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76Gopurams - Dravidian Style Hindu Temple Gate Towers
Gopurams are unique to Hindu Temple architecture of Dravidian style, which developed in Southern India and mainly flourished in areas currently within the state of Tamil Nadu. Gopurams are towers found at the...
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64Ancient Buildings and Sculptures of Mamallapuram in South India
Mamallapuram was a florishing port city, during 6 to 9 centuries A.D, in the modern indian state of Tamil Nadu. Pallava dynasty was powerful during this period in this region and a regional architectural style...
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69Kolam - South Indian Floor Drawings - 2
South Indian floor drawing patterns are drawn either with an array of dots or without it. This page shows some examples of these patterns drawn using dots. Shown above are two small kolam patterns. First...
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69South Indian Floor Drawing - 5
In South Indian Floor Drawing -4, we drew a simple kolam which contained 9 separate closed loop. In this hub we can see how the same kolam can become a bit complicated. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 Fig. 1 above shows...
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69Valluvar Kottam - A Monument for Ancient Tamil Poet in Tamil Nadu, India.
Czech Professor Dr. Kamil Zvelebil noted in an article a few decades ago about 2000 years old book named Thirukkural in Tamil language. He said, "The Thirukkural, one of the great books of the world, one of...
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71Stories in Stone - Sculptures in Mamallapuram, Tamilnadu, India.
Writing has been invented very late. Spoken language and the stories originated well before they were put in writing. Most of the stories of ancient origins were related to religion or about heros and heroic...
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