madan_sreenivasan

Unpublished reports of ASI
Thoda... if my 'transporter (2?)' is only 99.99% sure, am only that much sure too ;)

Comment by madan_sreenivasan December 2006 permalink
saturday. 2-12-06 beach meeting
am in am in.... :)

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
Unpublished reports of ASI
I agree with Sathish and Gokul. Dr. T. Sathyamurthy from ASI spearheads our efforts in temple cleaning - not because they are temples, but because of the desire to protect historical monuments. There are other people, like Mr. Rajavelu I know from …

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
Unpublished reports of ASI
I forgot to mention, that all these people seem to have a deep sense of pride about thier jobs and role they play. They are proud to be part of ASI... something that I generally dont see in other government departments.

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
Respect and Admiration
Makes me long to live in the times of RRC and RjC ..... :(

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
Respect and Admiration
It would have been like living in a place like USA of those times - without a visa! ;)

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Sculptures and Ruins at Mavalipuram By William Chambers :: SEVEN PAGODAS
hmmm, interesting thought....

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
Sculptures and Ruins at Mavalipuram By William Chambers :: SEVEN PAGODAS
am sure, most people on this list are more knowledgable than I'm. Posting this just to keep new users informed: I was taught by a japanese man not to beleive every attractive book on the shelf. I do not know the genuiness of the other author…

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Regarding unique Buddha statue..
Am in Chennai. But noticed that one when I was in Asakusa. Strange. I do not know about it. Neither does google... :-(

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Arulmozhi Varman (Unique aspects of PS)
just as with any girl, you can never be sure! :P

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
Regarding unique Buddha statue..
Is this the one at asakusa?

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
Arulmozhi Varman

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
Arulmozhi Varman (Unique aspects of PS)
Sorry for replying to the wrong mail... I somehow did not receive/notice SPS original reply to me. > Dear Madan, now LOOK for a 20 year Old Agressive youth - performing Dual > role (!?) for ARUMOZHI and Rajendra ! Are you asking for a contem…

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Kalki Vs Sandilyan
should we start a poll on this topic?

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
Arulmozhi Varman (Unique aspects of PS)
Maybe its just me... but having seen 'Raja raja cholan' - the movie, I could only imagine Shivaji whenever the name arulmozhivarman was mentioned in the book... which in fact doesnt match the illustrations done by maniam - in which arulmo…

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
Arulmozhi Varman
Its called perspective. As I write some short stories, I realize that the author cannot freely explore all the facets of the hero, similarly for the villian... stories revolves around the good nature and the bad nature... manifested in two or more p…

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
Economy of india from 1000 AD
> White skinned people across the world seem baffled at our comfort > with the English language Are you trying to imply that english as a language is currently seen as that of 'white' people? This for an instant gave me great elati…

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
PS animation
Thats sad... maybe get somebody to read it out from tamil for you? Am sorry that I said that... it never stuck me that you maynot be able to read tamil.

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
PS animation

Comment by madan_sreenivasan November 2006 permalink
Leafing through history ...
oh, yeah, I forgot to tell you about the tunnels and the dug up roads that make the library inaccessible, you have an access road though via the polytechnic (not WPT) nearby... but I guess its too late :P

Comment by madan_sreenivasan September 2006 permalink
beach meeting- saturday
count me in, Sathish, care offer me the pickup service? ;)

Comment by madan_sreenivasan September 2006 permalink
History of San thome of Meliapore
no, I was talking of the velleswarar koil in mangadu... just behind the amman temple... is it the same one?

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History of San thome of Meliapore

Comment by madan_sreenivasan August 2006 permalink
Cover Illustration for Sivagamiyin Sabadham
Pavithra, You could visit the roja muttiah library in taramani. you can get the original kalki magazines.... you might get something there...

Comment by madan_sreenivasan August 2006 permalink
ecr trip
count me in too...

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On Palm leaves...
great points, I agree... but would like to hear from other interested members... just to estimate the amount of work that can be handled...

Comment by madan_sreenivasan August 2006 permalink
On Palm leaves...
Cool, so lets get on with it... but the important point is not just visiting. Do we have an agenda to take the initiative forward? like, whats our goal? protecting these manuscripts? collecting lost manuscripts lying around in the pooja room of hous…

Comment by madan_sreenivasan August 2006 permalink
Visit - Roja Muthiah research library

Comment by madan_sreenivasan August 2006 permalink
Visit - Roja Muthiah research library
The book, that nanda was talking about was about south indian temple architecture (Pennsylvania university press)... I must have 'wow'ed at least a couple of hundred times looking at the two volumes... wow ;) and Nanda came out with a sta…

Comment by madan_sreenivasan August 2006 permalink
Why we all speak and write in English/Msg for Gokul
cmon, for godsake... they were invaders... what do you expect them to do? subsidize the food and patronize the poets? of course they manipulated indians...

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