Akilan's vengaiyin mainthan is an excellent book detailing more of RJC's exploits -his e(i)llam conquest, securing the pandya diadems from rohanam, ganges campaign and building of GKC ( sadly it stops with his naval expedition to kedaram - possibly shortage of resources to travel to these places / since both the places indon and malay are not conducive to doing indepth research ) - writer Akilan got the sahithya academy award for it - the preface for the next editions carry an emotional account of how the copper plate inscriptional research he did got his an award - a copper plate award carrying the signature of Jawaharlal nehru ....
You will see interesting new characters like e(i)lango a kodumbalur prince - almost mirror image of VD. VD still packs a punch in old getup though.
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Re: [ponniyinselvan] List of places featured in PS
Dear all...
Sathya, Sridhar, Muhil, thanks:-)
G,I'm sure there're plenty of people in the group who have more expertise in this than I am...but I'll try to do justice to your request:-)
If there're any factual errors- well, then I ask you all to bear with me.(the only excuse is that I visited them 7-8 years ago:-)
>Kadambur - There's a place called Kadampuliyur, about 10 kms south from >Panrutti- this could be Kadambur- its about 25kms roughly north of Veera >Naarayanan Eri.
>Pullirukkum Velur - Thanks Muhil:-)
>Thiruppurambiyam - the one place I didn't visit. My guess is that it could >be about 4-5 Kms away from Kudanthai (Aazhwarkadiyan walks all the way on >the banks of Manniyaar).
>Thanjai - Today's Thanjavoor (Hey, Ram...:-)
>Kudhanthai - Kumbakonam
>Pazhaiyarai - Todays it is known as Darasuram, some 5-6 kms away from >Kumbakonam- 30 kms from Thanjavoor, famous for its Shiva temple (built by >Rajendra Chola), beautiful sculptures maintained by the ASI. Its a great >tourist spot too- one of its attractions is a 'pillaiyaar' sculpture the >size of a matchbox. And there are also the famed temple columns which have >been constructed to produce different musical notes. Arisilaru runs nearby- >a very small trickle:-)
>Vallam - there you have a debate. The people who're from Thanjavoor and >roundabout- there's a Vallam within a few kilometres of Thanjaavoor, isn't >there? I don't think this can be the Vallam VD is from. There's also the >Vallam on the Vellore- Arani route- could be the real Vallam...maybe.
There's one more Vallam enroute Gingee- Tindivanam- but I know nothing about this...
>Pazhuvur - Sridhar has given that well...
>Kodumbalur - 36 kms from Pudhukottai- roughly 5-6 kms down south of >Viralimalai. Its known more popularly today as Moovar Koil- maintained by >the ASI again. Its on the Pudhukottai- Trichy route.
Talking of Pudhukottai- two other places which figure in Sivagamiyin Sabadham can be found within a few kilometres...one is Sithannavaasal- that's the name of the village. The hillocks on which the Ajantha- styled poaintings can be found are called 'Eezhadi pattam'.
11 kms from these hillocks are two more hillocks called Kudumiyaan malai and Naarthaamalai (this place has a temple built by Vijayalaya Chozha)- if ever anyone visits these places, don't miss out on these. They're absolutely beautiful. In Kudumiyaan malai, there are stone inscriptions on music, life-size sculptures of rishis on the columns- the place is massive, no less than the famed Krishnapuram sculptures (near Thirunelveli). On the hill slope rising behind the temple, there are engravings of Lord Shiva and the whole retinue- kingarargal and everyone else- they can seen at a certain angle from the ground. The view at dusk- 'kaiyezuthu maraiyum neram'- is excellent.
>Mamallapuram - today's Mahabalipuram - with the Tiger caves on the way.
>Malayamaanadu - region around today's Thirukovilur
>Thakkolam - On the Kanchipuram- Arakonam highway, I think it comes after >the small village of Kooram.
>Places in srilanka...
Simmagirikottai- a famous tourist spot- today, its called Sigiriya, I believe. Its a one-day trip, a large hill, with steep steps. Half-way through, there are near-perfect Ajantha painting replicas, in a cave. Maybe these were what Arulmozhivarmar saw:-) On top of the hill, there are the ruins of the palace that once stood there. If you look down from the elevation, one can see the remnants of a huge palace complex down below.
Anuradhapuram - the lake really does exist- as beautiful as it was in PS. The lakeside is paved with stone, the ruins of the anthapuram and the gardens were well-maintained. Last we saw, it had tourist cottages- breakfast was panang kizhangu and papaalipazham:-) amazing:-). A five star hotel level tourist cottage-don't know what its status is now...
Thambalai- Northern Sri Lanka, a famous Buddhar Koil. It resembles our own temples, and in the caves, there're plenty of Buddha statues. Definitely not in ruins.
Aside from this, we saw plenty of Buddha statues arising suddenly out of fields and water-bodies...if anyone has seen Manirathnam's 'Kannathil muthamitaal'...then they might remember.
All the places in Sri Lanka were visited a long time ago- I'm not sure what changes may have taken place now...
This is the best I know- I checked out with a map too:-)If anyone has any more details, please share them.
Wow...just writing about those places brings back rich memories- what wouldn't I give to visit them again?
Hi, when i first enlisted into the group - i was like a kid let loose in a playstore - viewing every thread with the same glee that my son has in his eyes when he sees adyar ananda bhavan paneer jamun or krishna sweets mysorepa....the interesting threads leave a lasting impression in your memory. you can write ( and get) several PHD thesis from our archives. thanks to everyone who contributed, but sad to note that some of them are not taking active part anymore....
> > > Thats the way communities work - its purely based on interest and availability, Vijay. Not to worry, there will be new people to take over where others left.... > > >
Madan, spoken with the true open source spirit. yes, i agree with Madan. Groups like this are very rare, and I think there will be always someone to carry the work.
This is Lakshman. I just joined the groups two days back. As every one of you I am a fan of Kalki. After completing Ponniyin selvan, Sivakamiyin Sapatham, Parthiban Kanavu and Alai oosai I started again with P.S on the this Adi Perukku day (the day when the story starts). This is the third time I am reading P.S.
I excited to be a member of this group. Hope we will share lot of information. Currently I am going through all the old messages!!!