tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43888523844643917302024-03-10T08:18:34.143+05:30Tamil Heritage Trust தமிழ்ப் பாரம்பரிய அறக்கட்டளை Tamil Heritage Trust is a non profit organization run by a group of heritage enthusiasts, and we are registered in Chennai. We organize monthly talks, pechu kacheris and site seminars on Indian heritage and culture. We also conduct programs like How to See a Temple, How to See a Museum and Mallai Study Tour. Please visit Tamil Heritage Trust Facebook page to get the latest updates on our events.Badri Seshadrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563596810587587859noreply@blogger.comBlogger378125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-40971348149097359552024-02-23T18:46:00.002+05:302024-02-23T18:47:09.976+05:30<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1EybAalXCAY?si=gJxhFvgdtqzMk-bO?autoplay=1" title="YouTube video player" width="690"></iframe><div><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #131313; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">How can one begin to write a history of Tamil food? What can we learn if we read the archives for clues about how people lived, cooked, and ate instead of telling tales of rulers, wars, and power conflicts? What did spice mixtures taste like in the Tamil region before the introduction of hot chillies? And who must we really credit for the invention of that most iconic of Tamil dishes: sambhar?
The fortunately vast historical record of texts in Tamil language, from the ancient period through the modern, provides ample food for thought.
In her Talk, "Tastes of the Tamil Land: Recipes and Culinary Practices from History", Dr. Andrea Gutiérrez of the University of Texas at Austin, utilizes various archives of written material, from sangam poems and inscriptions to manuscripts and print cookbooks, in order to assemble a better picture of the culinary history of this region so well-known for its varied and delectable dishes. les of the era. She will also explore the relationships between the various Buddhist sites in the region.
About The Speaker:
Dr. Andrea Gutiérrez is Assistant Professor of Instruction at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. Her two research priorities are food history of South Asia and historical animal studies for the region. Her most recent publications include “Toward a Better Understanding of Medieval Temple Food Practices: The View from Srirangam” (Journal of Hindu Studies) and “Elephant Education, Linguistic Articulation, Punishment? Gajaśikṣā as Interspecies Communication in Elephant Care Manuals of Early India” (Bloomsbury).
Dr. Gutiérrez is presently finishing her monograph on Royal Pleasures of the Dining in India’s History and is actively researching her project on captive elephant history of India. She was recently awarded a Getty Library Research Grant for work on food history (Getty Research Institute, 2022).
Dr Gutierrez's work has been awarded a number of prizes, including the DK Award for the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis on Sanskrit (International Association of Sanskrit Studies) and the Specialist Accolade for Dissertation in the Humanities, from the International Convention of Asia Scholars.</span></div>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-19968150597859729782024-02-10T20:17:00.003+05:302024-02-10T20:17:09.598+05:30A Conversation with Ashwin Prabhu on his book Sculpted Stones: Mysteries of Mamallapuram, 17th Feb, 5:30 pm, Sat<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimo1monG3fSlRm_yYhqHnJCNBgKGGYGnXyujF4cBp2d1Wch-n8gaDAkz8dbm0Bmj1UVGaHKiiXGq06VXzZ6R4Bdn2s1G1gS2WOhipTC9BU3JlKrrpd6KrkK_EihC5tVbl0p_7KT0sutdCUS0ZP5N2v-ogUVUDbTT2w3xVPdV82Gw8enHESQkIgrEte2SMM/s1599/THTProgramJan.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="932" height="906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimo1monG3fSlRm_yYhqHnJCNBgKGGYGnXyujF4cBp2d1Wch-n8gaDAkz8dbm0Bmj1UVGaHKiiXGq06VXzZ6R4Bdn2s1G1gS2WOhipTC9BU3JlKrrpd6KrkK_EihC5tVbl0p_7KT0sutdCUS0ZP5N2v-ogUVUDbTT2w3xVPdV82Gw8enHESQkIgrEte2SMM/w529-h906/THTProgramJan.jpeg" width="529" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-10439807233827726712024-02-02T05:57:00.002+05:302024-02-02T05:57:31.996+05:30The Buddhist Patronage Networks of Early Historic Andhra. Prof Suchandra Ghosh. Feb 3, 2024.<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7SSd4vYg1m4?si=Lt5HgC5LV1j1CFjQ?autoplay=1" title="YouTube video player" width="690"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">Andhra is dotted with the remains of dozens of Buddhist stupas and monasteries starting from the early centuries BCE. The fertile plains of Krishna and Godavari deltas provided the rich agrarian hinterlands for these Buddhist sites, located along the coast as well as in the interior hinterlands.
What were the social and economic linkages that sustained these early sites? And what were the interactions between the sites themselves? How did these centres influence the regions on the other side of the Bay of Bengal?
In her online Talk, "From Amaravati to Salihundam and Beyond: The Buddhist Patronage Networks of Early Historic Andhra", Dr Suchandra Ghosh will utilise the numerous donative records at Amaravati to give us a glimpse of the lives and times of the people of that period as viewed through the lens of the Gahapatis who were wealthy agricultural notables of the era. She will also explore the relationships between the various Buddhist sites in the region.
About The Speaker:
Dr Suchandra Ghosh is Professor of Ancient Indian History in the department of History, University of Hyderabad. Her interests include Politico-Cultural History of Indo-Iranian Borderlands, Linkages between South and South-East Asia, Indian Ocean Buddhist and Trade Network and the history of Everyday Life.
She is a recipient of the Charles Wallace Visiting Fellowship, Nehru Trust UK Travel Award, ENITAS Scholarship, Chulalongkarn University, Bangkok, Lowick Memorial Grant, Royal Numismatic Society, London, Director de Etudes Associe fellowship from Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’homme, Paris (2018).
