Comments on: The Oldest Temple in Tamil Nadu

By: The Palm Leaf

The Palm Leaf — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:00:10 +0000

Found: A missing State

Usually archaeologists find artifcats like terracota idols, amphorae or the first labelled portaiture of Emperor Asoka. They also find old temples, forts, boats, and sometimes even skeletons. But it is only once in a blue moon that they find an…

By: Ravages

Ravages — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 09:23:34 +0000

I did http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/2005/07/10/cbz-chronicles-redux/ and http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/2005/07/11/cbz-chronicles-redux-deux/

By: JK

JK — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 05:13:12 +0000

Ravages, feel free to spam. Maybe you should make a post on your visit to the Kailsha nathar temple. If you want to guest post here, let me know.

By: Ravages

Ravages — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 05:21:47 +0000

for some reason those images didn't turn up. sorry (I aint spamming you I think...) http://static.flickr.com/21/25054063_f5c641f1b6_o.jpg http://static.flickr.com/22/25195363_036d624971_o.jpg http://static.flickr.com/21/24877345_ac46fcfc4d_o.jpg

By: Ravages

Ravages — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 05:14:42 +0000

The front line pictures are good. I couldn't believe my eyes - I actually saw "Paranthakan" on a stone tablet! Is anything being done to preserve it? I had been to Kanceepuram, visited teh Kailsha nathar temple, which predates the mamallapuram complex by about 100 years, according to our esteemed friends at the ASI. There too, inscriptions - but in Pali/Brahmi and a kind of caligraphic writing called "Poo ezhuthu" This is what I found there -

Also frescoes, wall paiting and sculptures that were plastered over to conserve

By: JK

JK — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 03:42:40 +0000

Ravages, Atleast we know that one temple was re-built by the Pallavas. Don’t know if it holds true for the others.

By: Ravages

Ravages — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 03:49:56 +0000

Hi JK,
What I find difficult to believe is that the 7 temples on the shore were supposedly built from scratch by the pallavas. but the current story says the pallavas only rebuilt it.
Some kind of info mismatch.

Thanks for the whole report.