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ANCIENT TAMIL SCRIPTS :: TAMIL BRAHMI : DR. IRAVATHAM
Thank you SPS! I feel privileged to be part of such a talented team.
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May 2008
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Masterpieces of late S.S. Manian on display
Very interesting, thank you, I hope they publish a book on his drawings, I love collecting old drawings. Does anyone know if there is a collection of Gopulu, Veda, Maniam, and I forget the more contemporary guy who used to draw for karayellam senbag…
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May 2008
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sivagamiyin sabatham
I don't believe he insulted anyone either and I think he had the decency also to apologize. However I want to say one thing ' sooriyanai parthu naai kulathathu' is an often used saying - it does not make 'naai' or' soo…
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May 2008
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sivagamiyin sabatham
Muthu, I also want to rest my case as a SS Champion wiht this, last one please be patient. The characters in SS are a LOT more well formed that PS - how do you explain Nandini with her ambiguius feelings to AK or even VP, or Poonguzhali who swings …
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May 2008
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sivakamiyin sabatham/ pandiyan's rathanaharam
Dear kailasam, i would very much like to read, if it is available online, could you please forward,
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common aspects of SS and PS
The similarities are very much to do with the culture of those days and you can see that in movies also. Both hero and heroine have a best friend/second hero/heroine. Narasimha/Paranjyothi, Arunmozhi/Vandiyadevan, Sivakami/Kamali, Kundavai/Vanadh…
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May 2008
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sivakamiyin sabatham..
Bhuvana sagodhari, thank you. I agree with you on why people do not like SS is a little beyond me too. I wanted to tell you one thing though, enakku sila samayam kashtamaga irukku, educated ladies thinking some characters are great like vanavan mad…
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May 2008
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sivagamiyin sabatham
Yes Ravi, I agree with most of what you say. SVR undoubtedly was great as Mahendra Pallava - telugus in general have great physique and are also great actors especially that generation.(SVR, NTR, Nagaiah...). The Sivaji movies preceding the color e…
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May 2008
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History of Murugan form Pre History to Sangam
I second that. Nijamana vairam. Historians don't have to be believers by the way and it is possible to write about origins of religious deities without offending religious sentiments. Thiru Vairam has done that remarkably well. Malathi
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May 2008
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sivagamiyin sabatham
Theriyalae appa..(adhe kamal style'il answer). Onnu nalla theriyudhu, my initial surmise was correct, meaning this SS antagonism is a 'guy thing', in your case atleast. Neengal nagaichuvai unarvu neraya ulla thudippana elaijar. Ok. By…
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May 2008
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sivagamiyin sabatham
Sivaji would have made a great Mahendra Pallava, or even Narasimha in younger years perhaps.Prabhu Gundodharan characterkku nalla fit :)) Anyway what we like depends on our taste of course. SS definitely has less loose ends, and less ambiguity in c…
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May 2008
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SapthaVidanga temples
Shobha, you may be right, i heard the story many many years ago and might have confused idols with lingams, thank you, Malathi
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May 2008
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kannadasan
To my mind he captured the Gita essence in 'aatuvithal yaar oruvar...' - as it applies to the common man, so very eloquently. Golden lines - 'Ullathille ulladhu dhaan ulagam kanna, adhai unarndhu kondal thunbam ellaam vilagum kanna…
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May 2008
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Request - Important temples in Thanjavur to be visited
Thank you SPS, I will save this for my visit also sometime in the future. I have some idea about Rahul's question on Thiruvarur, in case noone answered it. Will post in a separate thread.
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May 2008
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kannadasan
Dear Dr Sri, you are most welcome. :))
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May 2008
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Ramanujar
Very well said, thank you.
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May 2008
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Ramanujar
As far as I know Aniruddh is Sri Krishnas grandson. May be some saint also.
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May 2008
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ENROLEMENT OF NEW MEMEBERS
Dear SPS, yahoo groups have lot of spamming, not just our group but several others i have part of. These are not necessarily 'member emails' spam mostly ids that somehow bypass approval, have to go in and delete them. I have been a yahoo …
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May 2008
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sivagamiyin sabatham
Ahaa..to my mind that could be a 'guy thing'. Lots of guys don't like romance as a central theme or they find it girlish or boring, that is all. SS is a story centered on a woman, narrated from her perpective mostly, granted lots of m…
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May 2008
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RAJENDRA - I
Thanks Satish, I would think atleast Kundavai and Sembian Mahadevi have their characterisation related to reality? Kundavai did take an active part in governing and Sembian Mahadevi too was active in religious matters?
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May 2008
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sivagamiyin sabatham
I am not sure why we think Kalki could have avoided SS? I mean to me it is among the best of his works, one that has least loose ends and very believable story line. I think why people have problems with it is mostly our expectation of a 'stand…
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May 2008
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RAJENDRA - I
RAvi, very good to know, thank you. All history buffs, I have a question. Was Rajendra I really born to Vaanathi, of PS? It is hard to imagine a lady of Vaanathi's character give birth to a warrior of his stature. Was Vaanathi's character…
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May 2008
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kannadasan
One more that I know of is about the 'Marudhamalai maamaniye', KD was out of money to conduct his daughter's marriage when he was penning lyrics of Deivam produced by great Muruga Bhakta Chinnappa Devar. He wrote the line 'Devari…
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May 2008
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kannadasan
Yes, Mamallan was a broad shouldered musclemann Mgr maintained good figure but was hardly a muscle man. Yes of course BS could not dance like padmini or vyjayanthi. It is interesting, NTR was famous for playing Krishnadevaraya, but real KDR was shor…
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May 2008
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kannadasan
Beautiful pun :)
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May 2008
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kannadasan
Wow..Venkat that is good gto know, I know thalaivar had a real crush on SS as a story and wanted to make it some day, he only got a chance to use it like this. I don't think too highly of his looks or acting skills, but I know he respected the…
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May 2008
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kannadasan
Sorry my sister corrected - the MGR duet was not 'sivagami maganidamum' it was 'pon ezhil poothadhu'.
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May 2008
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kannadasan
Venkat, yes. I will try to find the other quote also, i had a book somewhere and had underlined it.
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May 2008
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kannadasan
Koppaiyele en kudiyiruppu was based on persian poet Omar Khayyam's life and work and the famous quote that poets are Gods are also attributed to him originally. Kaviarasar deserves credit for making it popular in tamil of course, not to ment…
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May 2008
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Patinathar padal
He summarized Swami Vivekananda's teachings in 'aaru maname aaru', one of my favorite songs too. I also watched vaanambadi 'aan kaviyai vella vandha' - that has beautiful lines 'varuvadellam kadhalithal vazhvadevvaaru, …
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May 2008
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