She was awarded the Savitri Chandra Shobha Memorial Prize of Indian History Congress, for the book From the Oxus to the Indus: A Political and Cultural Study in 2017. She has co-edited several books and published numerous essays and papers in international journals.</span></div>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-26789503696126082142024-01-04T08:10:00.002+05:302024-01-04T21:49:12.840+05:30Patterns from the Past: How Science & Technology aid Archaeology in Unraveling the Mysteries of History<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QQgNzbKAuJ0?si=GfhBJazD_vIe7iCS?autoplay=1" title="YouTube video player" width="690"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In her Talk "Patterns from the Past: How Science & Technology aid Archaeology in Unraveling the Mysteries of History", Dr M B Rajani, Associate Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, will introduce us to the recent scientific advancements and technologies that have become invaluable tools for unraveling historical mysteries. She will explain how these tools, data sources, and processes have helped in better understanding archaeological settlements using examples from sites such as Nalanda, Agra, Mahabalipuram and Srirangapatna.
About The Speaker:
Dr M B Rajani is Associate Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. Her research has two inter-related facets: analysing cultural landscapes using geospatial data to identify new features of archaeological interest and advancing the usage of such analysis towards preservation of built heritage in the face of rapid urbanization.
Her primary scientific contribution has been to develop a methodology for detecting tell-tale signs of past human activities on landscapes from satellite imagery and integrating these findings with other spatial data to generate new inferences and novel hypotheses about the past.
Her work has expanded the field of archaeology to include the study of human impact on landscapes. Her recent book Patterns in Past Settlements aims at imparting this knowledge to larger research and academic communities.
Dr Rajani was a member of Indian National Young Academy of Science 2018-2022, a Young Affiliate 2019-2023 of The World Academy of Sciences and recipient of Rachapudi Kamakshi Memorial Young Geospatial Scientist Award 2011 and P.R. Pisharoty Memorial award 2019 awarded by the Indian Society of Remote Sensing. </span></div>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-9130801841146289702024-01-02T01:49:00.007+05:302024-03-04T02:05:23.906+05:30Upcoming Events in 2024<p> </p><p>Monthly Heritage Lecture<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Every month, 1st Saturday @ 5:30 PM (IST)</span></p><p><span>Indology Festival<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> June 2024 </span></span></p><p><span><span>Venkayya Award<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> July 2024</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>Swaminathan Award<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Sept 2024</span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span>Pechu Kutchery<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Month and date to be decided </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span>Site Seminar<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> January 2025</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span>How To See A Temple<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span>April - July - Sep, 2024</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>How To See A Museum<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> May - Aug - Oct, 2024</span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Mallai Study Tour<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Aug and Dec, 2024</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Alamar Avai<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Monthly</span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span></span></span></span></p>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-23112808309369198302023-12-10T22:56:00.005+05:302023-12-10T22:56:36.945+05:30<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJco14LAXECfuvGJX_FdQNlE42mx-3Iv05Dktte42SiqI28DOll47V3bwYdNSeqW311pdf6-C4Hx1Agt7HSimU3EenDBlaHGOf6vVo9NjbHBl9mReJAtlUw_RqorVObM5huSv9bp1PIQdOBeRC3Un8Efp6faOP6wvwaRETAEGdt8tBEr1Kfn-WPKBe7PT/s3475/PK-23-Hoysala-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3475" data-original-width="1388" height="1523" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJco14LAXECfuvGJX_FdQNlE42mx-3Iv05Dktte42SiqI28DOll47V3bwYdNSeqW311pdf6-C4Hx1Agt7HSimU3EenDBlaHGOf6vVo9NjbHBl9mReJAtlUw_RqorVObM5huSv9bp1PIQdOBeRC3Un8Efp6faOP6wvwaRETAEGdt8tBEr1Kfn-WPKBe7PT/w609-h1523/PK-23-Hoysala-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D.jpg" width="609" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-66821071420592475602023-12-02T03:14:00.004+05:302023-12-02T03:15:49.518+05:30Monuments of Memory: Megaliths to Temples in the Malaprabha Valley. Dr Srikumar Menon. Dec 2, 2023<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MB8mh_wBfe0?si=kWnuS-ao6QWqeWHT?autoplay=1" title="YouTube video player" width="690"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In his Talk, "Monuments of Memory: From Megaliths to Temples in the Malaprabha Valley", Dr Srikumar Menon of the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, will look at monuments - both prehistoric and later ones - and examine the possibility that the temples of the Malaprabha Valley are carrying forward the commemorative tradition represented by the megaliths.
About the Speaker:
Dr Srikumar Menon is an architect with a keen interest in the history and archaeology of the Indian subcontinent. After an initial stint in architectural practice at Bangalore as well as research on the design of astronomical observatories at the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, he joined the faculty of Architecture at the Manipal Institute of Technology where he taught for fifteen years. At present he is an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.
Dr Menon's academic interests focus on ancient architecture – prehistoric monuments, as well as later monuments, such as stupas and temples. He was awarded the Prof. D. S. Achyutha Rao Memorial History Research Fellowship for his PhD and the Homi Bhabha Fellowship for studying the “Ancient Landscapes of South India.” He has studied the sites of the Malaprabha Valley in northern Karnataka, leading to deep insights about the continuity of commemorative traditions from prehistoric to later times, and the influence of prehistoric architecture on later monuments.
He is the author of two books – Ancient Stone Riddles: Megaliths of the Indian Subcontinent and Comets: Nomads of the Solar System.
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The domestication of plants and animals settled human life. This, in turn, contributed to the production of surplus food, leading to multiple results, including a social hierarchy, differential access to raw materials and finished products, craft activities, and long-distance trade.
