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Comment by abhivencat August 2006 permalink
CHENNAI DAY
Hi sriraman did'nt clive also get married in st. mary's church? what did he give by the way? venketesh > venkat > Yale was the first person to get married in the St. Mary's Church > within the Fort. He donated a silver a…

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HISTORY OF SUN TEMPLE :: GODIFICATION OF RRC
what are the vital statistics of the sun temple @ konarak height and size are they comparable to the big temple?

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CHENNAI DAY
connemara library works all 365 days a year which university in usa is named after a governor of madras? YALE ELIHU Yale, who had made a fortune through trade while living in India as a representative of the East India Company, donated nine …

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CHENNAI DAY
Hi Sriraman could you arrange a visit to your museum for interested guys in the group. relics from neolithic to modern day emden would certainly take our minds of the cholas. at one point we need to tell ourselves there is more to tamil history …

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cheraman mosque- the oldest mosque in india
hi There is a well known story that the last Perumal who ruled Kerala divided his kingdom between his nephews and his sons and got himself converted to Islam and went to Mecca for pilgrimage. Keralolpathi states the above story as " The last…

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cheraman mosque- the oldest mosque in india
Hi Gokul kannadasan says the same family of cheras gave rise to one nayanmar, one alwar and one friend of muhammed. but the period is very close to each other. we should chronologically list these people. because it is widely beleived the chera …

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CHENNAI DAY
Hi sriraman so your keyboard is okay. do you have the shell bits of battl ship emden in your museum? and any idea of the thithankara statue in mogappair- ambattur industrial estate junction near the perumal temple there. how old is it? some peop…

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CHENNAI DAY
the european statues in chennai monroe statue, king's statue near rajaji hall king's statue near war memorial

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CHENNAI DAY
1 war memorial near island ground the main monument perhaps said in memory of the soldiers who died in the service of the empire. the words empire seem to have been changed to " the nation". any body knows when it was changed? 2 cemetry…

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Accepting the facts
Hi Kamal that was a great summing up I particularly liked the paragraph on 3. Brain washed beliefs you should also add a 4th point on misguided beleifs. one wrong teacher can misguide a whole lot of beleivers. brainwashing is easier to a teach…

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Why we all speak and write in English/Msg for Gokul
> This is very very true. We dont take pride in our culture and try to denigrate it as much as possible. We have been fed with lot of doctored stuff regarding our history and even when the these theories are being shatered by fresh evidences, …

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CHENNAI DAY
The Guindy Race Course for horse racing was set up in 1777. now the race club is situated around the track. Some older institutions are the Madras Christian College (1837), Presidency College (1840), Pachaiyappa's College (1842), the Madras …

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CHENNAI DAY
> LUZ CHURCH - near Devaki Hospital on the back yard of isabels. both are in the same compound built in 1516. luz means light in portugese. the sailors followed a light into the forest and built a church where it stopped. > Kandakottam (T…

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Deities in Dreams
similar event in bavani temple. some matter I got about this event In 1802, William Garo was the Collector here. He was living in the Travellers Bungalow of the Highways. When he was sleeping in the night on one day, he dreamed that a little gi…

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Deities in Dreams
-There is a very similar story in Bavani sangameshwarar temple the english collector GARO there presented a ivory swing( still on display) they also made a window in the temple main wall sraight to the deity so that he could view her venkete…

Comment by abhivencat August 2006 permalink
CHENNAI DAY
hi why no response? chennai ites perk up. ours ia very old city indeed. my second list includes 7 pattinaththar temple in thiruvotriyur 8 st. thomas church in st thomas mount 9 valmiki temple in thiruvanmiyur( start of ecr) >

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MERCHANT ASSOCIATIONS AND MEDIEVAL TRADE IN SOUTH INDIA
-Dear Mr. Balsubramaniam, the flood of info you are giving is most welcome and appreciated. however since you are sourcing these articles from other websites please check them for authenticity of facts. also very big articles are being given quite…

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Why we all speak and write in English/Msg for Gokul
Hi if the cholas conquer kadaram we are proud if maamallan burnt vatapi to ashes we are delighted if lanka was conquered by the tamils we are delighted we rate all these achievements as the bravery of our kings but when the british conquered ind…

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Kachi Ekambam
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Kachi Ekambam
Dear Gokul of course kachi ekambam is a paadal petra sthalam listed first amongst the 32 thondai mandalam shrines appar sings of kanchi as "kalviyai karaiyilaatha kaanchi maangar" 3 of the 63 nayanmars lived in kanchi and kanchi has …

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Taj Mahal Secrets.. Taj Mahal (Of Mumtaz) or Tejo Mahalaya (Of Lord Siva)
hi > Santhome Church was built upon Kabali Koil and > the kabali koil today was relocated from its original place. Source : theres lot of evidence that the present kapali temple was built around the exisiting singara velar shrine some thr…

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Symbolisms of the Sivalingam
hi a good topic. we have extremely large lingams and small ones. excluding the big temple and gkc which are not devaram sthalams the biggest one must be thirupunavasal a coastal town near auvudaiyar koil and karaikudi. 30 mulams of cloth are ne…

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confirmed attendees
Hi all the meet was attended by 8 of us. and a great time we had it was more oriented to the literary aspects of our group and we had an opportunity to go indepth in ps again. that is something we dont have much of an opportunity to do in the g…

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confirmed attendees
all due to this pvp suganya her bangalore meeting idea is stirring the hornets's nest. venketesh

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RRC after KUMBABISHEKAM
hi siraman so the temple foundation is more than the 4 feet that many people claim it to be. can we observe the starting of the laterite formation in some nearby well/ moat bed? is 5 metres of foundation embedded n a laterite bed enough to ho…

Comment by abhivencat August 2006 permalink
RRC after KUMBABISHEKAM
HI Sriraman one more question have you ever had the opportunity of studying the foundations of the big temple. can you enlighten us. venketesh

Comment by abhivencat July 2006 permalink
RRC after KUMBABISHEKAM
HI Sriraman one more question have you ever had the opportunity of studying the foundations of the big temple. can you enlighten us. venketesh

Comment by abhivencat July 2006 permalink
AADI - 18 on AUGUST THIRD
Dear SPS as much as I would love to put in all my efforts for aug 5 meet, I am back in chennai only on that morning. Please ask shankaran/ chandra or whoever you deem fit to take it up

Comment by abhivencat July 2006 permalink
Importance of karur districts in indian history
-very close to karur is a fascinating muruga temple- the vennai malai( butter mountain) where a muruga temple is on a whitish rock. sung by arunagirinatha. vennai could also be evolved from vellai

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