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Nagerkovil
Dear ravi Dr jaybee clarified this just last week. Its not varahi but shiva : tiruvilaiyadal purnam. Panrikku paal koduthal. Btw, would you have this somaskanda and panri family photos

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AMV's burial place
Its amazing how these keep coming back. Please search our archives for udayarkudiyil pallipadaiyaa? Vj

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Newbie
Oh, you got the virus as well. welcome. vj http://www.poetryinstone.in Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man

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what book are you reading now?
But what is to do with obelix's menhirs? Was it a dig at romans realisim in sculpture??

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09.09.09. Kalki's 110 th Birth Anniversary !!
wow, pavithra Wonderful and nice of you to mention our writers.

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off topic but has anyone read the new book on Jinnah
http://www.hindu.com/nic/karan.pdf some real bold statements and i must say they are not entirely wrong > > http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/nic/jaswant240809.pdf > > While one thing for certain, after reading the various works on Jinnah …

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Intercaste marriage during chola period
hi venkat By fav i meant signature Mahendra - Shiva gangadhara -- seeing himself as god in shiva's image !! Mamalla - mahisha suramardhini ( more like the destroyer of asura - pulikesi aka mahishan Maybe) rajasimha - somaskanda - himself as s…

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Intercaste marriage during chola period
hi, The branding ( physical branding - refer kamal's tatoos in dasavataram starting scenes) - means they are married to vishnu and anything else would amount to adultery. But look at this from another point of view - the Ligothbhava icon - wh…

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what book are you reading now?
I love how they tie up the bard. And also the community fights, nothing like getting hit on the head with a fish, whts the fishseller's wife name? Plus obelix oogling on wild boar.. Not to mention the pirates!!

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what book are you reading now?
Hi venkat not restricted to kilu kilu, if we were to talk of romantic scenes - Pavithra has sketched it for the PS souvenir - VT in prison, Kundavai holding his hand and confessing her eternal love. lotus in full bloom, two buds and a fawn in the…

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thamizhaga varalaaru - ebbok
hi prasanna The problem exists with diff encoding for tamil fonts. the best solution for me ( instead of having to download new font everytime) - atleast to me, there is a free plugin for firefox called athiyan. google for *அதியன்*Firefox addon. …

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what book are you reading now?
Hi ganesh Tintin is coming out in new format. Not the big size but smaller and in sets of 3. Enjoed flight 714, broken ear, castafiare emerald, journey to the moon, land of the black gold, tintin in nepal, incas...found memories. Picked 2 sets of 3…

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what book are you reading now?
Have you guys tried audio books. Currently reading ( listening to) battle for the rhine 1944. Pallava architecture alexander rea Cave temples of the pallavas by k r srinivasan Dharma raja ratha by k r srinivasan Arvind, I too open too many books a…

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Ancient idols dug up from temple
Chola rule in 8th C?? hmmmm

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Is there any Symbol or Identity for Sambuvvarayar Family
hi vairam Can we discount it out for sure, lets dig a bit more into this claim also on malayaman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayaman Coinage of Malayaman The Malayamans issued copper coins of quadrilateral shape which carried their royal embl…

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Is there any Symbol or Identity for Sambuvvarayar Family
some verses which the poets who witnessed valvil ori shooting a single arrow through an elephant, a tiger, a pig and a deer - wrote. maybe tamil experts can read and see if there is any ref to any banner / standard or flag in this. incidentally in …

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Is there any Symbol or Identity for Sambuvvarayar Family
sambuvaryar descend from valvil ori. vairam you were working on them for a post - was there any mention of their flag. ori - expert archer - but bow and arrow is chera hail from kolli hill - maybe a flag with a hill depiction kolli hill - remember …

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Is there any Symbol or Identity for Sambuvvarayar Family
* maybe you can check in this work, i dont have it Sambuvarayar Varalaru* -by Prof.K.Thangavelu & Prof.L.Thiyagarajan

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Kannappar
Ahha Vairam. Engiyooo poiteenga. Appadiye eduthu unga postla podunga. Will clarify to many ( maybe do same for a period eng movie as well) Enjoyed reading Vj

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Kannappan & Thee Methi - kindly ignore my earlier post

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Kannappar
dear tms Thanks to today internet, google and chat windows - plus the wisdom of the ancients. Anyway, does anyone have this work http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghava_Iyengar - Alvargal Kaala Nilai (ஆழ்வார்கள் கால நிலை) (work on the historical…

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facts and fiction - Pallava Lineage :: kooram stone temple first built
> > > > > > Picked this up from some site. I don't know how authentic it is. > > > > PALLAVA EMPIRE > > Simhavarman I...............................c. 315-c. 345 > > Skandavarman I......................…

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Kannappar
good questions venkat Karaikkal ammai and kannapar are the most early. Below, clarifications from Sri Subramaniam ( his site http://www.geocities.com/nayanmars/) - great teacher - most of my posts on periapurnam panels of darasuram are with his bl…

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Bhakthi Movement
> > > > heard somewhere that sankara mentions sambanda. > > venketesh > > > Hi venkatesh Checked, this is the ref. Shankara is said to have called Sambandar as Dravida Sisu. "திராவிடச் சிசு என ஞானசம்பந்தரை அழைத்தார்…

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"thee midhi "
http://www.varalaaru.com/Default.asp?articleid=597 Please see the link above

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"thee midhi "
Dear tms While on the topic, Did kannappar put his leg on the lingam while gouging his other eye. Or did shiva stop him when he was in the act of doing it in his first eye? Rememeber reading an interesting article in earlier issues of varalaru.com …

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"thee midhi "
> > > > Dear Vijay > > i think in the archieves you will find the political apointees too. > or for example, sundaras father mother and step father are included. > > venketesh > > hi venkatesh Do we decide on such o…

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"thee midhi "
Hi Malathi If you notice I did not say *` great'*, only feats. They were judged and inducted into the hall of fame ( by who - venkat has asked this question many time). To understand why and what were the criteria etc, needs a measure, judgeme…

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"thee midhi "
Hi There is only one kannappar !!! Hmm, that's the pity, the 63 adorn the quiet sides of our temples and we are not aware of their feats. Oferring own hair as a wick, grinding ones elbow for sandal wood, letting even an assasin go, wanting to …

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Rajaghiri
Malik Kafur 1314 AD

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