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Dhivakar in Madurai
Some more examples of places that never sleep - Chennai railway station (of course chennai vaasis can speak for more places there) Kovai bus stand Almost 100% of Mumbai...abroad of course NYC and Paris. There is something about life in these places…

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11th and 10th century :: Cultural Assets
Elephanta caves are from 11th century, some Buddhist temples in Burma and Cambodia also.

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the third eye of shiva /Tripura
Thank you Jeyachandran, i have ordered the book from amazon. -

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the third eye of shiva /Tripura
Kathie, maybe if you state a few 'sthalams' from your database we can look into their mythical and historical origins and see the parellels/contradictions?

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da vinci
Yes Romanians hold Vlad the Impaler in high regard. East Europe is sort of a funny mix of history and myth - the dracula legend as invented by Stoker on the basis of several folk tales also holds very strong in Hungary and Romania and ties with chri…

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da vinci
Does anyone want to talk of Vlad III Dracula?? :)) Classic case of history becoming myth...

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the third eye of shiva /Tripura
Dear Kathie, puranic tales are not set in stone (no pun intended!!) - they evolve with time and with the nature of people around them. For example the Mahabharat evolved from the original 3500 verses to over 95000 verses. Ramayana has evolved all ov…

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CERN and NATRAJA
Actually Monalisa symbolises the heart of 'enigma' or struggle between opposites that is at the heart of any true creative person. Monalisa is far from a beautiful woman (if you look closely she even has a light moustache!) but her engimat…

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CERN and NATRAJA
Please forgive my typo, fossils on moutains and luminosity of the moon. Here is a great article from NASA's website on what Leonardo discovered which the scientific world compounded to much later. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/04oct_…

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CERN and NATRAJA
Rahul, Leonardo postulated how moon gets its light and how fossils are found on the moon, hundreds of years before scientists studied all that with sophisticated instruments and technology (and proved he was right!).His theories on leverage and cant…

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CERN and NATRAJA
Leonardo was more of a scientist than an artist but whatever he did his genius was unparelled. He is one of the earliest known vegetarians (in Rome that too!) and is credited with so many inventions starting with bobbin on seweing machine that it is…

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CERN and NATRAJA
Definitely Venkat, I do agree. Brown stimulated interest in a lot of things not thought of before also - like nobody really thought the person next to Jesus in Last Supper painting looks startlingly like a female and many not so popular people befor…

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CERN and NATRAJA
My humble appeal to fellow book lovers, please do not confuse Dan Brown and other very convincing writers of fiction to be stating any facts as they are. Brown actually got into a lot of trouble even with Da Vinci Code by stating on his website that…

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the third eye of shiva
Ravi, the converse is also true - myths become 'real' stories over time also!! I think knowledge is more about accepting these things for what they are and not insisting on them being real in a literal way. We live in a time where knowle…

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the third eye of shiva
That is what happens when we try to analyse mythology like history, what came before, what came after etc. Myth is not time oriented, it is only meant to impart spiritual lessons. As Thirumoolar quote goes Appani senchadai aadhi puraadanan muppuram…

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the third eye of shiva
Just fyi youtube cracked down rather harshly on all copyright violaters and over 90% of old movie songs and videos are gone from there. Real big loss to those of us who wanted to play a song on whim.

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the third eye of shiva
The tripurA signify the three components(impurities) of bondage (pAsam) namely aham (ego), karma(deeds and their effects), mAya (illusion). When God shows His grace all these impurities are burnt, bliss remains and Lord Shiva dances there. (padhi aN…

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Manmatha
Thanks Siva. Kathie can you resend if you don't mind, honestly am baffled at a Nataraja that looks like Narasimha Rao!!

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Manmatha
Kathie, Nataraja with Narasimha RAo face?? I am not sure..which Narasimha RAo you are referring to? Attachments do not post to the group btw you'd have to upload in photos or email someone directly. Malathi

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CERN and NATRAJA
ACtually the Internet/World Wide Web was the idea of an English scientist name Tim Berners-Lee who worked at CERN. The US Military bought his idea and gave their powerful computers as base for testing and implementing it. Of course once it worked th…

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CERN and NATRAJA
Yeah Brown is definitely a good writer. I can't say I enjoyed Angels and Demons as much as I did the Da Vinci Code though. It is full of odd and highly improbable situations. Perhaps since it is a predecessor to Da Vinci Code the author may hav…

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Manmatha
Shiva's third eye has inspired millions around the globe since ages, Adobe being the latest one. Before that, CERN was inspired by it. Its the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as a highly respected centre for nuclear research f…

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Manmatha
Actually another version of the same story has it that Siva granted Rathi a boon that her husband would be visible to her eyes only. Which seems more believable as Manmatha is regarded as invisible and is present in almost every myth and legend ima…

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Manmatha
Kathie, all of these stories have deeper spiritual undertones. The ego in us is the Manmatha, "the agitator of the mind," and that has to be turned into ashes through the impact of divine vision. The divine, the Easwara, will not yield Hi…

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Manmatha
Venkat, quite possible, there are lot of multiple temples associated with thala puraanams. And yes you are right Pradyumna was considered Manmatha reborn. Malathi

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Manmatha
Hi Jeyachandran, I'd like to know both, based on what I know Manmadha Jananam is in Srimad Bhagavadham. Not sure of Dahanam. Please clarify. Thank you Malathi

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Manmatha
Hi Jeyachandran, could you post the origins of the story - which purana/epic it was stated. I am guessing Srimad Bhagavadam but would you know which chapter? Manmatha is regarded as Sri Krishna's son with Rukmini, per Srimad Bhagavadham.Rati, …

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Maus: A Survivor's Tale, Moderation and Tamil Historical novels
Dear Sir, best of luck on the new book, would very much like to read your book on Feroze Gandhi also. Please forgive my ignorance but do you write in English or Tamil? Kind Regards Malathi

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Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Venkat, Nero was not elected, was he? There has been lots of research gone into why Hitler was condoned - although it would be very unfair to say he is thought of on fair terms, most Germans regard with Holocaust with a very high degree of shame and…

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Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Venkat, yes very well put. Another very important point is that Hitler was a democratically elected head of state, which is why no ohter country or leader ever suspected he could be capable of such evil. The study of the Holocaust is thus so immense…

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