உயிர் சிலை என்றால் என்ன ? குறித்த மறுமொழிகள் http://poetryinstone.in/lang/ta/2009/09/15/breathing-life-into-stone.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:55:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Vijay இவரால் http://poetryinstone.in/lang/ta/2009/09/15/breathing-life-into-stone.html/comment-page-1#comment-33162 Vijay Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:44:29 +0000 http://www.poetryinstone.in/?p=2603#comment-33162 dear Ragavendar, With due respects to the author, there are many new findings, postulates based on these new discoveries etc - I beg to differ on your views and submit below: 1. Agree that Ratha is a common usage and Monolithic rockcut vimana is a more apt word - however, the objective of these posts are not to be read as scholarly dissertations but more as interesting insights to spur people on to develop an interest in such art. sadly we do not have the names of any of these ` rathas' 2. To say that all the ' rathas' had Lingam inside is grossly wrong. A barrel shaped ` 'Bhima' ratha was most certainly styled for a sayana perumal. The ` draupadi' ratha has the durga/kotravai still. If you analyse the sculptures in the 'Dharamaraja' ratha - you will know that even though it is dedicated to Siva, it carries sculptures of Vishnu on Garuda, Kalinga mardhana etc. I do agree with you on the Ramanuja Mandapa - which was a shaivite shrine - which was vandalised and attempted to be converted. rgds vj dear Ragavendar,

With due respects to the author, there are many new findings, postulates based on these new discoveries etc - I beg to differ on your views and submit below:

1. Agree that Ratha is a common usage and Monolithic rockcut vimana is a more apt word - however, the objective of these posts are not to be read as scholarly dissertations but more as interesting insights to spur people on to develop an interest in such art. sadly we do not have the names of any of these ` rathas’

2. To say that all the ‘ rathas’ had Lingam inside is grossly wrong. A barrel shaped ` ‘Bhima’ ratha was most certainly styled for a sayana perumal. The ` draupadi’ ratha has the durga/kotravai still. If you analyse the sculptures in the ‘Dharamaraja’ ratha - you will know that even though it is dedicated to Siva, it carries sculptures of Vishnu on Garuda, Kalinga mardhana etc. I do agree with you on the Ramanuja Mandapa - which was a shaivite shrine - which was vandalised and attempted to be converted.

rgds
vj

]]> Ragavendar இவரால் http://poetryinstone.in/lang/ta/2009/09/15/breathing-life-into-stone.html/comment-page-1#comment-33157 Ragavendar Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:58:59 +0000 http://www.poetryinstone.in/?p=2603#comment-33157 Dear Vijay, In the above article about Arjuna ratha you use the word RATHA actually it is not ratha type it is origanally a temple built by NarasimhavarmanI,but around 14th or 15th century religious war between shaiva and vaishnava people who fought themsleves but at the end vaishnava people won and destoryed most of lingams in all rock cut temples you may notified in mamallapuram rock cut temples and then vaishanavas named all the places belong to their religion and vishnu god for eg:- pancha padava ratha, ramanujar mandapam, krishna's butter rock, arjuna penance it is keep on going not only arjuna ratha all the rock cut temples are made as temples only on those days,so in future if you wrote any article about mamallapuram kindly use the word temples,because historical information should be truth and should be very open to all the hisotry lovers. Refernence Book Name:-Narasimhavarman Author:-Mayilai. Seni.Venkatasami Dear Vijay,

In the above article about Arjuna ratha you use the word RATHA actually it is not ratha type it is origanally a temple built by NarasimhavarmanI,but around 14th or 15th century religious war between shaiva and vaishnava people who fought themsleves but at the end vaishnava people won and destoryed most of lingams in all rock cut temples you may notified in mamallapuram rock cut temples and then vaishanavas named all the places belong to their religion and vishnu god for eg:- pancha padava ratha, ramanujar mandapam, krishna’s butter rock, arjuna penance it is keep on going not only arjuna ratha all the rock cut temples are made as temples only on those days,so in future if you wrote any article about mamallapuram kindly use the word temples,because historical information should be truth and should be very open to all the hisotry lovers.
Refernence Book Name:-Narasimhavarman
Author:-Mayilai. Seni.Venkatasami

