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anyone knows the history of udayarpalayam jameen
thanks a lot friends, there is an information booklet.... the link is below please see it is in pdf form. there is a chapter on the history of the jameen. http://www.tn.gov.in/dtp/CCBP/Udayarpalayam.pdf the fact is no one is sure whether they spea…
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May 2011
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anyone knows the history of udayarpalayam jameen
thanks a lot friends, 1.the govt booklet says, the palayam was estabilished in 1475. the people of the zameen speak telugu!. but it also says them as vanniyars. 2. the person i met was a lady and she introduced herself as a descendent of the zameen…
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May 2011
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anyone knows the history of udayarpalayam jameen
i just found a good link for this. http://www.tn.gov.in/dtp/CCBP/Udayarpalayam.pdf it is really wonderful to know that the palayam is existing since 1475. the vanniyars are known as kadavars and they speak telugu! gandhi
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gandhiram
May 2011
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siva -vishnu conflicts have metaphysical connotations
thnk you, no denial sir, but the siva siddhantha scholars proposed these differences in the WSC meetings. even the ADHEENAMS did not object such an attitude. actually i left one more difference that is: MAYA is internal in siddhantham whereas it is …
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May 2011
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Chera King who converted to Islam
sir, there were several cheramans. especially after the advent of imperial cholas. after prophet's(sal) demise the trade with arab increased in west coast. there may have been several instances a local ruler to convert to islam. the cheramans o…
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gandhiram
May 2011
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Vaishnava-Shaiva conflict before tenth century CE?
thanks ...rikku is rig veda and not brahma.
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gandhiram
May 2011
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Vaishnava-Shaiva conflict before tenth century CE?
the sarabai worshiping in vaitheeswaran koil is an example of shiva destroying the narasimha.the sarabai's anger was later cooled by pull-iruku-vel and ur.( jadayu, brahma, muruka and sun)hence the town's original name thiru-pullirukuvellu…
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gandhiram
April 2011
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Invitation to view sankaranarayanan ks's Picasa Web Album - Dharmapuri - nolamba Ramayanam
beutiful thanks gandhi
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gandhiram
March 2011
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Artcle about Raja Raja in Vanakkam Malaysia
difficult to give factual informations. it is possible only to estimate. it is only true that the spoils of war were used to construct the temples in cholamandalam. money from the karnataka campaign was used to pay huge sums to the maravar army and…
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gandhiram
February 2011
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Artcle about Raja Raja in Vanakkam Malaysia
cholas also weakened the srivijaya kingdom in malaya and that led to arab colonisation of southeast asia.
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gandhiram
February 2011
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Artcle about Raja Raja in Vanakkam Malaysia
there is one book by EMS NAMBOODRIPAD(CPM leader- late) history of india. he also says the cholans were ruthless dictators, imperialists and colonialists. it is quite possible and we must be open to discussions. when i was in kerala many keralite hi…
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gandhiram
February 2011
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Iconography - Influence of Buddhism. What about in TN ?
yes, it is now the district court of nagapatnam. the vihara was in dilapidated state and was not in use in 1750. french east india company bought the place and constructed a school. it is st.joseph's school . it was later shifted to trichirapal…
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gandhiram
February 2011
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Artcle about Raja Raja in Vanakkam Malaysia
sir, there were similar arguments about cholas and RRC (as in vanakam malay...)in the famous novel of sujatha(late) " kandhaloor vasanthakumaran kadhai". gandhi
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gandhiram
February 2011
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Chera, Chozha, Pandiya
friends, pallavas ancestry is debatable. they started patronising tamil language only in the later periods. chidambaram temple history has kochengannan and he is assessed to be 450 AD. PALLAVAS also contributed to chidambaram but only after this. …
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gandhiram
January 2011
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saivasiddhantham-10
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gandhiram
January 2011
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Few notes on Adi Shankara
thank you friend, i also would like to think so as you have put it. let me add some points. this is not an argument but a synthesis. we all shall put our views and try to clear the problem in parallel thinking. 1.thayumanavar and vallalar are excl…
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gandhiram
December 2010
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Few notes on Adi Shankara
DIFFERNCES BETWEEN SAIVAM AND VEDAM: dear friends, 1.saiva siddhantham is in its core " subjective realism" and vedic religions are " objective idealism. 2. epistemologically saivam is closer to rationalism and vedism to empiricism. …
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gandhiram
December 2010
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UNIVERSE EXISTED BEFORE BIG-BANG
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December 2010
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UNIVERSE EXISTED BEFORE BIG-BANG
thank you sir,cyclical universe concept is just discovered but it is thought about well 2500 years ago in hinduism i have hesitation to say hindu philosophers had a clear idea about the ontos(being) and cosmos( universe). whether it is buddhist, ja…
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gandhiram
December 2010
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story of st.thomas and his visit(?) to tamilakam :fox history channel
this programme does not include those arguments. but the methodology and presentation were splendid. it is often reminded me, when i see the kerala christians especially their names like "verughese" which is a derivative of "georgees&…
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gandhiram
November 2010
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Karthigai Deepam in Tamilnadu - One of the Oldest celebrations
good post
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gandhiram
November 2010
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Udayar - Novel
dear freind it may be like this. the word "kuhaya" literally translates into "a cave". but the real meaning is the mind. mind is compared to a cave in upanisads. therefore the god is known as "kuhan". the chief man drea…
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gandhiram
November 2010
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Udayar - Novel
i think the cow denotes the pasu. pasu means the soul. the lingam is the pathi (as per saiva siddhantham). the pathi is the god. milk is knowledge( one can find such comparison of milk to knowledge in many texts- including the geetha). the soul sear…
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gandhiram
November 2010
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Udayar - Novel
dear sir, mythological stories are important. they have hidden connotations. when people were to presented the philosophy of the vedas, it was a method. the purana period of hinduism is a very fertile period of growth of our civilisation. mythilogy,…
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gandhiram
November 2010
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Details required - Kangai Koda Solapuram
freind, from chennai one can come to chidambaram via east coast road. then proceed to kattumannar koil(25km) here we have good cholan temples. then proceed to GKCP (15km) then proceed to pazhuvoor westwards. pazhuvoor has some 800AD temples. then pr…
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gandhiram
November 2010
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Udayar - Novel
respected sir, i have read that in various sources( general comments and not solid research). the "meykeerthies" had more sanskrit words than usual. recently kalaignar karunanidhi also made a reference to this point in his speech( i think …
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gandhiram
November 2010
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Udayar - Novel
i do think balakumaran has certain brahmin prejudices. but the fact is there has been a positive discrimination towards brahmins in RRC times.the big temple is notoriously sanskritised in all the inscriptions. there are evidences that he had an offi…
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gandhiram
November 2010
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Udayar - Novel
to add a few more points, udayar novel has all ingrediants of a social political record of the tamil country 1000AD. many areas are very good narration about the war techniques,medicine, food processing, caste stratification, diplomacy, engineering,…
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gandhiram
November 2010
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Udayar - Novel
i think it is quite good sample of the social and political life of the tamilagam 1000 years ago. the plot is good.may be the portrayal of the king's life is questionable. but the description of the social life is very very good. sometimes it i…
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gandhiram
November 2010
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were -there -any-vasihnavaite kings?
there is a kulasekara azhwar temple(?samadhi) in thiruvanchikulam in kerala. is it not a historical documentation or evidence?
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gandhiram
October 2010
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