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அப்பன் நீ, அம்மை நீ, ஐயனும் நீ, அன்புடைய மாமனும் மாமியும் நீ, ஒப்புடைய மாதரும் ஒண்பொருளும் நீ
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Swami Shanmuga from Tiruchendur. Why is the Vigraha like this ? There is a history behind it. During the time of Thirumalai Nayakar (1649) who was ruling Madurai, the European powers of Dutch & Portuguese were fighting for a foothold here. Portuguese had a base in Tuticorin,
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When Rajendra Chola was building the Gangai Konda Cholapuram temple, he wanted to check the expenditure incurred & summoned his minister. Surprised by the sudden ask, the minister was confused as he didn’t maintain detailed accounts. He prayed to the Kanaka Vinayagar whose temple
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During Aurangzeb’s time, Madurai was ruled by Muthu Veerappa Nayakar. Aurangzeb had sent a procession to south with his one shoe on top of an elephant. The order is, all the rulers should pay respects to this shoe by keeping it in the throne & pay a ‘handsome amount’ to the
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Pandyas, the oldest dynasty to rule Tamilagam, were worshippers of Vinayagar. Almost all the rock cut temples built by them during the medieval era had the shrine of Ganapathi. While the Pillayarpatti temple is well known, here are some of the other Vinayagars from my Gallery
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Today is the birthday of the greatest Chola King, Rajendra Chola, who showed the power of Indian navy to the world. A great devotee of Siva,he called himself as Siva Charana Sekara.The temple he built for Siva,Gangai Konda Cholapuram will forever stand as a symbol of his devotion
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Our beloved PM Shri
@narendramodi
ji will be meditating for three days at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, Kanyakumari. The memorial has lot of history behind it & faced many hurdles when it was built. Let us look at the background and the struggles it has to encounter.
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This day, on the 8th day of Srirangam Panguni festival, Ulugh Khan & his forces attacked 12000 unarmed devotees, killed them & ransacked Srirangam temple. Namperumal was taken to safety by the Acharyas
TN plunged into darkness for 45 years before Kampanna restored its past glory
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A Panchaloka Vigraha of Amman was found near Thiruvadanai, while tilling the land. See what the villagers are doing after they heard about the discovery. Tamilagam is always a devotional land !
#GodsAreRising
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A very significant moment. PM meeting Madurai Adheenam during his visit.
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He had conquered far away lands, was never defeated in any of the wars he fought. He was a great administrator who brought lot of reforms in the governance. He revolutionised the temple building in a big way. Despite all such stupendous achievements, he was happy to be called as
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Happy to see our PM
@narendramodi
ji having Darshan at Meenakshi Amman temple today. Starting from Mukkuruni Vinayagar shrine, he seems to have gone through the traditional way of Darshan at various shrines at the temple.
What stands out in this video is the prayers offered at
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A beautiful Murugan Vigraha was found yesterday by few boys while playing in the Kosasthalai river near Thiruvalangadu yesterday. This a rare form of Muruga, called Brahmasastha, with the Japamala & Kamandala. Murugan took this form while taking over the creation duties of
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Eureka moment ! The Velvikkudi copper plates grant of Pandyas is the oldest Tamil copper plate inscription found so far & belong to 8th century. This tells a fascinating history.
The grant was originally given by the sangam period Pandya king Palyagasalai Muthukudumi
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Stopping a 350+ tonne Ther pulled by 1000s is no easy task.More than 500 such ‘Muttu Kattai’s each with 40 kg weight are used for this, with the Hydraulic breaks. As they get broken, they can be used 2-3 times max. Those who put it under the wheels need to be extremely skilled
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Chinna Jeeyar swamiji said it “We are able to hold our heads high as Hindus after Modi ji became the PM”.
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A huge bunch of manuscripts on palm leaves is found in one of the rooms at Ramanatha Swami temple, Rameswaram. About 277 in total & containing 25000+ leaves, they are written in Tamil, Sanskrit (Grantha & Devanagari) & Telugu. They are now being examined by experts
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Miracles happen even during these days.
Thirukazhugukundudram is famous for eagles which used to come during lunch time & take the offering. There is another legend associated with the Vedagireeswarar temple here. When Markandeya Rishi came here, he didn’t have a vessel to do
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The place where our PM
@narendramodi
ji listening to the Kamba Ramayanam verses is where the Ramayanam was recited first time (Arangetram) by Kambar.
