its always said most writers need to think like the hero of the book or one step more create a hero out of himself( or atleast what he fantasises about)
there's one more tidbit to think similary of kalki. kalki's father ramasamy iyer resided in puthamangalam and was often called ponnu iyer and was the karnam or village officer of the manalmedu village. his house was called ponniyer veedu. perhaps kalki twisted ponnuvin selvan to ponniyin selvan. venketesh
nice deduction...but its hard to swallow that the entire storyline on arulmozhi being saved from drowning/saved by OOmai rani/ponni river, and called ponniyin selvar...is fiction. again kalki rules.
In Kalingathu Parani, Jayamkondar sings on many valorous Chola kings earlier to Kulothunga I, when he sings on Karikalan, he mentions 'Thozuthu mannare karaiSei ponniyil....'.
May be, because she makes the land 'Pon viLayira bhoomi' and hence got her name....
pon sidari maNi koNarndu karai mEl sindi pulam paranda nilam parakkum Ponni" is how Sri Tirumangai Mannan speaks appreciatively of the bounties Cauvery brings Emperuman as offering. For good measure, he reiterates this in the Pullamboothankudi pasuram- "minnu sOdi nava maNiyum vEyin mutthum sAmarayum ponnum Ponni koNarndu alaikkum Pullamboothankudi tAnE" All the nine types of precious gems, fragrant wood like Sandal and Agil, the purest of pearls originating from tall shoots of bamboo, thick, fragrant and delicious honey acquired from constant association with bees, the pearly white tusks of elephants who fell into the river-these are some of the tributes the Cauvery lovingly submits at the feet of the Lord at Srirangam, according to Sri Kalian.
one mail about kalki sure does spur on a lot of activity in our group.
I am working on a bio of kalki and find so many co incidences between his charecters and himself.
kalki also had an elder sister( actually his father's first wife's daughter). she was 10 years elder to kalki. this sis was one who brought up kalki in a big house hold. I could find shades of kunthavai and arumoli in these siblings or is it the other way about? venketesh
have you people seen bhakyaraj's sundarakandam with banupriya. bhakyaraj is a school teacher and a self styled intellectual. on his nuptial night he will aks her to fetch a book from the rack- one he wants to discuss with the girl of his dreams. and she fetches a big fat oxford dictionary. he ralises to his shock that she is illiterate. the same thing happened earlier to kalki,
to shri. Krishnamurthy writing was more than a passion. To him it was his life. A fortnight after his marriage Krishnamurthy discovered to his shock that his wife was illiterate. But knowing the social conditions that prevailed in that time he took it in his stride. He even offered to teach his newly wed wife the abilities to read. However she made an effort of her own and with the children of the neighbourhood as her teachers managed to master the rudiments of reading tamil. It was not long before she like other thousands of fans could enjoy the writings of her spouse.
Guess you are giving a preview of the biography. It will be a real pleasure to read about the life of one's favorite author. I will grab the book as soon as it gets released.
Ponni valley civilisation....in 2010 the big temple would complete a 1000 years of existence....thanks to efforts of the greatest king of india....an unbroken tradition of service to shiva for 1000 years....what an achievement...we should be talking of kaveri valley civilisation more
Do we Worship Cauvery as Deity in the Delta Districts?
And I agree with Rahul ..
RRC should be the ONE among the Greatest ..
And Vijay .. that 1000th year of Commemoration .. we brought this to light of ASI and all in 2006 itself ( big temple construction commenced in 1006 )...
Let us see whether something can be done before 2010 ..
Nice that (y)our attention is drawn ..
Venkat, that Visiting Card - Miracle anology superb ..
i strongly object to the comparison of these greats to the portrayal in 23rd pulikesi....its impossible to spread to false propaganda across the length and breadth of south east asia and china....some of these are not just plain visits but devastation of entire cities /ending empires....how do you explain malaysia, indonesia / vietnam and china bearing witness to the rise of chola power...documented proofs interms of court transcripts exist..not much has been done to explore these and find the connnection.
you state part of RRC life is shrouded in mystery...its still undiscovered doesnt mean that it was a dark secret or something. and what are we doing towards uncovering this....the signs are all there..both of him and rjc..someday they will be out in the open. hopefully soon
Dear vijay youy cannot preach to the converted theres historic evidence That RJC conquered bengal and theres even a offshoot tamil bengali line which stems from his generals and soldiers who decided to stay behind!! This is accepted and even taught in bengali books...
next thing Rahul will say Kadaram Konda Cholan means he got his precious jewels from Kadaram....oops are there kalvettus and epigraphic and archeaological evidence...there that must be a poet or sculpturere trying to impress a king 1000 miles across the sea....(Kidding Rahul!!!)
Hi Sri long time no see! Hi Sps can we put a few thing in concrete numbers
lets forget the first chola empire.
starting from vijayalaya to the fading away of the cholas in 1275 or so how many kings ruled in the dynasty?
taking into account all types of evidence including poetry, legends and edicts who has the biggest bulk of evidences. rrc, rjc or may even be kulothunga??
can you please explain this? venketesh
lets --- In ponniyinselvan@yahoogroups.com, sridhar rathinam
i saw a file in the files section titled geneology of the cholas>>>21 kings from 848 ad to 1279 ..vijayala cholan to rajendra cholan 3. we can build on it