Yahoo! Messenger: Conference skamalakkannan-102551 started. Yahoo! Messenger: shankarkrupa has joined the conference. skamalakkannan: hi ravi skamalakkannan: hi shankar shankarkrupa: ravi? skamalakkannan: can you invite satya and shankarbabu to our conference? shankarkrupa: Where are others? shankarkrupa: Okay, I will.... shankarkrupa: By the by, who is ravi shankar? skamalakkannan: ravi is Ravi kanth skamalakkannan: Shankar is you shankarkrupa: Oh.....!!! skamalakkannan: Ya...!!! shankarkrupa: I am doing it.... shankarkrupa: Shankarbabu kittaerndhu no reply.... skamalakkannan: Ravi kittaerndhum no reply. skamalakkannan: enna pannalam? shankarkrupa: Theriyala, sathyar123 yoda systemlayum yennamo prachchanai... Yahoo! Messenger: raviji_99 has left the conference. Yahoo! Messenger: raviji_99 has joined the conference. shankarkrupa: I have invited sathyar123 again. raviji_99: hi skamalakkannan: do u have the yahoo id of Pavithra? Yahoo! Messenger: sathyar123 has joined the conference. raviji_99: hi satya is also online raviji_99: invitehim skamalakkannan: hi satya shankarkrupa: Mmmmm.... raviji_99: i think she got hotmail sathyar123: hi Yahoo! Messenger: raviji_99 has declined to join and sent: Thanks, but no thanks. skamalakkannan: what happened to ravi? shankarkrupa: Idhu yenna kanna moochchi....? shankarkrupa: Seri, shankerbabu-vai pidiththu varubavargalukku, 2000 porkaasugal parisu. Yahoo! Messenger: raviji_99 has joined the conference. skamalakkannan: Matravargalukku enna vazhi? sathyar123: discuss pannittu MOM anupoidalam.. shankarkrupa: Seri, appadiyae pannidalaam. skamalakkannan: ok raviji_99: fine this is first our e-conference lets introduce ourselves till others come sathyar123: shall we wait for some more time or start shankarkrupa: We shall start, let others join. skamalakkannan: I am in Tambaram, Chennai. skamalakkannan: Working for Covansys India Ltd shankarkrupa: I am krupa shankar, pallava naattu prajai (chennai). skamalakkannan: Pallavarama? sathyar123: I am Sathya, working in TCS, currently in US for an onsight deputation. shankarkrupa: Illai, chennaithaan. Saidapettai. raviji_99: iam 26, single, BE (Elect & commn) completed in chennai, Teynampet area, present working for Philips India Ltd, Consumer Electronics division as Customer support Engineer at Visakhapatnam, Andhrapradesh raviji_99: shankar where u working? shankarkrupa: I have resigned my job, from bangalore. I am a medical transcriptionist. Yahoo! Messenger: pavithranivas is not available. raviji_99: are u still in bangalore sathyar123: hey will u guys accept any last minute entry ? Yahoo! Messenger: eshanthi is not available. shankarkrupa: At present, I am in trichy....a mini trip. skamalakkannan: if possible, Yes. raviji_99: why not? shankarkrupa: I will be joining the chennai office by 2nd of next month. skamalakkannan: ok shankarkrupa: I also wanted to ask that, there are some of my friends who are uncertain. sathyar123: thank you.. skamalakkannan: where shall we start from? shankarkrupa: First, the route. skamalakkannan: yes raviji_99: Lets discuss the places so that the route we will able to do automatically raviji_99: We had time for 3 days shankarkrupa: first of all, the thakkolam. shankarkrupa: It is still there? Will we be able to see it? raviji_99: I hope some members will join by 11am becoz kamal initially u told that we will chat at 11am skamalakkannan: 11 am? shankarkrupa: Okay, we shall wait also. skamalakkannan: ok sathyar123: if so, 15 more mins. we could very well wait shankarkrupa: Till then..? skamalakkannan: The definite places are Thanjavur, Nagapattinam and... skamalakkannan: Kudanthai raviji_99: Fine we can include, thanjai, Gangai konda cholapuram, pazhayarai, shankarkrupa: Okay, what about the thakkolam? shankarkrupa: I am very keen. raviji_99: kudanthai (kumbakonam), Darasuram skamalakkannan: ok Thakkolam sathyar123: thakkolam enga irukku.. shankarkrupa: Arakkonam pakkaththula. raviji_99: even i donno shankarkrupa: Same here, I know it from Kalki's reference in ponniyin selvan skamalakkannan: what will we see in Thakkolam? Any idea? sathyar123: sudamani vigaram ippo eppadi irukku.. any idea ? raviji_99: But guys do u beleive that any landmarks will be there in thakkolam for the wars fought over there, i feel it will be typical 21st century village raviji_99: Becoz we shouldnot get