It is said that when Kambar sung the verses on Narasimha avatar “அண்டம் கீறிச் சிரித்தது செங்கட் சீயம்! - the Lion laughed when
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ப்ளூ சர்ட் போட்டா என்ன வேணாலும் கேட்கலாமா. அண்ணாமலை அதிரடிகள் !
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Today is the birthday of the Chola emperor Rajendra Chola. A thread with some snippets about the great king :
The fact that Rajendra was born in Adi Thiruvathirai (Ardra Nakshatra) was inscribed by him in Thiruvarur temple. He was named as Madhurantaka and took the name of
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A huge number of Vigrahas, Pooja articles and a number of copper plates were found while digging the earth for the yagasala on the occasion of Kumbhabhiska to the Seerkazhi temple.
#GodsAreRising
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The art of manoeuvring a huge temple chariot, not an easy task as it requires skill & quick reflexes. Here the Chidambaram Dikshitars are doing that with ease, during the Rathostavam as part of Ardra festival!
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It is interesting to see Dharumai Adheenam presenting the image of Sarabeswarar to
@annamalai_k
ji at Tirubuvanam. Sarabar is a fierce deity who has the powers to annihilate the opponents. Kulothunga III was a great devotee of Sarabeswarar and personally donated this Vigraha to
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Muthu Vijaya Raghunatha Sethupathi was a great devotee of Ramanatha swami like the other Sethupathi Kings. He had donated Rs.18680 worth silver Swing and a beautiful Chariot to Rameswaram temple. But the Dharmic nature of the King came out in a strange incident.
He had two
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A potsherd excavated from the Kodumanal Archeological site has the name ‘Kannan Adhan’ inscribed in Tamil Brahmi. The period of this is estimated to be 2-3 century BCE. Kannan is one of the Tamil names of Sri Krishna & this is one of the earlier reference of His name found in
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Cholas built bigger hospitals right from 10th century with excellent facilities. Rajaraja chola’s sister Kunthavai built a hospital named after her father Sundara Chola. She had provided grants to ensure its functioning. Many other Chola Kings did the same during their reign.
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The city of Srinagar was founded by Pravarasena II, who named it after the Goddess Lakshmi. That’s what Rajatarangini says.
It’s Srinagar. Not “Shrinagar”.
Islam is the solution for every issue in the world today.
Now please go get 2 rupees from the BJP IT cell for this tweet.
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The beautiful Vigraha of Mahavishnu literally got me in tears when
@Ethirajans
shared in the morning. HE is lying down smiling in midst of a ruins of such a small Chola period temple constructed using bricks, with no one to look after HIM.
The location is near Anbil
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She was born in Ramnad Samasthanam but married to the ruler of Sivaganga. With her expertise in martial arts like Valari & Silambam and muti lingual skills, she fought many wars with British to reclaim Sivaganga. Today is the Remembrance Day of great queen Velu Nachiyar.
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Our Sanatana Dharma goes beyond boundaries. Here is the famous ‘Ther’ festival of Nallur Kandasamy temple at Yazhpanam (Jaffna), Sri Lanka as celebrated today !!
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Only during Adi Pournima day, the doors of Pathinettampadi Karuppannaswamy shrine is opened & it was yesterday. Karuppannaswamy is the guardian deity of Azhagar Kovil near Madurai.
Video : Courtesy Polimer News.
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If one thought that the Madurai temple was closed only during the dark days of Madurai Sultanate, they are mistaken. It happened again during early 18th century too. After the last queen of Nayak dynasty, Rani Minakshi committed suicide due to the treachery of Chanda Sahib, the
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More than 10 Panchaloha vigrahas are found while digging for a construction of a house, near Papanasam. This includes Somaskandha, Chandrasekarar, Thirugnanasambandar vigrahas. They are likely to be from a nearby temple and buried to protect them from invaders.
Courtesy :
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During the renovation work, a secret chamber was found in the Vittala temple at Pandharpur, near the Hanuman temple gate. A Chaturbhuja Mahavishnu Vigraha was found inside the chamber. One more Vigraha of Vishnu & Goddess Mahishasuramardini Vigraha was also found in this chamber.
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An epigraphist par excellence, someone who did a phenomenal service to Tamil History & an epitome of knowledge Dr, Nagaswamy attained the lotus feet of Mahadeva today. Many inscriptions & copper plates like Esalam Plates will always remind us about him !