In his Talk, "Harappan Civilization: Emergng Perspectives", Dr V N Prabhakar of IIT Gandhianagar, shows us how field research conducted in the last several decades has enabled a better understanding of Harappan culture, its terminology, chronology, technology, and trade relations.
About the Speaker:
Dr V N Prabhakar is Associate Professor (Archaeology) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, since September 2020. He specializes in the Protohistoric Archaeology of India, Field Archaeology, Heritage Management and the Application of Sciences in Archaeology. He is the Archaeological Sciences Centre Coordinator at IIT Gandhinagar, fostering the application of sciences in archaeology.</span></div><div><br /></div>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-19903810225336296842023-10-22T05:57:00.001+05:302023-10-22T05:57:03.996+05:30<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCLNGGswLwIthAaXQjbqILx-2fgX6K3aAPR2anG7sq5FzP8LIcEeArhxKl3fDNTik5WOy5koa6C-StbuWsUlUsBmVM9SSbww6L2Gi3DiTzc-vphPiD31k9p-baUnMwBjBvLJd54MvIiZRgvoBZneqXMljvsOerOY6pC1nO1Y4S3HkFpa6iHxoXzvunqcoz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCLNGGswLwIthAaXQjbqILx-2fgX6K3aAPR2anG7sq5FzP8LIcEeArhxKl3fDNTik5WOy5koa6C-StbuWsUlUsBmVM9SSbww6L2Gi3DiTzc-vphPiD31k9p-baUnMwBjBvLJd54MvIiZRgvoBZneqXMljvsOerOY6pC1nO1Y4S3HkFpa6iHxoXzvunqcoz=w400-h640" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p> </p>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-12270900071196328892023-10-13T08:26:00.000+05:302023-10-13T08:26:01.606+05:30நரசிம்ம அவதாரம்: கலை, படிமவியல் மற்றும் இலக்கியத்தில் பரிணாம வளர்ச்சி, முனைவர் கோ. பாலாஜி, Oct 21, 2023, 6 pm!<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cdqeSTcgack?si=HLyaPZZ7QcJG-slv?autoplay=1" title="YouTube video player" width="690"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1); caret-color: rgb(241, 241, 241); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"நரசிம்ம அவதாரம்: கலை, படிமவியல் மற்றும் இலக்கியத்தில் பரிணாம வளர்ச்சி"
பேச்சாளர்: முனைவர் கோ. பாலாஜி
விஷ்ணுவின் பிரபலமான பத்து அவதாரங்களும் படிமவியல் ஆராய்ச்சியில் பல அதிசயிக்கும் விஷயங்களை நமக்கு அளிக்கின்றன. அதில், சிங்கமுகம் மற்றும் மனித உடலுடன் விளங்கும் நரசிம்ம அவதாரம் பல வகையிலும் முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்ததாக உள்ளது.
முனைவர் கோ. பாலாஜி, C.P.R. Institute of Indological Research-ல் பதிவாளர் மற்றும் உதவிப் பேராசிரியராக உள்ளார். சென்னைப் பல்கலைக் கழகத்தில் பண்டைய வரலாறு மற்றும் தொல்லியல் துறையில் முனைவர் பட்டம் பெற்றார்.</span></div>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-40121145733663603772023-09-27T20:24:00.005+05:302023-09-27T20:24:49.304+05:30<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimaeY47VHDMGYpJNLIicFhPv-pBFgNB1L7Y79VeJf9rkk1LH0qpqSWREtZt4WtAu6V5RGI0rEiQHazGSgimJxEChnH1pR_uL3zsh_wswjqDoCG6wxvLNTQOfWq2ug_To-rHj9DFO0YtvTUGU95CDYH9BQnwzU37dAiuGu6mZZVgoNDgnmu21mAzCL4VvTw/s1600/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-09-27%20at%2010.03.20%20AM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1004" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimaeY47VHDMGYpJNLIicFhPv-pBFgNB1L7Y79VeJf9rkk1LH0qpqSWREtZt4WtAu6V5RGI0rEiQHazGSgimJxEChnH1pR_uL3zsh_wswjqDoCG6wxvLNTQOfWq2ug_To-rHj9DFO0YtvTUGU95CDYH9BQnwzU37dAiuGu6mZZVgoNDgnmu21mAzCL4VvTw/w402-h640/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-09-27%20at%2010.03.20%20AM.jpeg" width="402" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"How to See A Temple" (HowSAT). A 1-day Workshop. On Sunday, October 15, 2023. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For details and registration: <a href="http://bit.ly/HowSAT">bit.ly/HowSAT</a></div></div><p><br /> </p>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-17473260516233293052023-09-24T17:29:00.003+05:302023-09-24T17:33:07.398+05:30"The Ramesvara Cave of Ellora" by Deepak Kannal, Sat 7 Oct 23, 5:30 pm<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xaSjHsGxOhk?si=Cd0Hd66jhts7XVjm?autoplay=1" title="YouTube video player" width="690"></iframe></div> <div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">The rock-cut caves at Ellora, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are recognised as 'a unique artistic creation and technological exploit'.
Even among the several masterpieces, Cave 21 known as the Ramesvara Cave stands out for its unique sculptures and panels such as those depicting the marriage of Siva and Parvati, Kartikeya, Durga, Ravana shaking Kailasa, Siva and Parvati playing dice, Nataraja Siva, the Sapta Matrikas among others.
In his Talk, "The Ramesvara Cave of Ellora: A Confluence of Regional Lineages" , Prof Deepak Kannal, Art Historian, Sculptor ad Playwright, attempts to identify the various styles of sculpture and trace their regional lineages discernible in this cave. He also focuses on the role of Sutradhara in designing and executing a monument, exploiting the available resources and expertise.
