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	Information - Snippets - November 2005
		Kuda-k-Koothu has several variants, the commonest being the 'Karagam', where the dancer balances one or more pots in tiers on his head and dances acrobatic feats to the beats of the drum.
		It is a bas-relief, carved on one of the side-railings of the three steps leading to the central sanctum sanctorum of the temple.
		'Silappadhikaram' and Adiyarku-Nallar say that the dance was rendered by Krishna after his victory over the demon king, Banasura, at Sonagara on the occasion of the open celebration of the marriage of Usha and Aniruddha.
	www.narthaki.com /info/snipnov5.html (237 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Silappadhikaram
		The "Silappadhikaram" records that Urvasi was cursed by the sage Agasthya for her inadvertent behaviour towards Jayantha, the son of Indra, and was, in consequence, born as a courtesan, by name Madhavi, and her paramour born as a reed in the Malaya mountains.
		'Silappadhikaram' and Adiyarku-Nallar say that the dance was rendered by Sri Krishna after his victory over the demon king, Banansura, at Sonagara on the occasion of the open celebration of the marriage of Usha and Aniruddha.
		The Cauvery is personified as a lovely bride wearing colourful garments and jewels, and walking towards her husband's home, the ocean.The companion epic, Manimekalai, describes the flowing of the Cauvery into the Tamil land as an answer to King Kaanthan's prayer.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Silappadhikaram (806 words)

	Tamil Language History
		Round about the 3rd century A.D., Tamil produced two epics Silappadhikaram and Manimekhalai which are considered twin epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
		The author of Silappadhikaram was the son of a Chera King liango Adikal.
		Manimekhalai is the daughter of Madhavi and Kovalan, the hero of Silappadhikaram.
	www.worldlanguage.com /Arabic/Articles/32.htm (758 words)

	Information - Snippets - November 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kuda-k-Koothu has several variants, the commonest being the 'Karagam', where the dancer balances one or more pots in tiers on his head and dances acrobatic feats to the beats of the drum.
		It is a bas-relief, carved on one of the side-railings of the three steps leading to the central sanctum sanctorum of the temple.
		'Silappadhikaram' and Adiyarku-Nallar say that the dance was rendered by Krishna after his victory over the demon king, Banasura, at Sonagara on the occasion of the open celebration of the marriage of Usha and Aniruddha.
	narthaki.com /info/snipnov5.html (237 words)

	Cilappatikaram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cilappatikaram (The Ankle Bracelet) also spelled as Silappadhikaram, is one of the five great epics of ancient Tamil Literature.
		It was written by Prince Ilango Adigal, brother of king Cheran Chenguttuvan (in modern day Kerala), in South India.
		Prince Ilango Adigal wrote Silappadhikaram as an erotic verse romance trilogy novel.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Silappadhikaram (506 words)

	IndiaPost. AVIGNA revives the magic of Sangham era
		NEW JERSEY: Tamil lovers were transported back to the Sangham era, a Golden Age of Tamil literature, which flourished more than 2000 years ago as AVIGNA, the Dance Ensemble presented a dance drama of the bygone period, Saturday November 20.
		The dance performance based on Silappadhikaram, a secular epic in Tamil, composed by Ilango Adigal, the royal renunciate turned poet, was choreographed and directed by G Narendra, a widely acclaimed dancer-choreographer.
		Silappadhikaram has a wide canvas bringing together kings and commoners, covering the Chola, Pandya, and Chera kingdoms that flourished south of the Vindhya Range.
	www.indiapost.com /members/story.php?story_id=4101 (478 words)

	Tamil Nadu Tourism
		The Pallava cave temple at Mahabalipuram near Chennai is world-famous for its shore temples.
		Tamil language and literature have greater antiquity than most of the Indian languages.The Sangam literature is considered as a landmark in the literary and cultural history of India.Thirukkural, Silappadhikaram and Manimekhalai are among the epic literature in Tamil.
		The classical form of Music in South India is Carnatic Music was flowered through ages with Tamilnadu providing right background and patronage.
	www.tamilnow.com /tourism (415 words)

	Tamil music
		There is a view that carnatic music might have originated from Tamiz music.
		The references to Tamiz music are there in ancient Tamiz literature like SilappadhikAram.
		The very famous carnatic music having its roots shared with/ evolved from thamiz music one finds that the current Carnatic music has given new names to the ancient terms, fine tuned and uses the system.
	siddhanta.shaivam.org /tisai.html (849 words)

	SILAPPADHIKARAM Articles Silappatikaram (Tamil சிலப்பதிகாரம்
		Each of these chapters are made of several sub chapters called kaathais.
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	www.amazines.com /Silappadhikaram_related.html (640 words)