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On the occasion of Engineer’s day, salutes to two of the great engineers, Veerachozhan Kunjaramallan & Nithavinotha Perunthachan, who built Thanjavur Big Temple & Gangai Konda Chozhapuram temple respectively. These engineering marvels stands tall for more than 1000 years and
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The majestic Shikara of Thanjavur temple. One can keep a Maruti Alto between the Rishabhas. That is the kind of space available there !
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On the visit of HM
@AmitShah
ji’s visit to Thirumayam, two pictures caught the eye. First is in the Satyagirishvarar temple. The Dwara Palakas here are rare and can be seen only in ancient Pandya rock cut temples.
The one on the southern side is known as Trishula Deva and a
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The Sri Vimana of the Thanjavur temple is designed with some fundamental agamic principles and is unique in many aspects. Keeping aside the false ‘prides’ of one stone 80 tonne, shadow not falling on ground etc. let us look at some of the key aspects of the design of the Vimana.
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This is Thiruvalluvar even in 1908. Anything else is just agenda driven propaganda.
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In 1798, Collector Colin Jackson of Ramnad asked Veerapandya Kattabomman to meet him for questioning on the tax due. Not keen to pick up a fight with Company at that juncture, Kattabomman went to meet him. But Jackson left for the tour of Tirunelveli.
Kattabomman followed him
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Annabhisheka Alankaram at Thanjavur Peruvudaiyar temple !
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It’s son’s wedding ceremony, so should dress well !
Meenakshi & Sundareswarar all set to leave for Tirupparankundram on the occasion of the marriage of Lord Subramanya & Devasena. Madurai temple will be closed today due to this.
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He was trying the publish the Sangam text Kurinji Paatu and has got a number of manuscripts. Kurinji Paatu, composed by Kabilar, has a section which has the names of a number of flowers. There are 99 such names but in all the manuscripts few lines are mistakenly copied.
He
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The Marudhu Pandiyar brothers, apart from being extraordinary warriors who fought the British gallantly,were staunch Sanatanis too. After taking over the Sivaganga kingdom,they have brought about 108 temples under its control & did lot of renovations/ refurbishment of the temples
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Our PM walks through the majestic Third Corridor of the Rameswaram temple, the longest corridor of temples in TN. It is 690 feet long with 1212 pillars. It was built by ‘Rebel’ Muthuramalinga Sethupathi who did this phenomenal work despite a bitter fight against British. He was
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Today is the birthday of the legend, Mahamahopadhyaya U Ve Saminatha Iyer who went to every nook & corner,collected the manuscripts of Sangam literature like Ettuthokai, Pathupattu and published it. Only due to his effort, many of the ancient Tamil literature are available today
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It is always a joy to watch this giant Thiruvarur Ther turn around the corner of a street among sea of devotees. It is not an easy effort despite involving a bit of mechanical power, as the temple Chariot weighs 350 tonnes. This is one of the biggest temple chariots in India
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Madurai is a city with more than 2000 years of continuous history. The Pandya capital was one of the largest cities in Tamilagam during ancient times. Pandyas were great township planners & built it with all important safeguards.
River Vaigai which goes around the city is not a
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Shri BB Lal was one of the earliest archeologists who rebutted the Aryan invasion theory and proved that the drying of Saraswathi river was one of the major reasons for disappearance of Harappan civilisation. It’s a great news that he is honoured with Padma Vibhushan
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Now I can understand how the people of Madurai might have felt when the great Kumara Kampanna opened the doors of Meenakshi Amman temple which was shut for 48 long years, cleared the debris, opened the sanctum to have a darshan of Sundareswarar
I can also understand how the
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இதைத்தான் ரொம்ப நாளா சொல்லிக்கிட்டிருக்கோம். நம்முடைய மூதாதையர் வரலாற்றை மறைச்சு மற்றவர்களைக் கொண்டாடும் சமூகமாக மாறிவிட்டோம்.
