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Peyar or bhringi rishi
> > In Pillayar Patti - inside the Sanctum - there is a Lingothbavar & > a Sastha - within 20 feet North of Pillayar - and the temple was > then known as Siva temple (Easwaram!)! pillaiyar patti is still a private temple of…

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what is the signifiance of these lizards
(considering that they are never found in prominent places but always in an obscure corner or the roof). Hi you see the lizard before you see the golden roof in chidambaram so prominent on the east side. just above the entrance to the sabhai ve…

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Peyar or bhringi rishi
Hi nice to have brought up peyar karaikal ammaiyar's topic especially with reach foundation organising a guided trip to thiruvalangadu this sunday the place and karaikal ammaiyar are so linked. I wish to repeat here that the only seated sai…

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what is the signifiance of these lizards
even in the corridor roof of srirangam between the temple and the sorga vasal is a lizard engraving everybody sees it for luck

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what is the signifiance of these lizards
Hi very interesting indeed a lot of lizards have a third eye. its not like a typical eye but its still a sensory organ john hopkins gazette article on the topic http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2006/08may06/thirdeye.html " mukkannan embiraan…

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what is the signifiance of these lizards
do lizard's have a third eye?? Shiva-yoga is a technique of opening the third eye. The third eye is an enigmatic organ having a universal mythological history. It is the middle eye of Shiva; it is the eye of Horas of Egyptian tradition, it …

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what is the signifiance of these lizards
-Hi aha there is a lizard carved on the vimana of our holiest shrine- chidambaram. i was always told that it was a robber who came to steal the gold butwas changed intoa lizard. now i see so many instances. perhaps this logic will work out. to …

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KAN & Kalki
Hi an answer to this might be in sunda's ponniyin puthalvar. shall check it up

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Kundavai-VT's wedding
> > But after the sons of Rajendra Chozha, there was no male legal heir > to Chozha throne (sometime around 1070 AD or so - about 100 yrs > after our story line) and the KULOTHUNGA who came to Power was from > Kundavai - Vandhiyat…

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Kundavai-VT's wedding
Hi perhaps kalki thought it would take the sting out of manimekalai's death. coming to think of it 2, out of the 3 jodis married in the end. poor vanthiyathevan was left( perhaps to savour his bachelor hood for some more time) venketesh

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About Rarajan Pallipadai :: Annaul Epigraphy Report
> > the lord Sri-Rajarajadeva gave to the supreme lord of the Sri- > Rajarajesvara (temple)...... > > > 55. Having obtained the illustrious names of Sivapadasekhara[15] and > Sri-Rajaraja,[16] (he gave the following) gold tr…

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About Rarajan Pallipadai :: Annaul Epigraphy Report
-yes indeed as kalki says pallipadai temples were neglected and became engulfed by forests? the chola kings did not think twice about equating themselves with the divine.{there will always a doubt which name came first rajaraja or rajarajeshwara…

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About Rarajan Pallipadai :: Annaul Epigraphy Report
I guess very few people have a control in deciding their own pallipadai but then anybody would know rrc would have preferred to rest somewhere close to big temple and... could that explain why the temple was almost abandoned after rrc given the…

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About Rarajan Pallipadai :: Annaul Epigraphy Report
or one of its sorrounding temples?

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Ponniyin Selvan on Kalaignar TV
Hi Naga is a wizard when evoking your emotions. fear, love, anger were the emotions he made rise in the audience during the marma desam series. my only aprehension is that sucha long serial like that of ponniyin selvan should come in such a pol…

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Parthibendrapallava
Hi sivaram vikraman had already dealt with that i took up another last line of kalki that "sambuvarayars prospered and kandamaran shone in his life" venketesh

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Ponniyin Selvan on Kalaignar TV
Hi last time it was because 2 well endowed televisions vijay and sun vied to start it at the same time. this time nobody will dare to compete with kalingnar t.v. but then with naga's superb pace in marmadesam and suspense at he end of each ep…

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Ponniyin selvar ...sangu chakara regai!!!
afterall it is said that the > vanar kulam sides with those in power. refering to prof Jb's note > that they served the pandyas once the chola power vanned.) > a rastrakuta princess was the chief queen of rrc. was she kundavai…

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Ponniyin selvar ...sangu chakara regai!!!
Hi Rahul rrc cannot be eliminated.but then there are many chances for him to be given the benefit of the doubt. 1. he was propably very young. thiru koviloor kalvettu. he was propably handling a rattle at the time his brother was murdered. 2. such…

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some questions
> > 1) why did RJC shift his capital to GKC from Tanjore? > legend says he was trapped on one side of a flooded kollidam and could not reach chidambaram for arudra function also he didnt build gkc staying at tanjore. he shifted his head…

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nandhini Vs cleopatra
hi a pandya till 17c no way the pandyas moved out of madurai in 1320 and propably survived in the sankaran koil area till 1450s till they were slowly pushed aside by the poligars( feudatories of the vijaynagar and later naik kings) some of them t…

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how long?
in one line in parthiban kanavu a sequel to s.s kalki says sivakami brought up the children of pallavan after his wife died.

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Kovil Theru .....was it a war machine
Hi Arunagiri was much later in history during the hoysala period perhaps 16th century.these instruments of war were much older intamil history. when historians look to literary sources to support other evidence arnagiri is vey useful whereas the…

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The First voyage around the world - Magellan/ Vasco da Gama
> > Continuing on the theme of the Crusaders, the Portuguese were > responsible demolishing almost all the ancient Hindu Temples in > SriLanka including Thiruketheeswaram, Thirukoneswaram and > Muneeswaram. They obliterated many …

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nandhini Vs cleopatra
- Yes sir and the closest charecter to vanthiyathevan was D'Artagnan and the last book in the triology deals with the real heir to the throne in jail a lot of resemblances between ponniyin selvan and 3 musketeers and kalki was liberala …

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7 wonders of INDIA
Hi Sri jantar mantar especially at jaipur is a wonder- agreed. it was much built later than the others listed ( some 1725 or so) but it signifies man's thirst to seek knowledge. The Jantar Mantar is a collection of architectural astronomical …

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7 wonders of INDIA
-No prizes for guessing where rahul stays or his loyalties lie.

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what constitutes a wonder of the world?
Always counted among the man-made marvels of the world by its admirers, the Taj Mahal on Sunday found pride of place in a new list of seven wonders polled by people around the globe. Following are the new Seven Wonders of the World: The Colosseum…

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Lemuria & Tamil sangams - Kulothunga Cholan
Hi the movie dasavatharam I am told shows this incident as a deliberate attempt of biological warfare the king was infected with a virus or bacteria. however , its nice that movies are getting ideas from history venketesh

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what constitutes a wonder of the world?
some trivia about the original 7 wonders of the 7 ancient wonders 2 were in egypt, 2 in turkey, one in iraq and 2 in greece only one survives today( the great pyramids) The list that we know today was compiled in the Middle Agesby which time m…

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