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- Sirangam Temple Pictures
My first impression, is that this great temple has not been maintained well. And these pictures conform what my friend has been saying for some time now. Sad. GRS

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Few notes on Adi Shankara
Looks like interesting discussions. Sadly naan ambuttu tamizh padikarathukulae Kaliyugamae moodinjnupoyidum. Prof. S.K.Ramachandra Rao settles down between 650AD-840AD. His arguments are: 1. Sankara is later than Dinnaga. Dinnaga has been dated abo…

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Few notes on Adi Shankara
Yajamaana in Sanskrit means "one who performs the sacrifice". So did the word come from Sanskrit or from Tamil? GRS

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Few notes on Adi Shankara [1 Attachment]
Temples have a very complex social, religious and economic character. Temples are complex organizations to say the least. The worship in temples are considered "parartha" - for the sake of others, i.e. the society/community. The worship of…

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Few notes on Adi Shankara
1. "Rituals are the symbols we use to mold our experiences" Miriam Ben-Haim (psychologist). It is a fashion to phoo-phoo rituals in temples or everyday life. Abstract thinking is not an easy task for most of us to do all the time, concre…

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Kalaivani and Thathva Bodha = Too Good
Okay my suspicious mind wanted to search the Internet for the authenticity of this. I see this has been reported in Sulekha as late as 2008. Seriously the language used here does not foster a feeling that it is from a Washington Post senior journa…

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Kalam's letter
I suspect this is a hoax. He could have said some of these things in few speeches. I doubt if the former President would resort to such email chains though.

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Indian - School Book - History - A nice read :)
I am at a loss on why Tamil should not receive much attention. After all it is a text book for TN students, nah ?

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ATROCITIES or REPULSION ? - tirumala
I am not sure why we are discussing eating meat and even that Tirumala temple was a Subrmani swamy temple. I thought we will discuss if Hindus forcibly converted other Indic temples to Hindu ones :-)) 1) Family values: It is relative; what one cult…

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ATROCITIES or REPULSION ? - tirumala
I am replying as you addressed your post to me :-) We are talking historical perspective here. Talking about something of the past does not condone or condemn the activities. I am neither advocating meat eating nor against it. I belong to one of t…

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ATROCITIES or REPULSION ? - tirumala
If one agrees with the Evolutionary phases of human beings, then one would agree that humans ate meat. Vedas are nothing but a compilation of thoughts, process and views in various times. Like "gravitational force" existed before Newton d…

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ATROCITIES or REPULSION ? - tirumala
> It is atrocious that to state that Brahmins ate cow. The cow > was sacrificed as an offering. What was ate is justÂ a sufari size ( Kottappakku size) I do not know why it becomes atrocious to conclude that. It is not wrong to eat meat; hum…

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Chola atrocities?
The pure Left and Right are indeed useless because it is an European construct that views the world in black or white. Like the Marxists who slice n dice the world in terms of class. GRS

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Chola atrocities?
I agree with lots of things you say. But even the true historian - which for our discussion will be a historian without MUCH bias - will have lots of gaps and confusing data. For example let us take a common issue of name & title. So many Kings …

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Chola atrocities?
Connecting dots does not HAVE to mean like what you describe. As described in the wikipedia, it is also about associating one idea to another. In the realm of history it could be drawing a bigger picture by connecting smaller evidences (or facts). T…

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Chola atrocities?
> I'd question that. When there's no evidence, do we have any business > attempting to interpret and connect dots that cannot be connected? It is a valid question, but historians routinely do that. > would lead to our own ponn…

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ATROCITIES or REPULSION ?
On a similar note, I read parts of this interesting book that claims Tirupathi Balaji temple was a Buddhist shrine: http://www.ambedkar.org/Tirupati/ Often in debates, the opposition of a view point will present the original point in a nice manner.…

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Chola atrocities?
Shashwath: History when there are no clear evidences; becomes a matter of interpretation or connecting the dots. And even when there is archaeological evidence we will only hear part of the story. Rest of the story has to be pieced together. With d…

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Times of India Article about Vijay and our group
In Kaui, Hawaii; there is a Hindu Monastery that is building temple on the island. They have a good daily blog on what happens in the monastery including pictures of the temple building process. The Shilpis are from Tamil Nadu: http://himalayanacad…

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Lime and Mortar
Thank you. Can you cite some references? Why are some of the "eminent historians" associated lime and mortar with Muslims more then?

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The Colas - by Neelakanta Sastri
What you picked the last one? No more left for us poor dudes? Awww... GRS

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The Colas - by Neelakanta Sastri
Oh great, where is the sale?

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Lime and Mortar
Anybody know anything about this?

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Lemuria !!!!
Last time I checked, Dravidians were not a race. The Dravidian distinction is based on the Dravidian languages. The AIT is bogus; how long are gullible people going to believe in such things and be cheated by politicians? GRS

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Inscriptions for 2000th year celebration?
I am reminded of this poem, by PB Shelly. Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lie…

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Why didn't Tamil Language spread in Rajarajan's conquered lands ?
English and the French looked down upon people who they conquered. They considered the native/indigenous religions and practices inferior, hence sought to enforce their culture on the conquered lands. The Spanish conquered vast lands in the Americas…

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ENDHIRAN Review by unknown
AP has a great following of Shankar and Rajini. Some of them are die-hard fans of these two, as fanatic as one could find in TN. With this movie Shankar has become pan-Indian. Though Rajini is used to sell the movie, this is a fully a Shankar movie.…

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[ponniyinselvanvaralaatruperavai] Enthiran
I saw this movie in America, even the tamil version had subtitles. Shankar already thought about your requst :-))

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ENDHIRAN Review by unknown
All acclaimed Hollywood movies depend on marketing and hype too. The merchandise they sell out to gullible and the children must run into millions if not billions. GRS

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Thanjai Periya Koil outer wall being broken to get VVIPs enter
Words fail me. Should I get sad, mad, angry or jut cry? GRS

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