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girls mentioned in devaram
Okay the girl was born near sholavaram but lived in thiruvotriyur......

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Uthiramerur

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girls mentioned in devaram
Hi there is a temple in bazaar street of mylapore called virupakshishwarar. huge lingam. I was told it wa once called poompaaveshwarar and it was administered by sivanesan the father of poompaavai. poompaavai was mentioned 11 times in one devaram …

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Uthiramerur
Hi the only devara paadal petra sthalam in that area is thiru maagaaral between uthiramerur and kanchi. has lots of association with rajendra and his stay in chidambaram. some story about a jack fruit being sent to the king daily. also shiva ap…

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girls mentioned in devaram
paravai is the chola nattu girl. okay paravai has the distinction of being the only girl in mythology who slammed a door in lord shiva's face. kripa nanda variar swamigal used to wonder about the power of her karma. to see god face to face i…

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A Z H W A R s
kanchi, maamallai ,mylai, Thirumazhisai plenty of thondai nadu contributions. was it perhaps because thodai nadu was neutral in religions. not much persecution based on faith? > Will try to put some basics related to Azhwars : > > P…

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ramar paalam
Broad divisions of the land to tabulate temples. broadly pandya naadu- madurai thirunelveli ramnad chola naadu the cauvery delta upto tanjore( even karur comes under kongu naadu) nadu naadu- cudalore panrutti thiruvannamalai regions thondai naadu…

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ramar paalam
Why would you want to invest in a city which is near the > sea and is hardly older than the newest architecture in Madurai!! Hi Rahul I beg to differ chennai could even be older than madurai if valmiki as legends say attained moksham here.( …

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ramar paalam
Hi Rahul one big chunk of antartica went missing over the last month. was in the papers yesterday or day before. endangering the environment endangers us. its easy for you land locked guys to talk sitting in cozy in madurai. just think about us in…

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ramar paalam
fantastic what a co incidence. but then I think hanuman had his share of troubles over the palk straight. a demon captured him with the shadow and nearly ate him up, remember. it would have been a bye bye for our "aanju" but for his usi…

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ramar paalam
the actual news item for those interested: In yet another set back to the dredging work of Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project, a giant crane sent to retrive the spud that broke while trying to cut the "Ramar Sethu" or Adams Bridge in t…

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ramar paalam
-Hi Rahul commercialism at the cost of environment????????? its a highly eco sensitive area. all said and done the eco survey done before the commencement of the project was one big farce. one oil spill in that area and the ecology is finished. t…

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Comics!

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SRIRANGATHU KATHAIGAL :: Beach Meet
I was introduced to Mr. desigan only this book fair. not sure whether he even remembers me. witht he teeming crowds there no time for interaction though. but his sketches of srirangam in the sugatha book were stunning. the only book I bought in t…

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UTHIRAMERUR & :: 4TH FEB 2007 :: SUNDAY
Hi Sps we need to add that the trip actually starts from chennai. south chennai . people may get on till tambaram . venketesh

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PS SUMMER TOUR : AROUND 1ST MAY 2007
-ithu kojcham over illa. then you will want to go by a kalla thoni to lanka. aana pungkuzhali pola oru boat girl iruntha , eelam enna? antarticaavukke pogalaam. venketesh

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PS SUMMER TOUR : AROUND 1ST MAY 2007
if we start by the morning, chidambaram at 11. kadambur at 1. cross kollidam by 3 etc. we could finish trip at kodikarai. see the light house of thiyaga vidangar by drive itself for the marsh is motorable in summer. also see the kulagar koil. we c…

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Indian Republic Day on 26.01.2007
dear all on this republic day more than feeling patriotism, more than lifting your head in pride lets us be thankful for the great experience our country is giving us. in terms of heritage and history. in terms of culture and civilisation. we we…

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on samaadhis
while on this topic can someone enlighten us on the ramanuja in srirangam udayavar sannidhi? venketesh

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A Pallippadai in Melpadi-part I
Hi thats a lot of info on pallipadais but gokul didnt the palipadais have a negative connotation with the general public. i am not only referring to kalkis description of ethiriyin pallipadai at purambaiyam abut also in the last trip to tanjore…

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Febraury trip..
confirming venketesh

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Pandyans
very few he poisoned allaudin blinded his sons, and put allaudins baby son on the throne and ruled for a couple of weeks. then he too was murdered. byt sivaram it was a wonderful period in indian history mainly because of those who recorded th…

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Pandyans
hi why dont you look at the other view point. in my view the pandyas were too succesful for their own good. their writ ran for a long distance from madurai. the cholas and the others were petty fief doms. when malik came in, there was no resista…

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Use of gunpowder in South India..
there is sufficient info about malik if you are obsessed with him historians of those days were sychophants too. they record him in glorious terms when he was in good books of the sultan and then defile him when he is not. malik remains today th…

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Use of gunpowder in South India..
> > Unfortunately it was other way around ... > > one of the Pandya cousins wanted to settle score with another and > sought the help of Malik's gang .. they entered, cleared the cousin > first and then this guy ! > >…

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Use of gunpowder in South India..
Hi Arun my info is very elementary. but I think it warrants a better study which we shall do in the coming weeks. but this greek fire the predecessor of gunpowder( where one sprays naptha and ignites it on ships) was a real fearsome ammunition …

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Use of gunpowder in South India..
Hi Arun collected some info An early record of gunpowder, is in a Chinese book from c. 850 A.D. called "Classified Essentials of the Mysterious Tao of the True Origin of Things," indicates that gunpowder was a byproduct of Taoist alch…

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Use of gunpowder in South India..
Hi Arun the chinese used to fill gun powder in a bamboo piece. if they plugged it on both sides before igniting it was a bomb. if they plugged only one side it became a rocket. they used rockets for signalling extensively. I dont think the chin…

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Use of gunpowder in South India..
as far as I know it was babar who brought gun powder inside india. the period between 1508 and 1519 the Ottoman Empire's new weapon, the matchlock musket was seen in warfare. Babur, it appears, was swift in acquiring this new technology f…

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Febraury trip..
-sure SPS beach meeting. beach must be clean after republic day. venketesh

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