am giving two most ancient places in Gujarat Balasonoir---90 km from Ahmedabad on Indore ahmedabad highway .20 km from city RAOLI ,a small beutifull village covered with small hillocks ,lush green paddy field .On top of the hill ,fossils of Dionossurous are found plenty lying here and there .Feel the moment of 65 million years ago when these reptiles used to roam freely in this land .After 2 hrs trip to this land ,come back to the city Balasonoir and have Nawabi lunch with the Nawab of Balasonoir .Ms Alia babi ,the owner of this heritage hotel will explain in details of Dionossorous as she is author on this subject .You can also take her help .Excellent foods are served in Nawabi style in Nawabi dining room specialy the 400 years old Nawabi Byriani(non veg)with 150 spices used.One of the rare tourist moment of life
Lothal =90 km from Ahmedabad on ahmedabad ---rajkot highway .From DHOLERA just 20 km further You will discover the 5000 years old civilisationm of Harappa .Still the ancient river ,ruins of modern archtectures of the city can be visible .One small resturent and a well maintained Museum is available for knowledge of the place .Explore whole day and see the most scientific city system prevailed 5000 years old there and see the beutifull sunset from the ruins of Harappa .Once in a life time experience
Yes it%u2019s true. There are so many places to visit here. E.g. Kancheepuram, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Rameshwaram, Kumbakonam, Sri Rangam etc in TN, Hampi, Badami, belur, halebidu, mysore, gokarna, dharmasthala, murdeshwara, srirangapatna, udipi etc in Karnataka, tirupati, sree shailam, etc in AP and there are many temples in kerala also.
TN temples are run by the state govt, yes , TN is the only state where there is a separate ministry to manage Hindu temples. No other religious institutions are subjected to the management of this ministry. Probably it all started due to casteism, now it doesnt make sense . Worse, the govt tends to be corrupt and without imagination . For instance, a huge 1000 pillar hall in the Srirangam temple was used by the civil supplies dept as a rice godown . Also, these temples own huge swathes of agricultural and commercial real estate initially bequeathed to them by the Kings and other people which are grossly missmanged and looted.
The basic problem is most of the Tamil parties think they are atheist in heart, and they tend to display their hatred for anything Godly (only Hindu Gods btw) in the worst possible way by their indifference towards these temples
Anyway, the best way to see Chola temples is to drive along Cauvery delta , from Namakkal (near Salem) to Poompuhar . Also, any big town in TN has at least a centuries -old temple, you cant miss one.
Tajmahal is a peanut when compared south indian temples. Just because it is in north india, the aryan ministers are promoting heavily. for our great central govt ministers, South india looks like a different country of less importance..
Right from freedom fighters to prime ministers..the aryans try to dominate. They want to promote only North indian freedom fighters...like Gandhi, Nehru, bhagat singh....etc and wantedly supressed south freedom fighters....chapters relating to south's freedom struggle are wantedly removed from history text books.......
RE:promotion
by Alam Wazir on Feb 21, 2008 09:37 AM
Don't worry about Taj Mahal. It is a great architecture and the seventh wonder of the world. Tamil Nadu has mostly Christians, who worship an Aryan Prophet like Jesus, and then call other Indians Aryans and create trouble. TN Christians are very cunning and treacherous, who are converted by American missionaries to worship their Aryan God. So why do these South Indians like Aryan Gods like Jesus so much?
RE:promotion
by Web Monkey on Feb 23, 2008 07:08 PM
If you dont know the facts, just keep your dirty mouth shut. TN has just 6% christins, FYI. Your whole verbal diarrhea makes no sense. You are just an ill-informed religious fanatic out to abuse other religions.
RE:promotion
by Cecilia on Feb 21, 2008 10:00 AM
Its better to worship a man called Jesus who lived for us than Mohammed who married his won daughter Jesus came to save us from you cruel people thats why even Hindus prefer Jesus than bomb blasters like you who in the name of God creat violence havoq you will murder and do namas the same even you are idol worshippers just seeing the moon and celebrating ramzan crazy
RE:promotion
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RE:promotion
by Rinku on Feb 21, 2008 10:21 AM
Prasanna, let me first confess that i live in North India and born in North India. Now just read on. I found South Indian temples and culture more fascinating and respectful than of North India. If u think everyone in North India like Tajmahal (Which is a mughal monument not a north Indian monument), then my brother, u r living in false world. And by the way - What is this Aryan or Dravid??? By saying it you are another victim of British propoganda. They used it when we needed to be united. And who told u that Gandhi was north Indian? First know the geograply. He was Gujrati and Gujrat is Western part of our country. And if Bhagat Singh and Chandra Shekhar Azad are respected then its becuase they were freedom fighter and they laid down their life, not because they were north Indian. My friend, please first try to get over of 'manufactured' hang-over of 'Aryan Vs Dravid', only then u will able to realize that every person of our country is Bhartiya (or Indian) first then north,South,West,North-East or East Indian later!
