History/Archeology

Yali frieze of Narttamalai

Kiran and I had a memorable early morning journey to Narttamalai (nārttāmalai/नार्त्तामलै) before two decades. I can’t quite recall how […]

Long long ago so long ago nobody will know how long ago, there lived a man called Badang in a […]

We talk a lot about ideal couple, ideal parent, ideal child. We often expect others to embody ideals that we […]

I have written about my day out to Elephanta earlier. I finished the panels of the main cave one by […]

We, few boys of age between 11 and 13, traveled to Sittannavasal from Pudukkottai by our bicycles. I think it […]

Kiran and I traveled to Kunnandarkoil. Kiran had already read the documentation and was on his way to verify his […]

Though just a few kilometers from my native place, I haven’t visited Kudumiyanmalai (Kuṭumiyāmalai / कुडुमियामलै) in a long time. […]

Maharashtra is a treasure trove of archeological wonders. I had no plans to visit any of them but it happened […]

Have you been to Thirumayam? If you are a orthodox Vaishnavite, it is a revered divyadesam – one of the […]

Kodumbalur (கொடும்பாளுர் / Koṭumpāḷūr / कोडुम्पाळूर्) is a hamlet near my birthplace. When something is so near and freely available, […]