The Speaker:
Prof. Deepak Kannal is an Art Historian, a sculptor and a playwright. He taught at the Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU of Baroda, shouldering the responsibilities as the Head of the department and the Dean of the Faculty. His long list of publications includes four books and a monograph, five edited volumes- three of them co-edited with Prof. Ratan Parimoo, three edited journals, three full length plays, three dance dramas and more than seventy papers and articles on Art and Aesthetics to his credit. He has organized and participated in many National/Inter National seminars, has delivered series of lectures for coveted institutes in India, US and UK and was invited on prestigious chairs instituted by various Academies, Museums and Universities.
He is a recipient of a number of awards, scholarships and distinctions in Sculpture, Theatre and Art History including the Charles Wallace fellowship at Cambridge, UK, National Lalit kala akademi’s honorable mention, Gujarat Lalit Kala awards, A.P. Council National award, The Gujarat Gaurav Puraskar, Raja Ravi Verma Samman and the Tagore National Fellowship under which, he completed his research on the correspondence between Indian Linguistic Theories and Indian sculpture. It has been published in a book form titled as “Drigambhrini”.</span></div>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-5327322351208251322023-09-17T01:25:00.009+05:302023-09-17T01:28:11.365+05:30தான் வந்தன்றே தளி தரு தண் கார்-கு. வை. பாலசுப்பிரமணியன்<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gHPzRANMNZ0?si=VRvoYNaXVjBnkXUs?autoplay=1" title="YouTube video player" width="690"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(19, 19, 19); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">முனைவர் கு.வை. பாலசுப்பிரமணியன் இந்திய வானிலை ஆய்வுத்துறையில் 39 ஆண்டுக் காலம் பணிபுரிந்து ஒரு வானிலையாளராக ஓய்வு பெற்றவர். இயற்பியல், வரலாறு, தமிழ் துறைகளில் முதுகலை பட்டம் பெற்றவர். சங்க இலக்கியத்தில் வானிலைச் செய்திகள் உள்ளிட்ட ஏராளமான புத்தகங்களை எழுதியிருக்கிறார். தமிழ், ஆங்கிலம், ஹிந்தி மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளராகவும் ஊடகத்துறையில் தொடர்ந்து முத்திரை பதித்து வருகிறார்.</span></div><div><br /></div>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-25025983494662413882023-08-22T19:00:00.007+05:302023-08-30T06:14:23.671+05:30<iframe width="690" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/079nr3en3_M?si=5SFjXpQdeLRrt60w?autoplay=1" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPP1y4-YgLRtCj52nBKG3WjY9y8x0pMNf9tDbn14EovIhE21BHo03L18a3lxAS9D7RC7xmUZsdF5ai-LBd8wU6Xli9XIiJzzx4H-_WPIT23Qn9XvG-GPpAD4zHa-SoaZjaq-krfcnLTy5wqLEayeknsas58p4DM0v6WLLgqQh-YAT7FyIuGf5uSpE1HTm/s1280/AWD2023D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="973" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPP1y4-YgLRtCj52nBKG3WjY9y8x0pMNf9tDbn14EovIhE21BHo03L18a3lxAS9D7RC7xmUZsdF5ai-LBd8wU6Xli9XIiJzzx4H-_WPIT23Qn9XvG-GPpAD4zHa-SoaZjaq-krfcnLTy5wqLEayeknsas58p4DM0v6WLLgqQh-YAT7FyIuGf5uSpE1HTm/w547-h973/AWD2023D.jpg" width="547" /></a></div><p align="center" class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Tamil Heritage Trust - Prof S. Swaminathan Heritage Award 2023</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ee220c;">Award Ceremony & Lecture on Saturday, September 2nd, 2023, 5.30 PM, Nahar Hall, Royapettah, Chennai</span></i><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ee220c;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #ee220c;"> </span></i></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The Tamil Heritage Trust (THT) is delighted to announce <b>Prof. P Devi of Madurai as the winner of the THT - Prof. S. Swaminathan Heritage Award 2023</b>.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The award, now in its fourth year, consists of a citation and a cash prize of Rs 25,000 which will be presented to the awardee on Saturday, September 2nd, 2023 in a formal ceremony at 5.30</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="SV" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> PM</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">. Prof. P. Devi will also deliver the award lecture on the same evening on the topic “Hero Stones of Madurai</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="RU" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">"</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The winner was picked from over 25 nominations by an accomplished jury panel consisting of Dr. A. Srivathsan, Head, Centre for Architecture and Urbanism, CEPT Ahmedabad, Padma Shri awardee Prof. Sharada Srinivasan, Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, Smt. Sujatha Shankar, Convener, INTACH Chennai and Shri. T.S. Subramanian, Author, “The Wonder that was the Harappan Civilization” and Journalist.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Accepting the award, Prof. P. Devi said, “I am delighted that my field work centred around the Madurai region has been recognised by Tamil Heritage Trust. It is my strong belief that when local communities and youth take pride and interest in their own heritage, it bodes well for the future of the many priceless monuments in our country. I am grateful that I have had an opportunity to play a small role in this movement”. