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hi sps Can you check in which SII volume is this inscription, as i cant quite make out from this following passage from the site means - does it mean she gave donations on RRC's 50th birthday!!! we know it cant be his regnal year - since his r…

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[Poetry In Stone|கல்லிலே கலைவண்ணம் கண்டோம்] The splendor of Pullamangai - Brahmapurirswarar| புள்ளமங
thanks sir, i would request members who are fortunate to be with such greats to contribute to the site with guest posts, photographs - so that we can make it a repository of such information

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Dates
HI Ganesh These are assumptions only All meikeerthi references give date of ascension only A clue would be to work backwards from Son of RJC - Rajadhiraja - he was crowned in 1018 ( Why was he crowned so early is a very interesting question) - wo…

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Important Places in ponniyinselvan
hi Veernam was Veera Narayana Puram pazhayrai was pazhayarai earlier as well ( comprising a part of patteswaram as well) Kumbakonam was Kudanthai

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Temples and Forts of Tamil Nadu
Hi, Please search our archives with the following key words Plough with a donkey

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age of heroines
hi friends Please do not mix fact with fiction. Kalki wanted to portray all his Kings as ideal men. The Mandakini episode was entirely Sri Kalki's fiction and inorder to inlay that into Sundara's ascension, there are some glaring holes in…

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POOONIYINSELVAN VARALATRU PERUVIZHA :: 15.08.2009 :: Morning Session
Dear Sps, Extract from the earlier mail on this thread: "But underneath such Warrior there is a Human element... When a person wants to give grant to the temple he built, he allowed that by way of Ghee to light a lamp... but with a condition …

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Replica of seal of Karandai Copper of Rajendra Chola-I
hi ganesh This is from Dr RN's paper. the seal a it was found with the grant.

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Replica of seal of Karandai Copper of Rajendra Chola-I
http://tamilartsacademy.com/articles/article29.xml E. THE SEAL The royal seal of this copper plate charter is preserved remarkably well (Ph. 17). It shows the seated tiger and two fish in the centre placed on a bow, representing the emblems of the …

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Trip Photos Part One
hi nanda Will try and check with sri Umapathy Stapathi

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old magazine covers
wonderful rahul thanks for sharing

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future plans
hi, What are the objectives of this group. I think we should not go over board with everything under the sun. 1. PS movie, animation etc are very specific projects which we have talked off much and industry greats have / are attempting. If such an…

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Trip Photos Part One
hi nanda next time you go to the shore temple in mallai, check the koodu there. ( scroll to the bottom of this post) http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2009/01/01/there-are-no-ganesha-sculptures-in-mallai-except-for.html

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Wives of VT
Hi sps South indian inscriptions Vol 2 No 67 on a piece of rock on top of the tirumalai hill *The inscription is dated in the 12th Year of Ko parakesarivaraman, alies udayar Rajendra chola devar... ......The inscription mentions Tirumalai, ie,…

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ஐந்தாம் பாகத்தின் முழுமையான ஆன்லைன் பதிப்பு தேவை
you are welcome venkat

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Wives of VT
hi Krishnan raman very very important person, he was the Mummadi Brahmarayar Niyomanam* * read more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishnan_Raman* *Udayar by sri Balakumaran one of the central characters is played by him. * * vj* *http://www.poetry…

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Wives of VT
hi sps thanks. eager to know more about inscriptions of VT. meantime, what does jinalayam mean. there was a reference to kundavai jeenalayam near tirupathi - am i right.

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age of heroines
dear sps was discussing with vairam last night. the famous song which kalki shows the past fame of VT's Vanar kulam. but which collection is this verse from?? வாணர்கள் "சேனை தழையாக்கிச் செங்குருதி நீர்தேக்கி ஆனை மிதித்த அருஞ்சேற்றில் - …

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Trip Photos Part One
wonderful and thanks for sharing. you must have noticed postings on tiger belly bootha gana - from pullamangai, mallai penance panel. have been collecting these guys and was over joyed to see one more ( the photo titled buddhist/jain influence) - th…

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age of heroines
Hi vairam Fiction n fact will confuse lot of people. Nandhini, senden amudhan, periya pazhu all ficiton. Btw, on the marriage age of kundavai, kakli did leave a foot note: that she and vt got married after lot more troubles. So... Vj

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ஐந்தாம் பாகத்தின் முழுமையான ஆன்லைன் பதிப்பு தேவை

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ஐந்தாம் பாகத்தின் முழுமையான ஆன்லைன் பதிப்பு தேவை

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age of heroines
this may be of use 958 Sundara chola crowned 959 Chevur battle - against pandya/srilanka army 964 RJC birth 969 AK assasination 970 UC crowned 973 Sundara chola demise 985 RRC crowned ( shares throne with UC) 987 UC demise/dethroned 993 RR…

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age of heroines
hi as per ps, below exchange malaiyaman says he was not even 16 during chevvur battle. However, as per plot, Veerapandian was not decapitated in the chevvur battle but sometime post that.

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Best Wishes for the peruvizha!
Hi Sps, Kundavi of PK was fictional character. I dont think there are any references to that name in Pallava inscriptions. There is however one lovely name Gommai ( dhivakar sir had used it as the name of Gunabara - mahendra's sister. I was pr…

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trip
dear nanda Both the works are good start points, but lot of water has flown under the bridge since them, but would be interested to hear comments fm members

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trip
hi venkatesh Lovely, please do share photos : Did you manage to see this inscription in vayalur read about it in The Pallavas by G. Jouveau-Dubreuil. The vayalur inscription of pallavas issued on the eve of coronation of Rajasimha(695.C.E-728.C.E…

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What's next after PS?

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Best Wishes for the peruvizha!
Praying a grand success and hoping to see many more kindled souls joining our group soon

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Samadhis of Chola kings
thats not true, he has done much of this for his first book - Madurai.

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