@RangarajPandeyR
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It requires lot of skill to coordinate the movements of a 400 tonne temple chariot pulled by thousands of devotees. The credit of that goes to Thiru Ramaswami, who is doing this service for the last 30 years. His voice starts & stops the Ther & his chanting of ‘Aroora’,
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Today is the Remembrance Day of Marudhu Pandiyar who took on the might of British for eight years, defeated them in multiple battles before getting captured to save the Kalayar Kovil temple & hanged on this very day in 1801. They were tortured, their family members executed & the
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On the eve of the Panguni 8th day festival in Srirangam, it is our duty to offer Shradanjali to the twelve thousand innocent devotees to who lost their lives for no fault of theirs
701 years ago, everyone, who assembled in the Srirangam temple premises, heard the news that Ulugh
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On the auspicious occasion of Durgashtami, here is a thread with some of the famous Durga Ammans, worshipped as Koshta devata in the temples. Interestingly, most of them are Vishnu Durgas
First is the Durga from the Takkolam Jalanatheeswarar temple. Here the Goddess can be seen
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Koneswaram temple at Trikonamalai (Trincomalee), Sri Lanka is one of the very ancient temples in this region. But it has a very sad history behind it. Why ? Read on
Like many ancient temples, Koneswaram was also renovated / rebuilt by many kings. It was a descendant of Manu
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The minister said the same to the King next day. Ethu nool is the thread which was used to check the level of structures built. So the King was in fact stunned that if the expense for ethu nool itself is 80 lakhs, what about the rest ? So he didn’t enquire further. However, the
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Very happy to see this news. It’s time we celebrate our real Heros !
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Tiruppanandal, the Sivalingam here formed naturally from the trunk of a Palm tree (hence the name Panam Thall). Siva is a swayambu murthy here.
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The Brihadeeswara temple, on the eve of the birthday of the great emperor Rajaraja !!
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An excellent discovery among the other key findings. A Tamil Grantha inscription was found by ASI (thanks to the report uploaded by
@UnSubtleDesi
). That was dated 16th- 17th century and made by one Narayana Raman. This must have been a charity instituted in the temple by him.
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On 17th June, 1911 at Maniyachi junction, Tirunelveli-Maniyachi Mail was stationed at Platform 2. Collector Robert William d'Escourt Ashe, who was responsible for many atrocities including that of torturing freedom fighters like V.O.Chidambaram Pillai, was resting inside along
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Of the various forms of Shiva, 64 of them are considered significant & auspicious, which are described in detail in our scriptures & silpasastras. On this auspicious occasion of Mahashivaratri, here are few of the forms of Shiva.
The Mahasadasiva swaroopa is one where Shiva has
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A tactful person with shades of grey, a great warrior, an excellent administrator, brilliant leader who picked up the right persons for the jobs, a staunch Sanatani who rebuilt & renovated many temples - in short, a multi faceted personality who brought glory to the dynasty !
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Praggnanandhaa beats Fabiano Caruana, makes history by entering the
#FIDEWorldCup2023
final, sets up the title clash with Magnus Carlsen !!! Hearty congratulations !!
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Its just the fifth day of the festival and see the sea of devotees in Madurai. That's what make the
#ChithiraiThiruvizha
special !
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In a major discovery, number of swami Vigrahas are found while digging for a borewell near Thiruvarur. This includes Vinayaka, Nataraja, Somaskanda, Chandikeswara vigrahas and ten smaller idols.
By the looks, they seem to be belonging to the later Chola era. Hopefully they are
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One of the most underrated CM at this time of crisis is Yogi Ji, who is doing a great job without any PR, like a Karma Yogi !
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This is an important inscription found in Abbottabad,Pak. The 3rd century Brahmi inscription talks about a temple for Skanda (Kumara) built by a Pahlava king in that place. It goes like
sa(m) margasira di pratha karito ya
kumarasthanam gasurana makaputrena
sapharena mahariija
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One of the unresolved mysteries of Tamil History is disappearance of Puli Thevar.He raised the flag against British and gallantly fought them, especially against Marudha Nayagam’s repeated attacks.This is a place in Sankarankoil temple where he disappeared. Today is his birthday
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சென்னைக்கு வெளியே, வரிசையில் நின்று வாக்களிக்கும் முதல்வர் தமிழகத்திற்குக் கிடைத்தது இதுவே முதல் முறை என்று நினைக்கிறேன்
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He says “ At one point of time, I had 23 manuscripts of Jivaka Chintamani (one of the Tamil epics). Each one had lots of differences from the other. When they took copies, the writers had done copying without thinking about actual words. So it was difficult for me to find meaning
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He was a member of ‘India House’ in London and worked with Veer Savarkar as part of the Indian independence movement. Following an arrest warrant issued against him, he moved to Puducherry & continued his revolutionary activities. He was instrumental in training Vanchi Nathan who
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He was just 25 when he did this unthinkable act. To avenge the atrocities committed by Ashe on Tirunelveli freedom fighters, especially on V O Chidambaram Pillai, he killed Ashe on point blank range & also killed himself on this very day. A day to remember the great Vanchinathan.
