Where the roots are preserved

PALLAVA ADMINISTRATION:Kingship was attributed to define origin. The kings claimed their descent from the God Brahma. It has hereditary. Yet, on one occasion a king was elected. Most of the kings were accomplished scholars. Mahendravarman I wrote the famous ...

By: We are rafting on the river Kaveri that once marked the boundary between the rival kingdoms of Chalukyas and Pallavas. The ancient villages have now morphed into modern towns even as the nature of conflict has changed radically: the sharing of ...

Seventy-year-old D. Padmavathi, a Jain devotee, keeps a permanent, watchful eye on the 5th century Pallava-era twin Jain temples in Tirupparuthikundram, Kancheepuram district, on the outskirts of Chennai. The Chandraprabha temple is at one end of a ...

The language Sanskrit was once used as a lingua franca all over the nation during the ancient and medieval era. Most of the inscriptions of those days were in Sanskrit and those inscriptions were found in large numbers in Tamil Nadu, said Dr Chitra ...

Once arose a sheer poetry in stone amidst giant evergreens, it stood like a colossus Unfolding from the skies, it was shaped like a lotus. Plunging inside the forest, it spread like a melody. Once arose a sheer poetry in stone, amidst decorative ...

According to Tamil history after the Chola regime Tamil literature generally faced a dull period. But Tamil devotional history and cultural history, even after the Chola period, flourished considerably. The historical practice of dance in Tamil Nadu ...

Lectures throw light on the architectural greatness of this former capital of the Vijayanagar Empire, writes CHITRA SUDARSHAN Dr George Michell, author and historian presented a series of talks titled Discovering the Deccan on April 23 ...

IN A country, conquered militarily, colonialism cannot function, let alone perpetuate its multifarious exploitations, without creating a class of collaborators on the one hand and dividing the colonised populace into various fragments on the other.

The red craggy sandstone cliffs form a rather stark background against the sky, and accompany me on my journey. Occasionally, the scenery bursts into acres of green or bright yellow sunflower fields, but the mountains follow me constantly. River ...