended conrinuously in later times. Best examples are erecting gopurams and compound walls by succeeding dynasties. Lingraj and Konark temples i…

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Some Tamil Literature books
Hello Sir, Thanks a lot, may you please also let me know from where I can get these books. I will be visiting Chennai in October so can buy from there if available.

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Thiruvarur - Somaskanda
Hi, Please find the attached picture taken from ASI Review. @vj - may you please include this in your evolution article as this seems quite different from other panels.

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Pallava Narasimha
Hi SPS Sir, I think you are referring to the thread where we discussed about Narasimha images in Pallava times. As I posted this question to our group, somehow the context was not properly set by me and also the mail subject was not proper. I wa…

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Immortal art and artists
good link, reminded me the old days when I used to read Chandamama and such kind of sketches were found in that book. Its a nice feeling to get nostalgic about the old times.

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Great start - interaction with school kids on need to use libraries by Mr. Badri Seshadri
Hello SPS Sir, I would be very happy to participate in such kind of activities, however I can only be available on Saturdays and sundays. Please let me know if there are some activities planned on weekends.

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How much time will it take to construct Dharmaraja Ratha
Hi, Thanks a lot to vj for the hints. My trigger to ask the question was as blow: We have got many titles of a Pallava king in Dharmaraja Ratha. Many of the scholars have started the history of Mamallapuram with Mahamalla. We also believe that all…

Comment by now_saurabh August 2010 permalink
Chennai Bookshops for history & architecture books
Thanks Satheesh and vj, AED is a well known publisher and I buy their books online or from Bangalore book shops. I am more interested in some treasure-trove kind of book store where rare books can be found. I am very sure that such kind of treasur…

Comment by now_saurabh August 2010 permalink
BIRTH CENTENARY OF SIVARAMAMURTHY !!
Hi SPS Sir, May you please enlighten us all on this Sivaramamuthy as I am not very familiar with the work of this author. Is this same person, C Sivaramamuthy who was in ASI and published guide book on Mahabalipuram? I read the links, given in you…

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deogarh
Hi, Deogarh is in my itinerary of coming January trip, will share the pics after that. @Kathie - I assume that you have been to Deogarh already?

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Thiruvarur - Somaskanda
Hi, I have this photo, taken from ASI Review. But there seems to be some issue while attaching it here. I will send it asap when this issue will be resorved.

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A story of conservation
When I visited Kanchi then this was under covers as restoration was in progress. Many sincere thanks to REACH on these efforts and I would surely visit this in my next trip to Kanchi.

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Mahabalipuram - Part II - Rathas
Hi Arvind, yes you are correct that the lion does not look towards the temple cell, however there was a constraint of the rock and its position, that's why I wrote the comment 'utilization at the maximum'. They knew that the lion ca…

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