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அருமை. எதிர்காலம் நம்பிக்கையளிக்கிறது.
“பல்லக்குத் தூக்குவது எங்கள் உரிமை”
நன்றி : பாலிமர் தொலைக்காட்சி.
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Blood spilled in the holiest of the temples on the first day of a holiest of the festivals. Last time it happened was when Ulugh Khan attacked it
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Why would a text mention about a contemporary‘civilisation’ when it is part of their daily life. There are innumerable evidences of Vedic way of life in the IVC. One example is this ‘Yagna Kunda’ where even the measurements matches with what is mentioned in Vedas
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“We have got Modi ji due to the penance of Rishi’s & due to his prayers the Ram temple is built in a grand way ! Prayers to Chokkanatha for the successful consecration of the Temple” says Dharumai Adheenam
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மந்திரமாவது நீறு !
Congratulations to Team India for winning the Gold Medal in the
#ChessOlympiad2024
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Queen Meenakshi goes with her army & defeats everyone. Eventually she reaches Kailaya & Nandi confronts her. He also gets defeated. Hearing the commotion, Siva himself comes to the battlefield. Not many times we will see a fight between Swami & Ambal. Have a look at how it was
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It must be noted that a similar canal was built during Parantaka Chola’s time to take water from Kollidam river to the Veeranam lake against its flow & then to Walaja lake which is at 70 KM distance.This shows that such structures are widely used during that time for irrigation
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While many are speaking about the increase in the spiritual tourism at Kanyakumari after PMs visit, it must also be noted that the temple has some very important inscriptions which are critical from the TN history perspective.
Some of the pillars, six to be precise in the Mani
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Viswaroppam of Sri Subramanya Swami !
(A tradition passed through generations as this was documented by my grandfather. Blessed to see this recited during the Soora Samhara)
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இதுவரை நீங்கள் பேசிய தகவல்களைத் தமிழில் சொல்லுங்கள் என்ற பிரதமர் மோடி
நாட்டின் பொருளாதார வளர்ச்சியையும் சாதனைகளையும் எடுத்துரைத்த மத்திய நிதியமைச்சர்
@nsitharaman
அவர்கள் !
#BJPNationalConvention2024
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This is one of the best interviews of
@annamalai_k
in recent times, through
@KolahalasTV
. He has made his intentions quite clear. Interesting times ahead !
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Thirumalai Nayakar started building a giant Raya Gopuram during his twilight years, in front of East Gopuram of Madurai Meenakshi temple. He couldn’t complete it.
During 1755, Madurai was ruled by one Mafuz Khan. At that time, one person from the ‘other’ faith started building
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Bharathi was struggling to make ends meet due to extreme poverty. His wife Chellammal was able to somehow manage the running of the family with whatever income he got.
One day he brought a bagful of rice. Chellammal was happy. She spread the rice in the backyard for drying &
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Today is the birth anniversary of Serfoji II, the Maratha ruler of Thanjavur. The reason why the great temple built by Rajaraja in Thanjavur stands today in the current shape, is due to him.
Subsequent to the battle of Arcot, the Nawab, with British assistance, launched an
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The biggest of the Chariot festivals, the Azhi Ther Utsavam is happening in Thiruvarur now. There are records about this Ther festival from 7th century CE onwards
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தமிழகத்தில் இதுவரை கிடைத்த மிக மூத்த பிள்ளையார் சிற்பம். காலம் பொயு 4-5ம் நூற்றாண்டு. விழுப்புரம் அருகே ஆலக்கிராமத்தில்.
இதைச் செதுக்கியவர் பெயர் கீழே.
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At 3 AM today, Azhagar started from Madurai to his abode at Azhagar Kovil, in the Anantharayar Pushpa Pallakku. Hundreds of devotees gathered for a warm send off. He stayed overnight in the Ramanathapuram Samasthanam Mandapam which can be seen in the background. There is a
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