]]> Subramanian இவரால் http://poetryinstone.in/lang/ta/2009/09/15/breathing-life-into-stone.html/comment-page-1#comment-33140 Subramanian Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:39:32 +0000 http://www.poetryinstone.in/?p=2603#comment-33140 Shri. Narasimhan says and I quote "The artisans were Greeks, Persian and locals...." The locals were not ordinary people. They belong to the Viswakarma or Viswabrahmin community, who were considered to be the descendants of Lord Viswakarma who created the world. They are the great sthpathis and shilpis, that is great sculptors and master craftsmen, who followed the tenets of Vastu science. As somebody said the singular greatest contribution by a community to this country were not that of the princely community as they could not defend our country's borders from various invaders, neither that of the priestly community who could not spread our ancient religion beyond our country, but that of the Viswakarma community consisting of artisans and artifiers, who created monuments such as the Brahadeswara Temple in Thanjavur, Sun Temple in Konarak, the creations in Ellora and Ajanta, the Khajuraho Temple, the creations in Mammallapuram and a whole lot of palaces and temples lying throughout the length and breadth of this country, which attract a whole lot of foreign visitors to our country and make them astounded by the breath-taking artistic monuments and the technology possessed by our country in creating such monuments during those age-old days. Let us salute them for their contribution. And, I request Shri. Pradeep to shed light on them in his writings. Shri. Narasimhan says and I quote “The artisans were Greeks, Persian and locals….” The locals were not ordinary people. They belong to the Viswakarma or Viswabrahmin community, who were considered to be the descendants of Lord Viswakarma who created the world. They are the great sthpathis and shilpis, that is great sculptors and master craftsmen, who followed the tenets of Vastu science. As somebody said the singular greatest contribution by a community to this country were not that of the princely community as they could not defend our country’s borders from various invaders, neither that of the priestly community who could not spread our ancient religion beyond our country, but that of the Viswakarma community consisting of artisans and artifiers, who created monuments such as the Brahadeswara Temple in Thanjavur, Sun Temple in Konarak, the creations in Ellora and Ajanta, the Khajuraho Temple, the creations in Mammallapuram and a whole lot of palaces and temples lying throughout the length and breadth of this country, which attract a whole lot of foreign visitors to our country and make them astounded by the breath-taking artistic monuments and the technology possessed by our country in creating such monuments during those age-old days. Let us salute them for their contribution. And, I request Shri. Pradeep to shed light on them in his writings.

]]> R.Narasimhan இவரால் http://poetryinstone.in/lang/ta/2009/09/15/breathing-life-into-stone.html/comment-page-1#comment-1629 R.Narasimhan Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:59:16 +0000 http://www.poetryinstone.in/?p=2603#comment-1629 To understand, Mahamalaipram, you should visit Kailasanatha Temple in Kanchi. This temple is the first temple built in India, dedicated to the Sun. The artisans were Greeks, Persian and locals of the Kandahar school. The Pallavas encouraged their artisans to adopt their skills on granite. Each one of the pagodas was a replica of the Kailasanatha model. They succeeded. Mahamalaipuram was thus the experimental station for granaite. Most of the original temples in Kanchi were of sansdstone. To understand, Mahamalaipram, you should visit Kailasanatha Temple in Kanchi. This temple is the first temple built in India, dedicated to the Sun. The artisans were Greeks, Persian and locals of the Kandahar school. The Pallavas encouraged their artisans to adopt their skills on granite. Each one of the pagodas was a replica of the Kailasanatha model. They succeeded. Mahamalaipuram was thus the experimental station for granaite. Most of the original temples in Kanchi were of sansdstone.

]]> Swaminathan N இவரால் http://poetryinstone.in/lang/ta/2009/09/15/breathing-life-into-stone.html/comment-page-1#comment-1619 Swaminathan N Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:35:04 +0000 http://www.poetryinstone.in/?p=2603#comment-1619 VJ !!! The Sindabad of Sculpture World !!! Well Done Vj ... VJ !!! The Sindabad of Sculpture World !!!

Well Done Vj …

]]> Manii இவரால் http://poetryinstone.in/lang/ta/2009/09/15/breathing-life-into-stone.html/comment-page-1#comment-1617 Manii Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:49:17 +0000 http://www.poetryinstone.in/?p=2603#comment-1617 Simply "Rocking" !!!! Simply “Rocking” !!!!

]]> Vijay இவரால் http://poetryinstone.in/lang/ta/2009/09/15/breathing-life-into-stone.html/comment-page-1#comment-1616 Vijay Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:51:48 +0000 http://www.poetryinstone.in/?p=2603#comment-1616 Hi Srinivasan sir, we try and limit the image sizes to as low as possible without loosing out on quality. we had some issues last week but should be better now. rgds vj Hi Srinivasan sir, we try and limit the image sizes to as low as possible without loosing out on quality. we had some issues last week but should be better now.

rgds
vj

]]> Srinivasan N. இவரால் http://poetryinstone.in/lang/ta/2009/09/15/breathing-life-into-stone.html/comment-page-1#comment-1608 Srinivasan N. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:17:53 +0000 http://www.poetryinstone.in/?p=2603#comment-1608 Simply terrific. But there is a problem VJ despite my attempts, I am unable to have a closer view of the pics by clicking on them... it seems to take ages. Can you help. I must admit though that for sometime I did not have a steady net connectivity. But even after that improved, the difficulty remains. Anyways. Simply terrific. But there is a problem VJ despite my attempts, I am unable to have a closer view of the pics by clicking on them… it seems to take ages. Can you help. I must admit though that for sometime I did not have a steady net connectivity. But even after that improved, the difficulty remains. Anyways.

]]> PN Subramanian இவரால் http://poetryinstone.in/lang/ta/2009/09/15/breathing-life-into-stone.html/comment-page-1#comment-1606 PN Subramanian Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:12:04 +0000 http://www.poetryinstone.in/?p=2603#comment-1606 Bewitching exploration of the various facets of Pallava Art. Thanks. Bewitching exploration of the various facets of Pallava Art. Thanks.

]]> anadhinatarajan இவரால் http://poetryinstone.in/lang/ta/2009/09/15/breathing-life-into-stone.html/comment-page-1#comment-1604 anadhinatarajan Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:22:36 +0000 http://www.poetryinstone.in/?p=2603#comment-1604 Hi vj, "Prana natha" Kural enkalukum keatatha. Thanks Anandhi Hi vj,

“Prana natha” Kural enkalukum keatatha.
Thanks
Anandhi

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