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
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 […]
Legends in Music – T .R. Mahalingam (Mali)
T R Mahalingam Resource person : Sashi Kulkarni Biography : courtesy Wikipedia R. Mahalingam (November 6, 1926—May 31, 1986) affectionately known as Mali, was a flautist who revolutionized the style of flute-playing in Carnatic music. Early life R. Mahalingam was born in Tiruvidaimarudur, Tanjavur district in Tamil Nadu to Ramaswami Iyer and Brahadambal. […]
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 […]
Good Touch/Bad Touch
eAmbalam’s Life Art Education is a Life Skills education for children and as a part of the Personality Development sessions delivered through the program, we believe that knowledge of one’s own body, knowledge of how to keep it safe from abuse is a basic life skill every child needs to know. The objective is […]
VISIT TO A MUSIC STUDIO
As part of Akshar Arbol school’s progressive Unit of Learning based curriculum, the students are required to explore and learn about different subjects such as science, math, design etc. through Music. On 26th October, the enthusiastic students of Grade 4 and 5 had the opportunity to visit Aura Studios – a professional music recording […]
Collage of Indian Musicians
Students from the Kamala Niketan Montessori School, Trichy, present a collage of well-known musicians of India. These were assignments given to them for their music classes, as a part of their Life Art Education classes from eAmbalam. Some of them were assigned to work on musical instruments of Indian Music. Yet some were told as […]
YOGA IN ACTION
Savour the creativity of Sri Rhishi, student of class VII B in Kamala Niketan Montessori School. This was a part of assignments given to students from time to time during Yoga sessions as a part of Life Art Education of eAmbalam.
REJECTION – HOW I FEEL
What does it feel to be rejected, to be lonely and friendless? How does a child cope ? Children of KNMS, Trichy share their thoughts on the subject. A look into a child’s mind.
A MUSICAL ENCOUNTER WITH AN INSTRUMENT MAKER
Sri Karaikurichi Subramaniam, a renowned Veena maker, stepped into our TPP premises to create awareness among our students about how various musical instruments are made. The list included Veenai, Tambura and Ghatam. The music room getting adorned with classical instruments was an exciting sight for our students. This session on Veena making for Grade-1 […]