While Brh and GKC have massive sculptures darasuram - ( rajarajeswaram - a name change happened after pandyan invasion) takes miniaturising to new heights. Panel work on the prAkArAs and miniatures on pillars (some Deccan rock mostly granite - harder to work)
1. On the eastern wall this keecaka vadham motiff..note keeckas body accordioned by bhima - draupadi as sairandhri on the right
2. On the southern wall this beautiful kAmadahanam - kAma is shown shooting the arrow at Shiva and as fallen (not depicted as ashes)
3. kala samharam. Deteriorated over time but u can make out the story
4. A padmini most likely
5. All the stories from the thirutondar puranam are depicted around the temple - will do another thread with the correct attribution to the nayanmars (didn't get all but a decent sample)
adding this pantheon to get @tskrishnan in to trouble for now - will do more as part of the thirutondar panel
Can u identify the number of yogic poses?
The circle of life
9. A dream scape
10. Look ma no legs!
Vali vadham note the sad tArA on the right panel
(Will add more )
To the question is your house chidambaram or madurai?
Finally in this thread - this rishaba hidden under the northern entrance and has somehow escaped the ravages of time invaders callous pilgrims and tourists and indifferent custodians - shows you how intricate the designs were in the original panels (this is granite!)
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In the temple at #thirumazhappadi there is an inscription dating to the 15th regnal year of #rajendra I. His father #Rajaraja I had wanted to renovate the mazhappadi temple. In 1013 he issued a proclamation directing that the srivimanam be removed and replaced with a stone
based one (katraLi). Further he had directed that all the inscriptions in the temple we logged and reinscribed upon consecration. Rajaraja died the following year. Rajendra I undertook the renovation and it was completed it in 1026. Once this was done Rajendra I sent a
direction under the supervision of dandanayaka Raman arumozhiyaana uttama chozha brahmaraayan and with a committee of elders of the village of kandaraditha chaturvedi mangalam and perumpuliyur and officials of the temple including kuLavan chozhan arangalamudaiyan
Want the next gen to be comfortable with who they are? Here are a few thoughts. Feel free to add them 1. Talk politics in front of them - let them learn to listen - answer their questions. Teach them to be aware but not talk about it in school etc. 2. Talk caste - let them hear
it from you and not from someone who is going to guilt trip them 3. Talk about the ecosystem (esp D if u are in TN and how it will be loaded against you) 4. Teach them they neither have to be apologetic or do reparations for perceived atrocities 5. Teach them to respect every
person and religion but not to expect that it will be reciprocated 6. Teach them about doctrinal faith in other religions and how these religion view polytheistic or idolatry religions 7. Teach them how the law can work against them and how to conduct themselves in a group
1986 - saraswati puja i was chilling out with all the books tucked in the swami room. My friend showed up and during our chat asked if i were not taking the anatomy prize exam the next day. I said no. My mom overheard the conversation stormed in and asked why? I said in MMC all
prize exams are fixed and it's a waste of time.. my mom just said - does that give u an excuse to give up and not try? I said anyway can't study now the book is in the puja. She went in took out my grays anatomy made me do a namaskaram plonked it into my hand and said - there is
no greater puja to saraswathy than studying. No study and write the prize exam tomorrow ... Reluctantly i did - and got the Thomson memorial that year for anatomy.. Everyday is #MothersDay but reminded today of her wisdom grit and determination that shaped our lives - she
How village temples preserve a sense of community - a lesson from #govindarajapuram
Most palakkad agraharams are generally a single long street with town house style layouts. Most of them have a small temple - each with its own history agama and utsava. The Govindarajapuram
temple has sri bhumi sametha varadaraja as it's deity and follows the vaikasana agama and has its chariot festival around utthradam of mesha masam (chittirai). The palakkad agraharams originally were landed but with time and redistribution - many of the families fell into penury
(including ours) -leading to migration all over the country (and abroad). As the famous palakkad person from tirunellai TN Seshan said - became cooks clerks or civil servants. But thankfully the palakkad agraharams did not go entirely the way of the Tanjore ones...
samkalpam for #kalababishekam prior to the ther.. purushasukta abishekam for mulavar taitriya upanishad parayaNam ... The samkalpam stresses on the welfare of the grAmam and its residents