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Aadiperukku Greetings
> > Of couse, Venkat & Swetha planned another trip and this was also > well organised - covering the Big temple in detail.. > oh no that trip was planned by sps and sathish. phenomenal trip we followed vanthiyathevans trip from…

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Aadiperukku Greetings
Hi another good news just heard that swetha has had a boy baby today. thaayum seyum nalam i am yet to meet a person more involved in the ponniyin selvan story than her. so am curious what she would name her son???? arul mozhi? vanthiya devan? adi…

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Did Tamil kings/soldiers use shield ?
it > is obvious that the first battalion is going to die, still they kept > coming and finally able to capture. Hope this is a right example. remarkable aint it?so many beleived in a cause. right or wrong the beleif for which they paid w…

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Did Tamil kings/soldiers use shield ?
> > HI thiru > > when you mean tamil kings, is too generic and a big time span.of > course we used diff kind of weapons. which period are you referrring to > Hi Vijay when you talk about period do you sincerely feel there wa…

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Did Tamil kings/soldiers use shield ?
This calls for a thorough list of all weapons used by tamils vijay must have a list. bows, arrows, swords, were there for sure. perhaps we should visit madras museum. i remember seeing a full set of all weapons displayed. venketesh

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Chera connectivity with Cholas
Hi there was also a major chera connectivity with the later pandyas. ravivarman kulasekaran was achera king whose maternal grandparents were the pandyas. history says he was the only king left unnaffected by malik kafur's invasion. infact h…

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Chera connectivity with Cholas
> > The circumstances you are discussing now is handled well in > Kannadasan's Cheraman Kadali. > > > > This novel clearly depicts how the vimâs and fancies of a warrior > turned king had dissected the Chera empire…

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Mahatma Gandhi
Hi While on gandhi we should talk about kalki's connection with him. kalki's greatest contribution to general writing was the translation of " my experiments with truth" into tamil kalki was also a member of gandhi ashram at …

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1000 YearOld Temple identified near Tindivanam with RR inscription
have read in one of sri ganapathi stapathi > articles that the main scupture is always kept connected to the > ground. even while the basement / stone etc are done, there is > always a direct provision made for the deity to be in physic…

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Chera connectivity with Cholas
MY GOD a nayanmar son for an alwar? I am sure there were more generations between them. they even had a muslim in the family right in mohammeds time. according to indian muslim chronicles. a cheraman mosque exists in kerala. but mohammeds time…

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Mahatma Gandhi's assassination denied him Nobel Prize

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Mahatma Gandhi's assassination denied him Nobel Prize
> Venkat, I agree with you on the last point - that Alfred Nobel being on the commitee would have changed things. I am not sure at all about other issues. Whom do we learn about Gandhi from - a racist bigot like Churchill or hypocrite/religio…

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PURANTAKA @ TRIPURANTAKA

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Vaaram Oru Alayam #69 Arulmigu Gajasamharamurthy Thirukkovil, Vazhuvur
Hi just when we are talking about shivas valiant deeds her is case of striking when the metal is hot one of the veerattaanam sthalams. but there is a small difference here. it is perhaps the only shrine of the 8 veerattaanams where we dont have a…

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Mahatma Gandhi's assassination denied him Nobel Prize
Hi whereas the common men thro out the world and even in england viewed him as a saint the politician who were at the receiving end of his ahimsa and nonviolent methods often resented him. churchill and jinnah though his strategy was a put on sho…

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Sembian Madevi
> Deliberately MISSED to mention Thiruvakkarai - Catch me if you can ? > and you Caught ! Very nice.. > > SEMBIYAN MADEVI and KANDA SURIYAN SAMBUVARAYAN are mentioned in the gopuram of thiruvakkarai. perhaps kandamaran came from this…

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PURANTAKA @ TRIPURANTAKA
Hi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preah_Vihear_Temple this temple was in the news being claimed both by thailand and cambodia. its a temple some of its later architecture matching the time period of big temple . god's name is bradeshwara the…

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Thirumazhabaadi
Hi for almost three years a monkey used to come from the kollidam banks and wait for the noon neivedyam of the lord at malapaadi. one day it got hit by an electric wire and died. the priests buried it within the kollidam banks. the next day or so …

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Thirumazhabaadi
> > Just a wild shot. Does it mean there could be an another 'malapaadi' - > chinna/peria or east/west. Isn't this pairing common? > Hi Not that i can think of. only one malapaadi was sung 300 years before sembiyan mad…

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Thirumazhabaadi
> Gokul's Facts & Fiction mention that he decided about making Sendhan > Amudhan as king while doing yogasanam? Hi perhaps he was doing the yogasanam before he penned the nove!! I think thats far fetched to be a half way change. …

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Thirumazhabaadi

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PURANTAKA @ TRIPURANTAKA
> >> what is Tripurantaka story line ? what is the earthly manifestation of thirupuram- is is thiruvathigai?? the veerattaanam story there is same. and we have achirupakkam associated with the legend en route. thiruvathigai converted …

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PURANTAKA @ TRIPURANTAKA
> I can post thirupurantaka story later today.If my memory servs right ganesha was the charioter od his father siva in this battle. perhaps they compromised later but naughty ganesha broke the axle of the charriot his father rode in achu - i…

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PURANTAKA @ TRIPURANTAKA
> > what is Tripurantaka story line ? may be you can help with > appropriate link. shiva as a god has several legends associated with him. especially the veerattaanam stories. if we list them perhaps we could get a clue. some concern…

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Thirumazhabaadi - 2
Remember Kandaraadithtam? malavarayars perhaps named a town after their maapillai. > yes sir I had seen, FYI I had been living in thirumaanur for about 3 > years when i was studying my college! > > I can mention few names enroute ma…

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Thirumazhabaadi - 2
Hi malapaadi is 6 km only from thirumaanur. on both sides of the road you can see the biggest frying pans in the world on this route!!! huge ones used to make vellam from cane juice. thirumaanur is the native place of our group member muruganandam …

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Thillayil Oru Kollaikaran
Hi Mouli thillai chidambaram always was linked with gold in legend. long before the temple came up we have a sickly king bathing in the sivaganga tank and coming out shiny and clothed in gold. and ofcourse the gold roof and the legend that the d…

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Thirumazhabaadi - 2
Hi Satheesh beautiful work. brought me back wonderful memories when i made a flying visit to this town everymonth. under the rajagopuram the words sembiyan madevi can be deciphered by even a lay man amidst the mass of entangled edicts. train to …

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Thillayil Oru Kollaikaran
Hi Mouli alchemy it was called, and regardless of borders or race men in the middle ages were after a method to change base metal into gold. todays science can do it by altering electrons but the process costs more than the gold. it seemed a lazy…

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A letter - of love and pathos
> The postal system really surprised me and sometimes I feel, it was > much better than todays postal system. Any letters written those days > fetched a reply within a weeks time.. Hi sathish a small piece of trivia when we are discussi…

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