Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

Though there are controversy who is on those paintings, But those
paintings are simply superb!!!...

Everybody in the tour enjoyed their own way..some at seeing the
temple, some at hearing Dr. Balu's lecturer, some arguing to identify
personalities, some reading inscriptions.. I really enjoyed myself
when I stand infront of those paintings..Believe me, still my eyes can
perceive those paintings..

I'm not a big admirer of paintings but those paintings are the
historical source to know how men/women looks like 1000 years b'fore..

The Paintings of Sundrars' life: see how a common men looks..dressed
in the waist upto knees, long/strong thighs, shaven/with beards, long
ears(surprising? to see men in long ears??), strong physique, sitting
is normal way but more descently, with exclamatory eyes..
Women dressed around the waist upto knees and around the neck(but not
of today's "maraauppu"..)oranaments at hands, forearm, ears, legs..
(see the Kollusu of those dancers - not a single line as nowdays.. it
is seen three or four rounds in their legs..)
Cooking utensils, common assembling of men for a gathering, the "OLD
MAN" with an umberalla(note that umberalla is a flattened one - is it
of keralite?)-Note the "Olai" been passed to those assembled men,
means that every common man knows Reading(literate) -- How many things
we can infer from one such painting..

SP Sir, Sure I need another trip just to see those paintings only..

I'm still envisioning the details of other paintings..

As rightly mentioned by Dr. Balu, the quotes of one north indian
historian--"Thousand Monolisa won't be worthy equal to the smile of
LORD at his Tripura ravage.."

I'm amazed the finer details of those paintings..anybody can easily
identify whether it is male or female just showing any one part and
hiding the rest of the body..say for eg, if shown only the leg
portion, hiding the rest of the whole body, I think we can identify
that the portrait is a male or female.. Such a way the fine curves in
the drawing is..Amazing..

I'm sorry that I couldn't join for the second day trip..

With regards,
Raj.