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ettayapuram
Hi Venkat, Another project for us would be to write a book about the royal lineage of Tamilnadu. Where they live today, who they are and their present life style.

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Book on Kaveri
Yes.

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maruthu pandyas
Hi Venkat, Do you have the history of what happened to the Pandiars during these times ? Hope they were not extinguished by the British... I strongly believe that decendents of the Pandiars still live today somewhere in the south.

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Karikal Cholan ruled TN before Nedunchezhiyan
I guess there were several Nedunchezhiyans that ruled in the cankam age. The Mangulam inscription near Madurai mentions a Pandian Nedunchezhiyan and it is dated to 3rd Century BC. The Nedunchezhiyan name seems to be a rather legendary name and the S…

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Budha or Mahavira
Hi Venkatesh, If in case you are planning to visit the Buddhas please let me know. I will join.

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Rare Tamil inscription in China..

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Syllabus for the inscription reading course
Hi, Thanks.

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Thiruparamkundram : The "Non" muruga temple
This temple is a cave temple. So we can not go around the main statue. So they dont do the abishekam there. Per local legend, the power of the god there is in the spear ( because of killing of a giant ) so they do the abishekam only for the spear.

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Syllabus for the inscription reading course
Dear All, Unless we become a registered society, we can not take up such tasks beyond certain level. Funding, setting up a steering committe and issues resolution are pretty difficult now. Let us work on this as well.

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Syllabus for the inscription reading course
Do you have the contacts ?

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Budha or Mahavira
I think we should see this place ourselves. How about a trip this week end?

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Vandiyathevan Vazhiyil
We will combine a trip that visits main temples and some sangam age caves with Tamil Brahmi inscriptions ( we will also cover the Mangulam cave with Pandian Nedunchelian inscription ) I will work on this and post soon.

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MARINA MEET :: the 11th Feb, Sat 2006
Let me think it over...

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INSCRIPTIONS READING
Dear SPS, I'm for [1] below. I'm enrolled! How about visiting Kollipakkam this week end? The news appeared on The Hindu on Sunday and on Dinamalar today. Some ASI people can accompany us. I think it is an important find.

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Adichanallur again
Dear SPS, Thanks. Feb 13 or Anyday after Feb 16 will be OK for me.

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Adichanallur again
Is it possible that the 3rd eye is an injury ( sword or spear ) ? I think that person was killed in a combat. Can you see some resemblence with Sumerian skulls?

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Beach Meeting on Saturday
Hi, Thats a good idea. Ping me around 3PM on that date. Can someone tell me where is this statue on the beach ? I can park my car nearby.

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Coming to Chennai
Hi, Yes. I'm available. Lets meet at SPS office, so we dont miss.

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Age of "sangam" literature
Hi, There are several theories of prevalence of Tamil in ancient India. [1] Several people have claimed to have successfully deciphered Indus Valley inscriptions as proto-Tamil. I bought 2 books on this on the Book Exhibition. 1 of the books claim…

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CHENNAI BOOK FARE
It is too crowded there that it is very difficult to spot such specific books.... I had to go around atleast 3 times to locate the Sangam age tamil coins book by Dinamalar editor! I think they should organize it in a much bigger space ( manapakkam f…

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CHENNAI BOOK FARE
I went to the book fare yesterday. Though a bit crowded, it is worth paying a visit. I could see KANs books "The Colas" and "Foreign notes of South India" at the Madras University stall. Another interesting book is "Kadal …

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[min-suvadi] Book Relese - kadal vazi vaNikam by K.Narasiah
Note: forwarded message attached.

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South India - Trip
There is one company called Sun Tourism at Chennai. There is one guy Nagarajan 98408-34528 there. Theyo organize tour packages. They have tour packages for locations such as Ajanta etc., May be we can contact them. We are utilizing them for our comp…

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South India - Trip
Dear SPS, I'm for both. Let us visit Ajanta, Ellora and Badami too. Let us also visit Cambodia. I guess not many members will be interested in.. Even if it is a subset, let us go ahead.

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Year end Lull
Hi Did this Kaviyogi publish the ancient Tamil Sangam treatise on music / dance ? I came across this in some place. It looks like he published the first part of it and then passed away. Remaining parts of this sangam literature is gone into oblivi…

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Year end Lull
Dear Group, After that Tanjore trip, we planned for 1 day visits around Chennai for prominent historical places, but nothing materalized. I guess everybody is busy.. Hope we could find time to meet again.

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RRC or Sanakathi Munivars
Why would somebody paint Sanakathi Munivar and Rishi kumar there ? Does the placement of the picture make any sense to the surrounding pictures ? But if we look at the picture of RRC, it is very much simillar to the RRC statue in our website. I�…

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Temples providing Asylum during Natural calamities
Guys, Who is the man in the photograph on this page? http://www.thebigtemple.com/architecture1.html Is it our great RRC ? If so the disputed painting should be RRC too. They resemble the same.

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Emperor Karikal Cholan period & Uraiyur Meettan
There is a Tamil brahmi inscription in Mangulam near Madurai that talks about Pandian Nedunchelian. The period of this inscription is roughly 3rd century BC. Some evidences are coming up these days. Look for indirect evidence in works of Ptolomy, …

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Emperor Karikal Cholan period & Uraiyur Meettan
Hi, The dates should be OK. I read that "Singampunari" a small town near Madurai is the home town of Pari vallal ( was it some other vallal ?) The ancient Tamils were the only community to have developed the writing system in India - bra…

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