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Prof. S Swaminathan, co-founder and Trustee of THT, said, </span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="AR-SA" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>“</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Prof. P. Devi is our first woman awardee and this gives me tremendous joy. I wish her the very best and am hopeful that this award will give her the impetus to continue her grassroots-level work in awareness creation and conservation of heritage in the Madurai district”.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">THT was founded as a non-profit Trust in the year 2010 with a vision to put the common man in touch with the rich storehouse of knowledge that is Indian heritage. The Trust which is entirely volunteer-driven attempts to deliver this through several initiatives - monthly public talks, annual thematic conferences, site seminars and study tours to places of historical interest, workshops on temple architecture and museum collections and an outreach effort through schools to sensitize young students to Indian heritage. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">For more information, please contact: </span></u><u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ashwin Prabhu – 98407 18533</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Shyam Raman – 98400 98708</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">*****</span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">About the award winner - Prof. P. Devi</span></u></b><u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">:</span></u><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN">Prof. P Devi Arivu Selvam</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN">, M Pharm, PhD is the Head of Department of Phytopharmacognosy. She also holds a Diploma in Temple Architecture and is an instructor in sculpture to Temple Sivacharyas and Bhattacharyas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN">Dr Devi has published 110 research papers in the field of herbal medicine in domestic and foreign research journals and more than 50 research papers on temple architecture and sculpture in daily, monthly, e-journals, seminars etc. She has uncovered inscriptions of ancient temples in and around Madurai, helped the locals understand their significance and arranged to protect them. These include inscriptions from Maravapatti, Periya Oor cheri, Kovilur, Tiruparangunram Murugan Temple Thavai, Thorkamur inscription, among others. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN">She has discovered 33 hero stones in 23 places in the Madurai area through field research and published their details in her book “</span><span face=""Nirmala UI", sans-serif" lang="EN">மதுரை</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN"> </span><span face=""Nirmala UI", sans-serif" lang="EN">நடுகற்கள்</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN">” (<i>“Hero Stones of Madurai</i>”), published through the Madurai Archeological Society Facebook group. In addition, she has documented over 70 hero stones, inscriptions and archaeological artefacts through her field research. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN">Dr Devi has also been involved in the restoration of and protection of heritage structures and artefacts. She was instrumental in reviving the worship of Jyeshta Devi in the Tiruparangunram temple and the “vishamurivu” inscription in Periya-ur cheri Kamakshi temple as Garudan. She has helped to identify the Perumal temple at Maravapatti as a later Pandyan temple and helped organise its renovation. She has taken steps to safeguard the Chola era inscription of 940 AD at the Yoga Narasimha Temple with wire fencing. </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN">She has been teaching archaeology and history to school and college students through an evidence and field research-led pedagogical approach and giving talks about historical monuments around Madurai through seminars, heritage tours and online for free. </span></p><p class="Default" style="border: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p></p>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-77868957324562592262023-08-13T18:05:00.007+05:302023-08-13T19:08:21.216+05:30"சென்னைப் பட்டணத்து எல்லீசன்" - திரு ஆர் கோபு, 6 PM, Aug 19th, 2023<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GkoLmAu4FA4?autoplay=1" title="YouTube video player" width="600"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 15, 15); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"சென்னை பட்டணத்து எல்லீசன்" என்ற தனது உரையில், திரு இரங்கரத்தினம் கோபு, எல்லிசுடைய கதை, அவரது சாதனைகள் மற்றும் நமது கலாச்சார சூழலில் இன்னும் எதிரொலிக்கும் அவரது பங்களிப்புகளை நினைவுகூர்வார்.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 15, 15); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 15, 15); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px; white-space: normal;">பிரான்சிஸ் வைட் எல்லிஸ், ஆங்கிலேயரின் கிழக்கிந்திய நிறுவனத்தில் (East India Company) ஒரு கீழ்நிலை ஊழியராக இந்தியாவுக்கு வந்தவர், அவரது தன் புலமை, விடாமுயற்சி மற்றும் திறமையின் காரணமாக, சென்னையின் கலெக்டராக பதவி உயர்வு பெற்றார். அவர் இந்திய அறிஞர்களின் குழு ஒன்றைக் கூட்டி, தமிழ் மற்றும் தெலுங்கு மொழிகளைக் கற்றுக் கொண்டார், மேலும் திராவிட மொழிகளின் குடும்பம் உட்பட சகாப்தத்தை உருவாக்கும் கண்டுபிடிப்புகளைச் செய்தார்.