RE:promotion
by Harsha Kumar on Feb 23, 2008 11:34 AM
Yeah, nice thinking. Wish everyone in India thought that way. Unfortunately most Indians don't think that way; for most people this is not really one country, it's just a collection of states.
RE:promotion
by siva kumar on Feb 23, 2008 06:52 PM
ya thts right... but i dont know how many people know, tajmahal is built over a Ancient Shiva temple ?? search for the word "Tejo mahalaya" in google...
Re: RE:promotion
by Guest on Jul 06, 2009 03:03 AM
thank you rinku. i am glad your answer to prasanna is awsome. prasanna ji, why dont you tell the names of freedom fighters of the southern part of india, so they can be a part of freedom history.
Dear Mr.trabis, It is not right to say that Nayaks were from TN. tHEY BELONGED TO KARNATAKA/ap/maharashtra. They came during 14th 15th and 16th century. The pandyans were definitely great enemies of the ohertwo he cholas and pallavas and they did ally with their enemies from deccan but it is not to say that the nayakswere from TN. HEY COULD COME ONLY AFTER CHOLAS AND PALLAAS HAD COLETELY DIED OUT BY THE END OF 13TH CENTURY. The pandyans were not atall good rulers. often comparedd to wicked duryodhana and his brothers.
RE:Temples: quo vadis Mr.Trabis
by ashok somasundaram on Feb 21, 2008 03:32 AM
If you don't know the facts, just shut your damn thing, and better read from a good source. Read the history properly before commenting.
RE:Temples: quo vadis Mr.Trabis
by sethu madhavan on Feb 21, 2008 06:34 PM
Mr. Ashok somasundaram, Your comment sucks. It seems to me that you do not know what you are replying to. So i should be asking you to shut. which comment of mine are referring to. I know about Nayaks/vijayanagar too well not to say that they were from outside TN and certainly not among the ancient TN dynasties. The pandyans were worst, often referred to as being as wicked as duryodhana and his brothers. Neither was the Nayak/vijayanagar "RULE"(WAS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THAT FIRST OF ALL?) legitimized by arthasastra. They were ike the underworld and anti-social gangs and terrorists like LTTE of these days. Often resorting to intimidation and use of terror in land grabbing. Any one who legitimizes the above dynasties(Nayaks/vijayanagar/muslims/ pandyans) etc. shall be regarded as a promoter of terror and will have to be reffered to law and order agencies(FBI).
RE:Temples: quo vadis Mr.Trabis
by sethu madhavan on Feb 21, 2008 06:39 PM
You should know what you are talking about. I know about pandyans. The chola panegyrits have often refereed to them as being like wicked duryodhana and his brothers who were also cousin brothers to pandavas. The connection of pandyans with nayaks itself is on a shaky ground. Nayaks were part of deccan kingdoms during fifteent century.
RE:Temples: quo vadis Mr.Trabis
by Shyam Kumar on Mar 06, 2008 06:29 PM
Of course, Nayaks were not from TN basically; so did we have Maratha rulers in TN. Rivalary between them, which I am not sure; it could have been a kind of petty quarells. Usually these kings were content with their empires. Seldom did they think of waging wars with their neighbours unlike their counter parts in persian/mongolian races.
RE:Are there any brahmins left in Tamil Nadu? lol. i thought they were all kicked out. lol
by ramaniv on Feb 20, 2008 08:11 PM
What a racist comment!! What do you base some of this crap on Ram? I have seen other casts that are as racist as the brahmins and I belong to one of them. For instance folks at my village will not allow workers at their fields to enter through the front door even now!! They will not give keys in the hands of the workers, they will throw them on the floor and the workers will have to pick them up from the floor.
Bias and prejudice exists everywhere. Do not pick on one particular sect!! You may be practising what Periyar strongly fought against. Clean your alley before you move on to the next one!!
RE:RE:RE:Are there any brahmins left in Tamil Nadu? lol. i thought they were all kicked out. lol
by Alam Wazir on Feb 21, 2008 09:33 AM
Brahmins in TN are mostly extinct. Most have run away to cities like Chennai, Trichy and to other states and countries. Very few, less than 1% are left in rural areas. I sometimes feel sorry for them, they are in a similar situation like Muslims. Only a few Muslims give a bad name to Islam, similarly only a few Brahmins give a bad name to their caste. Most other castes in TN are also very casteist and have their own caste-based parties. I have found Christians in TN (mostly Dalit converts) to be the most cunning and treacherous. They are a danger to the integrity of this nation. They worship an foreign Aryan God, and are remnants of British rule who only had contempt for India.
