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Rajinikanth to play Tiruvalluvar in Rs 50 Cr film
I hope i am > not stirring up an hornet's nest here. > > Regards, > Mouli Hi no hornets nest is hot to touch in PS group. I did some searching too. marco polo- 1292 heard of some legends in lanka about one of jesus's apo…

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Madras Day Celebrations.
It gives an interesting > view that we are ignoring more older historical things when > celebrating Madras day. "On 22 August 1639, Francis Day secured the Grant by the Damarla Venkatadri Nayakudu, Nayak of Wandiwash giving over to t…

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Dasavatharam - Buddha Sarira ..
> Brahmapuram @ Seerkazhi, where (thiru) Gnanasambandar was born and > breast-fed by Umai ... > no way then why is she also called unnamulai amman. she fed none including ganesa and muruga. she fed sambanda milk in a golden cup. that…

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Rajinikanth to play Tiruvalluvar in Rs 50 Cr film
Hi I think the earliest european text mentioning thomas grave in india was marco polo 1290 ad. he made an effort to visit it so the legend must have existed before that. by the way kalki makes a mention of christianity in his sivakaamiyin sa…

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Adiyamanin edhiri (Crossword)
Hi Saathmeeka while you are on the subject of quizzes there is another one in the PHOTOS SECTION called HERITAGE QUIZ. try it out. venketesh

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Vaaram Oru Alayam #67 - Arulmigu Vilvavananathar Thirukkovil , Thirukkollamputhur
Hi many temples claim that story thiruvetkalam in chidambaram also claims the pasupatham was given to arjuna here. venketesh

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Dasavatharam - Buddha Sarira ..
> 2) The Noah's Ark episode and our Matsya Avatar episode of floods another is thoniappar in sirkali. where shiva is pictrised as a boatman during the great floods. a temple to be seen to be beleived. 3 stories. ground floor is shiva a…

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Dasavatharam - Buddha Sarira ..
> > 1. Member Deepa postulated :: > > Profet Mohammed as avtar. > we need to remember god came as an arab horse trader to convert manika vasagar. venketesh

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dasavatharam
Hi Thiru thats another contreversy altogether. we dont have a definite date for adisankara . venketesh

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dasavatharam
Hi Vijay now we have 2 entirely different propositions A) there could be more than 10 avatars B) there could be more than 1 buddha my question is when was the word dasavatharam mentioned first? any idea. we need to agree that buddha was not a…

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dasavatharam
> > The above is as recorded in Srimadh Bhagavatham. So this Buddha of > Vishnu is definitely different from the Gauthama Buddha. The later > day (but as early as Pallava sculptures) artists could have > misconstrued this to be Ga…

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dasavatharam
> As per Srimadh Bhagavatham composed by Sage Vyasa, the Avatars of > Vishnu are not 10 but 21. Please dont let kamal hear this!!!! venketesh

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Thirumazhabaadi
Hi shoba doesnt that come like a flashback in sembian madevi's words? but the episode i am talking about - the shaivaite scholars comes in the book 1.I guess its pazhaiyarai. venketesh

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Thirumazhabaadi
Hi yes its the same temple, but kalki makes a small error here. when the group of shaivaite scholars (much to the anger of aalvarkadiyaan nambi) tell sembian madevi about malapaadi , she asks which malapaadi? and they explain actually before ma…

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Thirumazhabaadi
Hi mazhapaadi is a master piece of a temple. on the banks of the kollidam its surrounded by villages all bearing royal names, like kandaraathiththam, etc. i think the temple was during uthamas period.of course it had been widely sung before that.…

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Vaaram Oru Alayam #66 Arulmigu Veezhinathar Thirukkovil, Thirumeezhivizhalai
anga suthi inga suthi sps oda favourite templukku vanthaachaa sabaash ini sps thodarattum on the connection between this temple and big temple. venketesh

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The Books That Changed Your Lives
Hi A.K Chettiar was primarily a traveller. knowing few languages e trotted across the globe sometimes shovelling coal to pay for his voyage. but then like the great travellers of the past he paused to record each step. venketesh

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Kasturiba Gandhi

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Story of India-Silpa Shastra
.Hema Malini was a telugu find matter of fact appeared in a movie called Pandava Vanavasam as a dancer first. true hema Malini acted in a short episode as dancer in Pandava Vanavasam, a 1961 Telugu film. but she seriously tried to find a movi…

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Kasturiba Gandhi
Hi gandhi's new biography by his grandson tells of his attraction to a bengali woman. it needed a lot of persuasion from other leaders like rajaji to ged rid of that fatal attraction. i guess he came very close to ejecting kasturiba from his…

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Poems - Tagore
> I was wondering if we could all discuss our favorite poems, separate > from books? Yes malathi small poems have changed more lives than long long books. and so many times we set poems we hear as our lifes' mission. the poem that …

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Poems - Tagore
Hi Malathi do you know kalki paid a princely sum of 5 rs entrnce fee o see tagore. that was a s a student in trichy studying under a scholarship he says tagore glided like a cloud on the ground in his white silken robe" kalki had not read t…

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Story of India-Silpa Shastra
> There is this Discovery program called Story of India by Michael Wood. learnt a lot of things from the programme. do you beleive that fateh pursikri akbars capital has a door way in which in persian is a saying from jesus christ!!!! i saw…

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The Books That Changed Your Lives
Hi Mine was (though not a book) the readers digest. i laid my hands on a out dated copy and was fascinated at the variety. how articles used to jump from action to social workers, from travel to health issues, from crime to humour. it was a treat t…

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"Kaadha Thuram" ???

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Gangaikondan Mandabam in Chennai??
-Hi nice observation can sps tell us where to find chola inscriptions within chennai. kachur, thiruvidanthai and pulipakkam( chingelpet hill) are on the outskirts venketesh

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pungkuzhali
Hi poonguzhali does not come in book one of PS. of course senthan amuthan describes his maama"s daughter . the kaakkai kuyil comparison. in book 2 i think the first chapter is named after poongkuzhali.

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pungkuzhali
Poongkuzhali was also the bravest of the lot having killed a cheeta with a shark bone for a weapon. also crossing the palk straight at will. nimirntha nannadai nerkonda paarvai nilaththil 'cheetaavukkum' anjchaatha panbu Barathaiyin pu…

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pungkuzhali
> > I credit her most of all with the only character who brings out the human/natural side of Kalki's flat goody goody RRJ. He confesses liking her, albeit in feverish stupor, beyond all societal odds of being king and fisherwoman!! …

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pungkuzhali
> > Let's hear from people who bashed Vanathi and praised Poonkuzhali ! > > I think poongkuzhali was the manifestation of kalki's democratic outlook. he departed from factual history and made a boat girl the chola empress…

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