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 15, 15); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 15, 15); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: normal;">திரு ஆர் கோபு</strong><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: normal;">, சென்னையில் பிறந்து வளர்ந்தவர். அவர் இந்தியாவில் கணினிப் பொறியியலில் BE பட்டமும், அமெரிக்காவில் கணினி அறிவியலில் MS பட்டமும் பெற்றவர். பின்னர் அமெரிக்காவில் மைக்ரோசாப்ட் நிறுவனத்தில் மென்பொருள் பொறியாளராக பணியாற்றினார். மென்பொருளால் சலிப்படைந்து இந்தியா திரும்பிய அவரது ஆர்வம் வரலாறு, பாரம்பரியம், அறிவியல் மற்றும் தொழில்நுட்ப வரலாறு என்று பிற திசைகளில் திரும்பியது. தற்போது பல்வேறு மேடைகளில் இந்த தலைப்புகளில் அவர் விரிவுரைகள் செய்கிறார். தி வீக், நியூ இந்தியன் எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் மற்றும் ஸ்வராஜ்யா போன்ற தேசிய இதழ்களில் பல தலைப்புகளில் அவரது கட்டுரைகள் வெளியிடப்பட்டுள்ளன. தமிழ் பாரம்பரிய அறக்கட்டளையின் ஒரு பகுதியாக அவர் பல தள கருத்தரங்குகளில் கலந்துகொண்டும், அவற்றை ஏற்பாடு செய்தும் வருகிறார்.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: normal;" /><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: normal;"><br />மாமல்லபுரம், காஞ்சிபுரம், ஒரிசா, அஜந்தா, எல்லோரா, தஞ்சாவூர், கும்பகோணம் மற்றும் மெட்ராஸ் எழும்பூர் அருங்காட்சியகம் ஆகியவற்றில் பள்ளிகள் மற்றும் கல்லூரிகள் உட்பட பல குழுக்களுக்கு சுற்றுப்பயணம் செய்துள்ளார். 2016 ஆம் ஆண்டில், ராமு எண்டோமென்ட் அவருக்கு, கலாச்சாரத்திற்கான சேவைகளுக்காக வேதவல்லி நினைவு பாரம்பரிய விருதை வழங்கியது. அவர் வராஹமிஹிர அறிவியல் மன்றத்தின் இணை நிறுவனர்களில் ஒருவர், இது பொதுமக்களுக்கு அறிவியல் குறித்த மாதாந்திர விரிவுரைகளை நடத்துகிறது.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: normal;"><br />திரு கோபு இந்திய வானியல் மற்றும் கணிதம், பல்லவ கிரந்தம் எழுத்து பற்றிய பாட வகுப்புகளை பொது மக்களுக்கு நடத்தி வருகிறார். மேலும், சவீதா பொறியியல் கல்லூரியில் <em>‘இந்திய வானியல் மற்றும் கணிதம்’</em>, <em>‘புத்தாக்கப்புனைவுகளும் கண்டுபிடிப்புகளும்’</em> ஆகிய இரண்டு படிப்புகளை கற்பித்து வருகிறார்.</div></span></div>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-73117518613776998972023-07-12T22:06:00.009+05:302023-07-12T22:10:40.625+05:30<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Raamesh Gowri Raghavan. July 1, 2023<p></p><center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hFE6hXOOZjs" title="Ancient Games And What They Teach Us About Modern People. Raamesh Gowri Raghavan. July 1, 2023" width="640"></iframe></center><p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In his Talk, "Ancient Games And What They Teach Us About Modern People", Raamesh Gowri Raghavan will use game boards and pieces unearthed in excavations, games etched on monument floors, heirlooms, depictions in literature, and ethnological reports, to present a a rich culture of games and the consequent opportunities to be had by historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and museologists in the study of games to complete the picture of historical societies.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypxPxzdiIT-T4ShZSZslCwk9AlE4ojn2YqR9dkKNWdIa4coBMt5g4nu6seLBQXdU1X-fHCvO3J4YCihKvlpZbelNVKd2y4qn7OED489YFDRr0F4xZv1wU-9qbGYIDFJ9pGLhF8kqXWBPIzC53nAJQreG46jchpnm-pzHgd8Vv5g8G-UdaCDCe0XDt7pKs/s3284/c6957512f396018e0400cc07a9294e4c22c6d4dad781871f2f94e4f7a643c5af.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3284" data-original-width="1880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypxPxzdiIT-T4ShZSZslCwk9AlE4ojn2YqR9dkKNWdIa4coBMt5g4nu6seLBQXdU1X-fHCvO3J4YCihKvlpZbelNVKd2y4qn7OED489YFDRr0F4xZv1wU-9qbGYIDFJ9pGLhF8kqXWBPIzC53nAJQreG46jchpnm-pzHgd8Vv5g8G-UdaCDCe0XDt7pKs/w366-h640/c6957512f396018e0400cc07a9294e4c22c6d4dad781871f2f94e4f7a643c5af.jpg" width="366" /></a></div><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><p>About the Speaker:</p></span><p></p><span face="Roboto, Noto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
Raamesh Gowri Raghavan is marketer by profession, scientist by training, epigraphist by choice and poet by night. He is a Director at Ioncure Tech Pvt Ltd, Editor of the literary e-journal Narrow Road; and a member of the editorial board of Café Haiku. His literary publications include poems, short stories, haiku and haibun in several magazines and anthologies; while his academic publications span the Ethnoarchaeology of the Bene Israel; Ancient Board Games, the Archaeology of Ballistic Weapons and Fortifications, Ancient Indian Trade and Shaiva Iconography. He has taught Buddhist archaeology, epigraphy, manuscriptology, linguistics, archaeozoology, palaeobotany, evolutionary biology and genetics, Dravidian linguistics and haikai at the University of Mumbai's Centre for Extra Mural Studies, KJ Somaiya Institute of Dharma Studies, Sathaye College, Wilson College, INSTUCEN Trust, Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Shri. M. D. Shah Mahila College of Arts & Commerce, and Speaking Archaeologically.
He organized "Distilled Images", a national conference on haikai literature in India. With the INSTUCEN Trust, he organized the first National Conference on Ancient and Medieval Indian Games "Playing with the Past", sponsored by the Indian Council of Historical Research. He co-wrote a column in the Marathi weekly Lokprabha on ancient games in 2018-19. He has also helped organize the Explorations in Maharashtra Workshops and Archaeology of Maharashtra Conferences from 2015 to 2019 at the Centre for Extra-Mural Studies, including publishing their Proceedings. Currently, he is coordinating the Diploma in Buddhist Studies at the India Study Centre (INSTUCEN) trust.