	The role of fate-3
		There are rewards (economic prosperity) as well as punishments (recessions and depression) in this free market theory just like the dispensations of fate.
		Let us now consider the incidence of fate in the Thamizh epic poetry SilappadhikAram.
		That the evil deeds committed in a previous birth would follow the person predictably and punish, irrespective of the person’s virtue in the current birth, is one of the three dictums declared by iLangO aDigaL (author of
	www.chennaionline.com /columns/variety/2005/07fate.asp (978 words)

	kanchi-sathya.org - information on the kanchi seer, latest news on the the seer trial, facts about the kanchi mutt :: ...
		In the Chola period, a cow is believed to have rung the bell of justice with tears filled eyes, because its calf was killed when struck down by the chariot of the crown prince of the Chola Kingdom.
		The Chola King is believed to have said in Silappadhikaram that the tears flowing down the cow’s eyes burnt his heart like boiling water.
		During the peak of the Vijayanagara kingdom, those who killed cows were sentenced to death.
	www.kanchi-sathya.org /goshalas.htm (651 words)

	Sari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One ancient statue shows a man in a draped robe which some sari researchers believe to be a precursor of the sari.
		Ancient Tamil poetry, such as the Silappadhikaram and the Kadambari by Banabhatta, describes women in exquisite drapery.
		This drapery is believed to be a sari.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sari (2295 words)

	The Hindu : Tamil epics well-choreographed
		While the well-known stories of Seevaka Chintamani, and Silappadhikaram provide ample source-material for a dance ballet production, the less prominent ones, "Valayapatti", "Kundalakesi," and "Manimekalai," have been tactfully and colourfully constructed on scarce literary material available.
		Apart from portions of literary excerpts for Seevaka Chintamani and Silappadhikaram, a continuous flow of the story line was maintained with lyrics composed by Kumbakonam Gajendran at appropriate places, using suitable ragas to highlight the different moods.
		The philosophical outpourings on the unstability of wealth, Youthfulness (Valibam - elaborated with apt ideas by Parvati,) and the ultimate goal of life that underline the stories of the plays, "Valayapati", "Kundalakesi" and "Manimekalai" through the meaningful lyrics of Gajendran deserve mention.
	www.thehindu.in /thehindu/fr/2002/12/13/stories/2002121301070200.htm (448 words)

	Silappadhikaram (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cilappatikaram (The Ankle Bracelet) also spelled as Silappadhikaram, is one of thefive great epics of ancient Tamil Literature.
		It was written byPrince Ilango Adigal, brotherof king CheranChenguttuvan (in modern day Kerala), in South India.
		Coupling this extraordinary rarity with rich cultural information makes Silappadhikaram irreplaceably valuable inunderstanding both modern and ancient SouthIndian thinking.
	www.therfcc.org /silappadhikaram-378215.html (483 words)

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		One ancient statue shows a man in a draped robe which some sari researchers believe to be a precursor of the sari.
		Ancient Tamil poetry, such as the Silappadhikaram and the Kadambari by Banabhatta, describes women in exquisite drapery.
		This drapery is believed to be a sari.
	sarees.info (609 words)

	Languages of India
		The chapters are arranged in three books dealing with virtue, wealth and pleasure.
		Round about the 3rd century A.D., Tamil produced two epics Silappadhikaram and Manimekhalai which are considered twin epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
		The author of Silappadhikaram was the son of a Chera king Ilango adikal.
	www.indiansaga.com /languages/tamil_lang.html (386 words)

	The Sanmar Group - Matrix - March 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Apart from retrieving three of the five great Tamil epics, Aimperumkappiyangal, Jeevaka Chintamani, Manimekalai and Silappadhikaram, he introduced to the world the set of ten poems of the Sangam Age known as Pattu Paattu.
		Soon followed a series of publications—Pattu Paattu in 1889, Silappadhikaram in 1892, Pura Nanooru in 1893, Manimekalai in 1899, and many more great works of the ancient past.
		His works were probably the first of their kind in this part of the world to provide footnotes, bibliographies, glossaries, indices etc., comparable to western standards.
	www.sanmargroup.com /Newsmain/Matrix/Mar2003/uvswami.htm (910 words)

	Art forms of India
		Two important Tamil epics were written in the A.D. 200's.
		Silappadhikaram (The Story of the Anklet) by Ilango-Adigal and Manimekalai by Chatthanar provide vivid accounts of Tamil society.
		The story of Manimekalai gives an elaborate exposition of the doctrines of Buddhism.
	indiansaga.com /languages/early_dravidian_lang.html (336 words)

	REGIONAL FARE
		With the re-installation of the statue of Kannagi, heroine of the Tamil epic Silappadhikaram, the prestige and self-respect of Tamils had been saved and redeemed, said Chief Minister M Karunanidhi after unveiling the statue at Marina Beach in Chennai yesterday.
		Describing the removal of Kannagi statue by the previous AIADMK government as an unjust act and a challenge to the self-respect of Tamils, Karunanidhi said 'it was an attempt to destroy the culture of Tamils.
		Finance Minister K Anbazhagan said that Silappadhikaram was the only ancient epic composed by a single poet.
	www.newstodaynet.com /04jun/rf5.htm (423 words)

