Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

Dear Sundarji,

Recently there have been mentions in the PS group
about the panel at Ankor on Kurmavatara. There was
also something on vELam ERRuthal.

These three articles would arouse the interest of the
PS people.

Three more additions have been made to VisvaComplex.

1. http://visvacomplex.com/paal_kadal.html

This is about a sculpture panel in Ankor Wat in
Cambodia.
It depicts a puranic scene - the Devas and Asuras
churning the Ocean of Milk by using the Manthra
Mountain as the churn stick and the snake Vasugi as
the rope. Lord MahaVishnu takes the form of a
Tortoise
and supports the mountain which started to sink. He
also
steadied the rope.
It also covers the story of three persons involved in
that
story. One is an Vanara; one is a Rakshasa; and the
other
is a Kshatria. They are Vali, Ravana, and
Karthaviryarjuna.
Among these, Vali and Karthaviryarjuna took part in
the
churning of the ocean.
There are five pictures covering the story.


2. http://visvacomplex.com/velam_erruthal.html

This is a research article on the ancient Tamil
practice of
vELam ERRuthal. When kings fought, the victorious king

captures the wives and daughters of the vanquished
king
as war booty and sends them to his private harem.

3. http://visvacomplex.com/seruppu_urvalam.html

This article with somewhat strange caption is also
a true story from history. It is about a young king of
a small
weak country who dared to defy the emperor of the
mightiest
empire of the world at the time.
The tussel between Aurangazeb, the Grand Mughal and
MuthuVeerappa
Nayakkar, king of the Madurai country.
The article is accompanied by a map.