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He or she may be contributing in one or more of the following ways:</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(60, 72, 88); color: #3c4858; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;"><br />a. Preserving our heritage - through conservation, documentation, etc.<br />b. Disseminating knowledge and information about our heritage - through writing books, articles, blog posts, giving lectures, conducting heritage walks, etc.<br />c. Deepening our understanding of our heritage through academic research, fieldwork, etc.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(60, 72, 88); color: #3c4858; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(60, 72, 88); color: #3c4858; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;">In 2020, Tamil Heritage Trust instituted the <b>THT-Prof S Swaminathan Heritage Award to</b> recognize the contributions of such "heritage heroes".</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(60, 72, 88); color: #3c4858; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;"> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(60, 72, 88); color: #3c4858; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px;">If you know someone who you believe should be considered for such recognition, <b>we invite you to nominate</b> them for the Award.<div> </div><div>Please visit <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://5pyxu.r.bh.d.sendibt3.com/mk/cl/f/wwHRLO8gzxhn5RKYsxcGB5f9AZYhlJZsB50DOCjAsdIyQqX7nRxQWQE3cFRj0vnE1Ai_7xWvfySxPZzmTrypc0zEgQfKHQzL7uqxCGGKpxLKgXuvShZClj3W9mYr2xg_puW3RXpVc2PGsegVyh225vd_HWLT3WoV1wIq7sskvvAxl2UEQRrgKb-b_mf0RAcQt0SiV7Bly4NMzN5YBnCm&source=gmail&ust=1684364671987000&usg=AOvVaw0uqpC-ktmGRDv3hek0PdCd" href="http://www.tamilheritage.in/2023/05/the-tamil-heritage-trust-prof-s.html" style="color: #0092ff;" target="_blank">bit.ly/THTSSAward2023</a> for details of the Award, who is eligible, and how to nominate.</div><div> </div><div>The last date for receiving nominations is <b>July 2, 2023</b>.</div><div> </div><div>Nominations that were not considered for the Award in previous years can be sent again this year.</div><div> </div><div>We look forward to hearing from you soon.</div><div> </div><div>With regards,</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><b>THT-Prof S Swaminathan Heritage Award Committee</b></div><div> </div><div>PS: For any clarifications, please send a mail to <b><a href="mailto:admin@tamilheritage.in" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">admin@tamilheritage.in</a> </b>or contact one of the following:<br /><br /></div><div>Ashwin Prabhu: +91 98407 18533</div><div>Kishore Mahadevan: +91 9940025869</div><div></div><div><div style="background-color: #f9fafc; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"></div><div style="background-color: #f9fafc; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"></div></div></div>Living in Mylaporehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335958979698663093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-67530330087950505262023-06-11T16:26:00.004+05:302023-06-11T16:26:21.059+05:30Sagara Sangamam: India and the Sea: Day 7 (Final day), 11th June 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KfC4g3kmCmk?list=PLUR9Ccz70m2e8WrUzyv9IDtGNMA1-KuJQ" title="Day 7. THTIndoFest2023. Sagara Sangamam: India and the Sea. Dr A S Gaur. Dr Lakshmi Subramanian." width="640"></iframe></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;">Dr A S Gaur shares his experiences and the findings of marine archaeology expeditions along the coast of India in his Talk "Maritime Archaeology in India".</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr Lakshmi Subramanian shows us how one nation's sea-faring adventurer is another's pirate in her talk<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"The Politics of Piracy and Predation in the Indian Ocean".</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr A S Gaur, obtained a Master's degree in Archaeology from Gwalior University and his Ph.D. on ‘Maritime Archaeology of Gujarat coast’ from Tamil University, Tanjavur. At present, he works for the Marine Archaeology Centre of the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa. He has carried out extensive research in the field of Maritime Archaeology; important projects include the underwater explorations along the Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala and Tamilnadu coasts. He has dived over 600 hours all along the Indian, Southern Sri Lankan and Thai coasts. He has authored a book on Harappan Maritime Legacies of Gujarat and co-authored three books Archaeology of Bet Dwarka Island, Underwater Archaeology of Dwarka and Somnath and Maritime Archaeology around Porbandar. He has also co-edited 3 books and published over 150 research papers in National and International reputed Scientific and Archaeological journals.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr Lakshmi Subramanian is currently visiting professor of history at BITS Pilani, Goa. She has had a long and distinguished research and teaching career. She has taught at various levels from undergraduate to post graduate and beyond in India and overseas. She has charted important sub-fields of research, namely maritime history and the social history of music. She has also curated an exhibition and has intervened in designing curriculum, developing methodology workshops and expanding international academic collaboration.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Her most important publications include "Singing Gandhi’s India: Music and Sonic Nationalism", "The Sovereign and the Pirate: Ordering Maritime Subjects in India’s Western Littoral",<span class="Apple-converted-space"> "</span>Three Merchants of Bombay: Business Pioneers of the Nineteenth Century", "A History of India 1707-1857",<span class="Apple-converted-space"> "</span>Veena Dhanammal:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Making of a Legend", "Ports, Towns and Cities: A Historical tour of the Indian Littoral", "New Mansions for Music: Performance, Pedagogy and Criticism", and "From the Tanjore Court to the Madras Music Academy: A Social History of Music in South India".</p>Badri Seshadrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563596810587587859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-5518685944053509502023-06-10T17:15:00.003+05:302023-06-10T17:15:31.528+05:30Sagara Sangamam: India and the Sea: Day 6, 10th June 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KiZ-1bCLlMM" title="Day 6. THTIndoFest2023. Sagara Sangamam: India and the Sea. Dr Y Subbarayalu. Dr Gauri Krishnan." width="640"></iframe></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr Y Subbarayalu, will distill his decades of research on South Indian and especially Chola history in his talk "Epigraphical Evidence for Maritime Relations of South India and Rajendra Chola's Expeditions".</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr Gauri Parimoo Krishnan then takes us on a voyage across the Indian Ocean with her talk "The Story of India's Textile Trade from Cairo to Malacca".</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr Y Subbarayalu is an authority on South Indian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Historical geography, Social and Economic History of medieval South India.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He has an MA in Ancient History and Archaeology, an M.Litt and a Ph.D for his thesis on “State in Medieval South India” .