	Silappadhikaram Encyclopedia Article @ StardustMemories.com (Stardust Memories) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This page contains quite a lot of relevant information about Silappadhikaram.
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	www.stardustmemories.com /encyclopedia/Silappadhikaram (1191 words)

	Palakkad Attractions, Attractions of Palakkad, Palakkad Attractions Guide: India Line Travel
		This temple can be visited on your way to the Jain Temple in Jainmedu.
		The presiding deity here is Bhagvaty, an incarnation of Kannagi, the heroine of Tamil epic Silappadhikaram.
		In the evening, sharp at six, a small firework is set off as per the tradition (which can be witnessed in most of the other Keralese temples as well).
	www.indialine.com /travel/kerala/palakkad/attractions.html (1313 words)

	REGIONAL FARE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With the re-installation of the statue of Kannagi, heroine of the Tamil epic Silappadhikaram, the prestige and self-respect of Tamils had been saved and redeemed, said Chief Minister M Karunanidhi after unveiling the statue at Marina Beach in Chennai yesterday.
		Appealing to Tamils to realise their self-identity, Karunandihi said, 'the final battle between Tamils and their enemies is on and the final victory is ours', he added.
		Finance Minister K Anbazhagan said that Silappadhikaram was the only ancient epic composed by a single poet.
	newstodaynet.com /04jun/rf5.htm (423 words)

	indiavarta.com - Startrek
		On Wednesday evening, dancer-actress Yuvakalabharathi Swarnamalaya of Ranga Mandira, presented the poignant story of Madhavi, the gusty-courtesan-heroine of Sangam Literature Silappadhikaram (Lay of the Anklet), as an inspirational role-model woman, at the Music Academy.
		But, author Elangovadigal, prince-turned renunciate, centred it on Kannagi, the main heroine as visualized by him, and made her into a goddess, a symbol of impeccable chastity and unquestioning fidelity, feared by the very elements.
		The title Nammai marandarai Nam marakka mattom, taken from the original text Silappadhikaram, represents the unforgettable theme of the story - ‘We cherish and remember even those who have forgotten us’ - a gentle chastisement by Madhavi of Kovalan.
	www.indiavarta.com /Startrek/Archives.asp?Page=N&ID=IEE20051208225127&dt=12/9/2005 (407 words)

	BhashaIndia.com :: Tamil Features
		Another great epic in the history of Tamil literature was the Silappadhikaram ("The Anklet"), estimated to have been written in the timeline of the Tolkāppiyam.
		Silappadhikaram is considered one of the Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature along with Manimegalai, Seevaga Sindhamani, Valayaapathi and Kundalakesi.
		Other great works like the Sangam, Kumarikkandam, Thirukkural, Aathichoodi, Muthollayiram, Periya Puranaam, Divya Prabhandham, Thiruppavai, Thiruvempaavai and Dhevaaram serve as the finest examples in affirming and confirming Tamil’s rich literary tapestry.
	www.bhashaindia.com /Patrons/LanguageTech/TamilFeatures.aspx (1167 words)

	Paper on Violin - By Smt. M .Narmada - Shree M.S.Gopalakrishnan's Web Page.
		In Indian heritage, the Pauranic references and the sculptural representations portray an inverted Vina (Vina referring to any stringed instrument with strings generally mounted on wooden board) with pegs, the number of pegs varying according to the number of strings.
		The yazh (musical stringed instrument) had been the consistent reference in Tamil epics like silappadhikaram.
		Yazh Nool- The very name has been suggestive of the innumerable descriptions of the stringed instruments in the treatises.
	members.tripod.com /MSG_page/paper.html (665 words)

	Lighthouses@Lighthouse Digest ... India’s Lighthouse Department Celebrates 75 Years
		Author of this article lighthouse keeper I.C.R. The first known lighthouse in India was at Puhar Port in Kaveripatnam, an ancient south Indian Port City.
		The famous Tamil writer Illango Adigal of 7th century AD in his book Silappadhikaram had explained in detail about the beautiful lighthouse in the Bay of Bengal coast and the numerous ships anchored at Puhar port, which was doing brisk business those days.
		The oldest lighthouse tower still standing erect is at Mahabalipur, 65 KM south of Madras in south India.
	www.lighthousedepot.com /Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=1565 (864 words)

	poompuahrtravel SouthIndia Tourism Tamilnadu tour travel Poompuahr Ancient Glory Art Gallery
		It was the chief port of the Chola kingdom during the Sangam Age.
		Sangam literature and the two great epics Silappadhikaram and Manimekalai give us glimpses of its glory.
		It was main international airport and one could hear there many languages spoken but the merchants do various countries.
	www.southindia-tourism.info /tamilnadutravel/poompuahrtravel.html (1399 words)

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