Comments on: There are no Ganesha sculptures in Mallai - except for ….

By: Vijay

Vijay — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:52:30 +0000

Dear Karthik, The Hymns of each are clearly distinct and were collected with great effort and it is not my intention to question the integrity of one who could have included himself in the list if he wanted to

rgds
vj

By: pk.karthik

pk.karthik — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:37:53 +0000

Very very interesting Vijay a valid question.But what is the hymns associated with Appar and Sambandar where wrongly associated with them…after all the songs were collected later by Nambiandar Nambi ..he could have wrongly attributed to them …

By: Kathie B.

Kathie B. — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:08:41 +0000

Great work! I missed this post the 1st time around. Thank you.

By: Vijay

Vijay — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:33:29 +0000

hi satheesh

The vatapi agathiar legend is popular ( vathapi jeeranobhava - ie vatapi get digested) - but we need to look for clues away from legends sometimes

rgds
vj

By: Satheesh kumar R

Satheesh kumar R — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:35:27 +0000

Dear Vj,
The Ganapathi in Ganapathi Agraharam temple near Thiruvaiyaru was installed by Agathiyar as per the thala puranam, but in history point of view no support.

By: PN Subramanian

PN Subramanian — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:16:06 +0000

Wonderful work. Being far away, I can only send you a flying kiss for the efforts you are making . Incidentally scholars are of the opinion that Ganesha (Pillayar) is a Dravidian Icon. Thank you.

By: Vijay

Vijay — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:35:10 +0000

Hi Malli

Thanks - yes, i was to post that reference ( errukkam poo), but the argument is too feeble as you yourself pointed out.

rgds
vj

By: Vijay

Vijay — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:34:00 +0000

hi shriram,

This is a road to discovery - got nothing to do with faith. That’s why we don’t feature most main dieties. We must learn to look at history away from faith.

rgds
vj

By: Vijay

Vijay — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:32:01 +0000

Hi Chandra,

The period we are talking of is pre Mahendra - so structural temples along ECR don’t count.
As regards uploading direct - we can’t have that in a blog comment.

rgds
vj

By: குமரன் (Kumaran)

குமரன் (Kumaran) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:26:53 +0000

Good questions and points Vijay. There is a general belief spread by some scholars that Vinayakar has come to Tamilnadu during Pallava period. But, as you have shown, there are references of Vinayaka in dEvAram which sounds like the concepts of Vinayaka as the son of Siva-Parvathi and being the remover of obstacles were very much in common consciousness. There is a reference of a god who likes erukkampoo in puRanAnURu - but erukkam being a favorite of Siva also this god could be understood as Siva also.