Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

compilation of articles on the bigtemple from www.poetryinstone.in



The Big temple intro post

http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/09/14/the-big-temple-an-intro-post.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/09/14/how-big-is-big-part-2-on-the-tanjore-temple.html

One aspect for which we are all eagerly waiting for is a good book on the
Famed Chola Frescos.

Aritcles on Chola Frescos:

http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2010/05/20/200th-post-may-your-praise-be-sung-for-eons-the-chola-monalisa-tripurantaka-fresco.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2010/03/11/the-unsung-chola-painter-vs-da-vinci.html

The relief panels and sculptures

http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/08/31/the-dance-of-shiva-in-stone.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/09/08/arjuna-gets-the-pasupatha-astra-chola-version.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/11/14/shiva-cuts-off-the-head-of-his-father-in-law.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/11/27/shiva-burns-the-lord-of-love.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/11/17/shiva-kicks-yama-the-god-of-death.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/11/21/muruga-masquerades-as-an-old-man-to-marry-valli.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/10/24/karaikkal-ammai-in-tanjore-nataraja-panel-too.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/10/03/exotic-meat-for-the-lord-a-monitor-lizard.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/09/19/art-inspired-by-sculpture-series-part-2.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/08/31/reward-for-chopping-off-his-dads-legs.html

Some sculptures which people neglect to see

http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2009/06/03/tanjore-big-temple-vyaala-row.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2009/05/31/the-yaazhi-riders-of-tanjore.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2010/07/23/no-ordinary-sink.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/11/03/the-saint-with-tiger-paws.html


Some Myths

http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/12/16/nandhi-on-tanjore-temple-vimanam-a-debate-on-its-size.html
http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2008/12/17/does-the-tanjore-big-temple-vimana-cast-a-shadow.html

I had posted about a couple of Moat figures which were vaguely visible from
some antique photographs that are from the British Library Archives.

http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2009/11/06/the-moat-around-the-tanjore-big-temple.html

But, one of my readers from Tanjore recognised them from the time he was
playing around the Moat walls many years ago, and undertook to track them
down and send me the current day location of these.

http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2009/11/18/paradise-regained-tanjore-big-temple-moat-figurines.html

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