Rockfort Temple, Trichy

Rockfort Temple, Trichy

  Name of the Temple ·      Rock fort Temple ·      Thayumānavar Kovil ·      Uchchippillaiyār Kovil Location ·      Thiruchirappalli, Tamilnāḍu, South India Rulers/builders and Time Period ·      7th Century AD. Dhravidian Architecture (Carving The Mountain). ·      There is a rock cut Pallava temple – Lalithānkura Pallaveśhwaram in this hill temple complex with several inscriptions here attributed […]

Kapaaleeshwarar Temple, Mylapore, Chennai

Kapaaleeshwarar Temple, Mylapore, Chennai

Name of the Temple ·      Kapalīśhwarar temple Location ·      Mylapore, a suburb of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nāḍu Rulers/builders and Time Period ·                The commonly held view is that the temple was built in the 7th century CE by the ruling Pallavas.This view is based on references to the temple in the hymns of the Nayanmars (which, however, place it […]

Education in India

Education in India

Bill Gates in a recent interview to Times of India, said that he expects much more from the educational system in India. Point to ponder. Are we as a nation able to provide relevant education in schools? Are the children who step out of schools geared to face life’s challenges? We can start by answering […]

Tamil

Introduction Tamil is one of the oldest and official languages in India. In Tamilnadu it is the prominent and primary language. It is one of the official languages of the union territories of Pondicherry and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. It is one of 23 nationally recognized languages in the Constitution of India. It has official […]