Dark Inheritance
Recap: Fortune-teller Valli recounts the past of Taravati’s Maharani Sri Devi Parvadavardini, beginning with Narobha’s birth to Sutasoma and Karnika, […]
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Child of Fate
Recap: Maharani Sri Devi Parvada Vardini of Taravati invites Valli, a Tamil fortune-teller, who then begins to narrate the queen’s […]
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Beliefs and Lineage
Recap: Valli, a fortune-teller from the Podhigai Hills in Tamil lands, journeyed to the distant island of Taravati. There, she […]
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Approach to Taravati
Chapter 1/26: Approach to Taravati Part 1/2 of the novella ‘The cursed keris of Taravati’ Valli walked along the sandy […]
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A2Z 2025 theme reveal: The Cursed Keris of Taravati
Taravati and Durgavati were the kingdoms of an imaginary island near the ancient Indian peninsula and the Indonesian archipelago. Due […]
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Tirtankara, Thekkattur
Thekkattur was a sleepy village. I missed my own village, when I went there. The rhythms of villege life contrast […]
History/Archeology, Javanese Heritage, WriteAPageADay, WriteAPageADay 2025
Devapaladeva’s copper plate, Nalanda
While preparing for museum tours, I learned that kings from both India and Southeast Asia made donations to religious institutions […]
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Javanese golden armlet, Singapore
Recently I joined an nparks tour of Fort Canning Hill. During my Singapore Heritage training last year, I learned about […]
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Barus Tamil Inscription
When I traced the path of Islam to southeast asia, I came across the Tamil inscription of Barus in Indonesia. […]
History/Archeology, Pudukkottai Heritage, WriteAPageADay, WriteAPageADay 2025
Samava Sarana, Sittannavasal
I wrote about our exploration of Sittannavasal by bicycle earlier. Later during 2000s I had a chance to understand the […]