Wednesday, April 27, 2011

TIRUMALAI NAYAKKAR MAHAL AND TAMIL PROVERB





There is a proverb in Tamil.
 See around yourself and speak even in daytime.
 This is actally an all emcompassing sort of a proverb.
 Normally people tend to think the before speaking, 
look around to see if there are some unseen unwanted persons 
who might be eavesdropping. 
 But that alone is not sufficient.
 You have to see what sort of persons are being spoken 
too. This is very important. 
 Some thirty years ago, a civil servant in an East Coast 
state in Malaysia, made a joke about getting a royal award.
 Everybody laughed. 
 The next day, he received a royal order from the state 
ordering his expulsion from the state within twenty four hours.
 The one who laughed the loudest was the one who made 
the report.
 The Tirumalai Nayak Palace in Madurai was one place 
where no secret can be whispered even during day time. 
 The Palace was built in a marvellous way. Not only was 
it an architectural wonder. But it was also an acoustics wonder.
 There were certain places in Palace where a whisper 
would be carried to another part of the palace and amplified 
there. 
 But that whisper would not be audible to people who are 
only a few metres away.
 The grandson of Tirumalai Nayakkar was Chokkanatha 
Nayakkar. He was one of the worst of the Nayakkar kings of 
Madurai. He caused the downfall of the Nayakdom with his 
own follies.
 But that is another story. Or rather... stories.

 When Chokka came to the throne, he was a mere boy. 
 The real power was with three high level officers - 
Raayasam, Pradhani, and Dalavaay.
 A Dalavaay was the commander of the armed forces. 
But there were times when they were given/took more powers 
and became dictators. 
 A Pradhani is a minister who attends to all departmental 
activities. Something like a Chief Minister or a minister of all 
portfolios.
 A Raayasam was a Royal Secretary who took down the 
orders of the king and sent out orders in the name of the king.
 As you see, the total power in the kingdom was 
concentrated in the hands of these three officers.
 They ran the country. But they were very corrupt and 
self-seeking.
 One day they conspired to murder the boy king.
 But unfortunately for them, they chose the wrong place 
to plot.
 It happend to be one of the secret acoustical points 
where no secret may be spoken. 
 Each word fell into the ears of the personal bodyguard 
of Chokka.
 Chokka who was sixteen years old at that time, decided 
then and there to grasp the nettle - take decisive action. 
 He manipulated a counter-coup.
 The Raayasam was way-laid during the night and he 
was blinded. 
 The Pradhani was murdered secretly. 
 The Dalavay was sent away on a military campaign with the 
divisions of the army which were faithful to him. He was sent to 
where he would be defeated and probably would be killed.
 The Dalavaay defected and went on a self-exile.
 Thus Chokka came to power.
 He shifted his capital city from Madurai to Tiruchi. He 
built 
a palace there. 
 So he destroyed a large part Tirumalai's Mahal and carried 
the material to Tiruchi.
 Thus eighty percent of the Tirumalai Nayakkar Mahal became 
ruins. 
 What we see now, is not even 20 percent of the original 
Palace of TiruMalai Nayakkar.




Thursday, April 21, 2011

HOW MUCH IS UNTOLD!



The particulars about my research about the Marudhu Servais of Sivagangai and their rebellion against British/Arcot alliance can be found in the following links.
The full book has not yet been written.
But many articles have been written in Agathiyar and Forumhub and Tamil.net during the
course of these 13 years.
Will the book come out? If so, when?
I cannot answer that question.
It will be a voluminous book with a lot of new details which have until now never been made known.
To just sit down and write out all that stuff itself is mind-boggling.
Which I wont be able to do.
The days when I could have done all these things are now long gone past.


http://www.visvacomplex.com/My_Research_About_Marudhu_Servai_Brothers_And_Sivagangai_Country.html


http://www.visvacomplex.com/My_Research_About_Marudhu_Servai_Brothers_and_Sivagangai_Country_2.html


http://www.visvacomplex.com/My_Research_About_Marudhu_Servai_Brothers_and_Sivagangai_Country_3.html


http://www.visvacomplex.com/My_Research_About_Marudhu_Servai_Brothers_and_Sivagangai_Country_4.html


http://www.visvacomplex.com/My_Research_About_Marudhu_Servai_Brothers_and_Sivagangai_Country_5.html


http://www.visvacomplex.com/My_Research_About_Marudhu_Servai_Brothers_and_Sivagangai_Country_6.html

Just going through these links are going to make you wonder how much abundant
material remains to be told......
And will soon be lost.

HOW MUCH IS UNTOLD!



The particulars about my research about the Marudhu Servais of Sivagangai and their rebellion against British/Arcot alliance can be found in the following links.
The full book has not yet been written.
But many articles have been written in Agathiyar and Forumhub and Tamil.net during the
course of these 13 years.
Will the book come out? If so, when?
I cannot answer that question.
It will be a voluminous book with a lot of new details which have until now never been made known.
To just sit down and write out all that stuff itself is mind-boggling.
Which I wont be able to do.
The days when I could have done all these things are now long gone past.




http://www.visvacomplex.com/My_Research_About_Marudhu_Servai_Brothers_And_Sivagangai_Country.html


http://www.visvacomplex.com/My_Research_About_Marudhu_Servai_Brothers_and_Sivagangai_Country_2.html


http://www.visvacomplex.com/My_Research_About_Marudhu_Servai_Brothers_and_Sivagangai_Country_3.html


http://www.visvacomplex.com/My_Research_About_Marudhu_Servai_Brothers_and_Sivagangai_Country_4.html


http://www.visvacomplex.com/My_Research_About_Marudhu_Servai_Brothers_and_Sivagangai_Country_5.html


http://www.visvacomplex.com/My_Research_About_Marudhu_Servai_Brothers_and_Sivagangai_Country_6.html


Just going through these links are going to make you wonder how much abundant
material remains to be told......
And will soon be lost.

Monday, April 11, 2011

THE FAMOUS KARPAGA VINAYAGAR OF SIVAPURI


This is the famous MukkuruNi Vinayagar of SivaPuri alias NipaSekhara ChathurVEdhaMangalam in Sivagangai District. This was formerly known as KaRpaga Vinayagar. It was the important deity of the Aruviyur Nagarathaar who are an original class of DhanaVaisiyas whohave been around for more than 2500 years.


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