I am somebody who spent a lifetime in the pursuit of knowledge and preservation of tenets of culture, religion, ethics, language, etc., and passing them on to the next generation. I collected more than 5000 books on the relevant subjects and also artifacts. I have made some important discoveries which have been published and most remain unpublished. I also headed a socio-religious organisation and went out to the poor and under-privileged. :-) Needless to say, all these things made me poor, and sick. But still, with whatever resources that I can muster from my meagre income, I still persist in doing what I started to do. You dont have to be like me. That would be suicidal:-)
A large number of youngsters here, have access to the internet and also a lot of prime time.
It pains me to see that a lot of energy and effort is squandered and frittered away.
For the time-being, I would suggest this. This is actually the dream of a very great genius and multifacteted scholar called Dr.A.V.Jeyachandrun. He has been conveniently forgotten:-)
He has made a study of the Great Temple.
He wanted to create a huge knowledge base about the Great Temple. Hundreds of photographs of every nook and corner. All the art panels, niches, friezes, lintels, motifs.....everything. A lots and lots of write-ups and explanatory notes.
That was supposed to be done in high quality paper, bound in volumes. It was very very expensive. So the dream remained a dream.
At that time, the internet was not there. But now there is.
You would have heard the story of Puusalaar Naayanaar. He who built a temple within his mind.
Now, boys and girls.
Rebuild the Great Temple in the web! It must be such that it must become a wonder in the web. Then you can go on to the Gangai Konda Cholzapuram.
You can do it. You have the facilities. You have the know-how.
Dear Sir, With your support and aasirvadam we will take forward the job and execute well. As you said everything is available now and the reach of the net is much broader than a book. All the greta scholars' wishes be with us. Vanakkathudan Chandrasekaran