disappointment after visiting that place skamalakkannan: yes. that's very important skamalakkannan: if pavithra is here, it would be better. bcoz, she have visited all the places already skamalakkannan: And Kadambur and Vallam sathyar123: kodikarai ? skamalakkannan: definitely. skamalakkannan: it is near nagapattinam. Right? sathyar123: think so.. Yahoo! Messenger: shankarkrupa has joined the conference. shankarkrupa: Oh sorry.... shankarkrupa: Got cut suddenly. raviji_99: First we have to decide the places and where to visit in that area and prepare the Schedule raviji_99: All these to be happen b4 december 31st raviji_99: Then we will have get togethr meetig during pongal at chennai skamalakkannan: yes. that would be better skamalakkannan: let us decide the date and time for get together raviji_99: pongal holidays will be ideal shankarkrupa: Pongal day is fine . sathyar123: during pongal many of them may go to theri native palce.. shankarkrupa: Appa, yaedhaavadhu oru sunday? skamalakkannan: or over the phone? sathyar123: we can have during the other weekend other than pongal .. raviji_99: ok i hope atleat chennai people can meet during pongal raviji_99: but satya will u reach b4 jan skamalakkannan: we need to have 2 meetings. shankarkrupa: One before finalizing and one after finalizing? skamalakkannan: No. for finalising only. sathyar123: enakku theriyala.. mgr innum onnum mudiva sollala.. innum eadho clientskitternthu request varutham.. so.. skamalakkannan: let us have the choice of 2 dates and we can participate in either meeting or in both shankarkrupa: MGR...? Avarthaan ippa illayae? skamalakkannan: mgr means Manager sathyar123: podhume kadichathu mgr - manager shankarkrupa: But, would not it be best if we first be clear with the route? raviji_99: k sathyar123: that wud be better.. shankarkrupa: he, he...marubadiyum asadu vazhigirane.... sathyar123: anyway starting and ending point is madras right skamalakkannan: yes raviji_99: yeah skamalakkannan: one of our friend Vasanth wanted to board at Bangalore... shankarkrupa: Then, next is madras to arakkonam? skamalakkannan: but no reply from him yet. shankarkrupa: Yes, yes. We are both working in the same office, me and vasanth. skamalakkannan: ok skamalakkannan: is he interested? sathyar123: i think after thaty he asked for the route and he will decide where to aborad.. raviji_99: Guys check this link for road route http://www.chooseindia.com/tourism/mtamilnadu.html shankarkrupa: I mean, we were working in the same office. Yes, he is very much in
Read through the chat sessions- I tried to participate, but couldn't :-) I'm writing here some points which I thought deserve mention:
1. The van's a great idea- no other transport is better to stop and start as we'd wish.
2. There was some talk of going thru Kanchi- it's a great idea. I'd like to know exactly what we're going to see there. Kanchi, by itself, has about 18 popular temples- all of them fairly huge and having historical importance (the divya desams and several Siva temples, I mean). 'Jina Kanchi', in particular is cool, in my opinion, but Kanchi might well take up a whole day if we want to see *all* the temples. I'm sure that can't be, so...what's the plan? And about the aranmanai:-)- there was nothing but a mound of rubble the last time I saw it, occupied by huts. For all I know, it may not exist now.
3. Thakkolam. The last we saw, it was a pretty small place with a road branching off from the main road leading to it. We asked about its significanace, but it turned out that there was nothing to see. There *may* be a temple- aside from that, there are no signs of a battle or anything else:-)
4. Temple Timings. If we really want to visit a good many temples, a very early start is required- 'cause we'll have to travel all over the place. Most small temples close shop at 11AM, sometimes sooner. (Sometimes, the archagars have to be dragged out of home:-)
5. Itinery. I think we'll have to plan a good deal - with the kilometers we can travel in a day, with the places we want to visit thrown in. Meal times too- we can't afford to be stranded in an out of the way village with a huge temple, but no eatery.
Can I offer a suggestion? What about taking a parceled lunch from the place we have our breakfast to last us the whole day? That way, we won't have to get back to a town each time we want to eat.