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Compare AK, RRC and RJC
http://www.chennaionline.com/columns/DownMemoryLane/diary169.asp It is interesting to note that the gold looted by Muhammad Gauri and Muhammad Gajni was later confiscated from the Afghans by Maharaja Ranjeet Singh, the Lion of Punjab. He wanted t…

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Perur

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lost city believed to be found - it is said to be raided by rajendra chola
http://202.186.86.35/special/lostcity/ anybody knows what happened to this expedition Apr 5 2005: Cabinet to get report on lost city in August The Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry will submit to the Cabinet in August a report on the initial fi…

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ALCHEMY AND THE TAMIL SIDDHARS
lots of info on siddhars http://www.sripambattisiddhar.com/siddhars/index.htm plus a piece on kodungallur.... http://www.sripambattisiddhar.com/articles/kodungallur.htm

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KANDALUR CHALAI - CONQUEST

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KANDALUR CHALAI - CONQUEST
> > Dear Vijay and SPS, > Further news on Vizhingnam > http://www.eximin.net/past_news/news_archiv.asp?newsid=28862 > an interesting note on temple architecture n its evolution in kerala... http://kalakeralam.com/handicrafts…

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Pallimadam

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Tiruchendur
> > Unfortunate ! The Temple that drove back Tsunami ! > > sps Have been to this temple so many times, during the early days - it was truly a spiritual experience, combined with the pleasures of eating sillu karuppatti, buying mara …

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Perur
The Thevaram hymns on Sri Patteeswaram are not available, although references to this deity are made in many hymns......

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Perur
While talking of temples, perur temple is one that comes to my mind - in terms of beauty in stone. chanced on this article in the hindu with some beautiful photos....you have to see these to fully appreciate the artists mastery in stone...The fou…

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Pallimadam
> > AND both of them assumed the names VEERANARAYANA ! > > That is how we get Veeranarayana mangalam around Tirunelveli and > Veeranarayana mangalam around Thanjai / Kumbakonam ! > I was reminded of 'vengaiyin mainthan�…

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Pallimadam
> > was buried there and his younger brother Vira Pandya (AD 946-966) > =============== > It is none other than OUR Veerapandia ! > Aditya beheads vira pandya 966 !! tent date for chevur battle is 959. aditya assasinated in 969.. m…

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Criticisms on PS-Consequences of not knowing our history well enough
Hi venkat quick question was oomai durai really a mute or as shown in the movie!!!

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Criticisms on PS
> to collect /spread awareness - as of now the bulk of the palm leaf > scripts are stuck in govt archives ( inside india), art collectors > and museums ( in europe), private collections ( both in india and > abroad)- http://www.ii…

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Criticisms on PS-Consequences of not knowing our history well enough
We have so much info in our archives - am sure we can cull a chapter on chola history & pandya history from them. it can then be edited/proof read and brought out as a free handout/pdf file or pushed through proper channels to include into th…

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Criticisms on PS
The most important works in this are - collection of the material, preserving them as such and archieving via some medium, translating them and converting them to current text. The task is enormous and a lot of people /univ/institutions have trie…

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Criticisms on PS
repeating an old post: South Indian palm-leaves used for writing are of two types, a thin papery leaf ("talipot") that can, in optimal conditions, be preserved for centuries (some Nepalese manuscripts of this type survive from the ninth c…

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Madras Day
. a > lightning struck kapali temple in chennai day before yesterday. > dumbstruck thousands worry on their faces queued to see it. > should be seen to bbleived. > venketesh > heard of this ...thought most temples has lighting arr…

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Criticisms on PS
its true - ask anybody to give you a list of great kings of india asoka chandragupta maurya shivaji ( now maybe he will be in top of the count down thanks to talaivar) akbar !!! prithivraj chauhan Jansi rani laxmi bai thanks to the convoluted ver…

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Criticisms on PS
hi happy to see the post has touched a few chords and evoked a string of stirring responses. On one side english translations are wanted to give a global reach for these works, but then its not often that you can get the essense of tamil complete…

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Criticisms on PS
to me, before i read PS, the greatest king in india was Asoka, the greatest act an indian king did was kalinga war, his greatest contribution to the kingdom was planting trees... jainism was from distant northindia followed by a few white clad mo…

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KM and Kandan Maran as a hero
hi venkatesh not sure if you recd this before. My copy of KM ( volume 3) puchased from higgin bottoms chennai - is missing pages 313 - 328. instead the pages 329 - 344 are repeated...

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KM and Kandan Maran as a hero
hi venkatesh not sure if you recd this before. My copy of KM ( volume 3) puchased from higgin bottoms chennai - is missing pages 313 - 328. instead the pages 329 - 344 are repeated...

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Criticisms on PS
hi sirs, to anyone who has read kalki's works - the first thing you realise, is that you are transported into the respective era. you live the novel - the characters appear in life and blood to you. that is the foremost achievement of his w…

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Parthiban Kanavu
hi siva i still feel he had written or atleast conceptualised most of SS while writing pk. the references to ayanar, sivagami, (mamallar changing the subject when his daugther talks of them..), ayanar's house,ayanar's sister...and of c…

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KANDALUR CHALAI - CONQUEST
hi sir, i am reminded of kalki mentioning in a parthiban kanavu - dialogue between kundavi and narasimhar....( part 2 chp 5 - uraiyur thoothan) - where narasimhar talks of his desire to go cross the seas and see the world - but that his dad did…

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Parthiban Kanavu
Yes, one of them was valli grandfather who valiantly fights and ultimately dies. vikraman is betrayed by his uncle marappa boopathy into believing he will have a large force to fight the pallava army. he is captured and taken in chains on horseba…

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an interesting article - but some could be disputed
> > will post a detailed note on muzuris later>>>>> > According to K.A. Nilakanta Sastri in his book, A History of South India. The author of 'The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea' (c A.D. 75) gives the most valu…

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Parthiban Kanavu
Ofcourse sir, Benhur and what a pair it is with ten commandments - that too in those days - without computers / tech . the sheer size and grandeur of these projects makes you wonder how they did it. the characters live to this day - chalton hest…

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Historical records - the charm of dwelling into the past
repostng an old thread Re: Tamils and science... a query append below are a few things which we already knew - some are credited to westerners **- trust there were not patent suits then?? Zero (Sooniya) Pingalacharya-Chanda Sastra- 200 B.C.E 900…

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