We are proud to have Dr. Swaminathan - of Sudarsanam - in our Group member. Now working on Mamallpuram projects. His power point presentation on Ellora at IIT Madras was very impressive.. Presently in the USA. He should be honoured when we are planning this.
Re Travel of Emperors (and of course Saints also Kailasam), it will be very interesting to enlist ...
And Dear Venkat, you are the very appropriate person to enlighten us on the following query :
> the following query : > > Whether Appar reached Kailasam (Himalayas) ?
the earliest person in the shaivaite legend to reach kailas with an effort was karaikal ammaiyar. sundarar went ona white elephant and seraman perumal followed. appar was stopped and was give a vison of kailash in thiruvaiyaru. the event is remewmbered in this temple with a festivalon aadi ammavaasai. then kayilai is a seperate shrine in thiruvaiyaaru where it happenned.