</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">He has taught History, Epigraphy and Archaeology at the Madurai Kamaraj University and the Tamil University, Thanjavur. He was a Visiting Professor for South Indian History, Dept of Oriental History, University of Tokyo and at EPHE, Paris. He has been associated with French Institute of Pondicherry over two decades as Researcher and as Head of the Department of Indology.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">He directed Archaeological Excavations at Vallam, Kodumanal and Periyapattinam and was a distinguished member of the Indo-Japanese project for Archaeological Exploration in Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Kampuchea and Sri Lanka to study South India – Southeast Asia trade and cultural contacts</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Notable among his books are A Concordance of the Names in the Chola Inscriptions (with Noboru Karashima and Toru Matsui),<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Palm-leaf Documents of Tiruchirappalli District, A Glossary of Tamil Inscriptions, and South India under the Cholas.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Dr. Y Subbarayalu was awarded the Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri Birth Centenary Gold Medal for the year 2014 by The Asiatic Society, Kolkata.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He is also the recipient of the first V Venkayya Award for Epigraphy.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr Gauri Parimoo Krishnan, is an art historian, independent curator and museum consultant who has dedicated 30 years to the arts and heritage sectors. She has conceptualised and developed the Indian Heritage Centre and South Asia galleries of the Asian Civilisations Museum from their inception to fruition in Singapore. She has curated major international exhibitions of Asian and Indian art. She has taught museum studies and curatorship at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She was the inaugural chief curator of the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya, New Delhi. Dr Krishnan’s research and publications include the Arts of India, the Asian Ramayana, the Buddhist Art of Asia, the Indian Diaspora, and Indian Trade Textiles to Southeast Asia. Gauri is a recipient of the Commendation Medal and Public Administration Medal (Bronze) for her contribution to the arts and heritage sectors in Singapore. </p>Badri Seshadrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563596810587587859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-90543139483975934102023-06-09T15:11:00.003+05:302023-06-09T15:11:46.731+05:30Sagara Sangamam: India and the Sea: Day 5, 9th June 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qlUeLImPV-c" title="Day 5. THTIndoFest2023. Sagara Sangamam: India and the Sea. Dr Andrea Acri. Dr Rila Mukherjee." width="640"></iframe></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr Andrea Acri, in his talk "Spread of Sanskritic Buddhism by Sea" will discuss the the spread, in two 'waves', of Sanskritic, especially Tantric, Buddhism across maritime Asia during the medieval period. He will show how the sponsorship by royal elites of itinerant Buddhist monks led to the adoption of forms of Mahāyāna Buddhist Tantra in the region.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr Rila Mukherjee in her talk "The Maritime World(s) of East Coast India" will focus the disparate nature of maritime circulations from the coastlines of Bengal, Odisha and Andhra, examining the lesser-known networks that were operating in these regions.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr Andrea Acri (PhD Leiden University) is Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer in Tantric Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, PSL University), and Adjunct Researcher at the École française d’extrême-Orient (EFEO) in Paris. Prior to joining the EPHE in 2016 he has held various research and teaching positions in India, Singapore, Australia, and the Netherlands. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Journal of Yoga Studies. His main research and teaching interests are Śaiva and Buddhist Tantric traditions in South and Southeast Asia, Yoga studies, Sanskrit and Old Javanese philology, and Balinese Hinduism. His publications include the monographs Dharma Pātañjala and Dari Siwaisme Jawa ke Agama Hindu Bali, as well as various edited volumes and peer-reviewed articles in international academic journals.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr Rila Mukherjee (PhD, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 1985), author of India in the Indian Ocean World, retired from the University of Hyderabad as Professor in History in October 2022. Apart from English and French, she is fluent in Bengali, Hindi, Portuguese and Spanish. Since 2015 she has been Chief Editor of the Brill journal Asian Review of World Histories. Visiting Professor in Paris, Aix en Provence, Shanghai, Kolkata, Santiniketan and Uppsala, Visiting Scholar in Tokyo, Berlin, and Madrid, and project reviewer for the European Science Foundation, the Slovenian Research Agency and the Danish Humanities Research Council, Mukherjee partnered the European Science Foundation project on Dynamic Cooperative Networks [DynCoopNet]; the ANR project L’Ocean Indien et la Mediterranee: Deux Mondes en Miroir (2009-13); the Murdoch University project on History and Natural Hazards (2016-2019).</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Mukherjee’s recent edited publications include Order/Disorder in Asia, Indian Ocean Histories: The Many Worlds of Michael Naylor Pearson, From Mountain Fastness to Coastal Kingdoms: Hard Money and ‘Cashless’ Economies in the Medieval Bay of Bengal World, and Cross-Cultural Networking in the eastern Indian Ocean Realm. She is currently under contract with Springer Global Publishing to work on a book on global history, provisionally titled Europe in the World 1350 to 1650. </p>Badri Seshadrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563596810587587859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-38668506963846874222023-06-08T17:15:00.000+05:302023-06-08T17:15:08.789+05:30Sagara Sangamam: India and the Sea: Day 4, 8th June 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dhN7vNUIPNA" title="Day 4. THTIndoFest2023. Sagara Sangamam: India and the Sea. Swati Chemburkar. Dr Anirudh Deshpande" width="640"></iframe></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Swati Chemburkar, an Architectural Historian, traces the spread of "Saiva Networks Across Maritime Asia" with a focus on Pasupata Saivism and the sect's involvement in the Khmer temple building in Cambodia.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr Anirudh Deshpande, in his talk "Forgotten Naval Histories of Early Modern India" explores the nature, scope and influence of Indian naval prowess in the early modern period and explains its local context in the Indian Ocean World.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Swati Chemburkar is an architectural historian whose work focuses on Southeast Asia, especially Cambodia. She has been part of the Southeast Asian Art Academic Programme (SAAAP) at SOAS, London University since 2016. She directed a postgraduate diploma course on Southeast Asian Art and Architecture at Jnanapravaha, Mumbai for ten years.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">She is the editor of Art of Cambodia: Interactions with Cambodia, MARG, 2016. Some of her recent publications include, 'Khmer Empire and Southeast Asia (8th to 14th centuries); 'Prañāpāramitā and Khmer Esoteric Buddhism in the 10th to 13th centuries',<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'Dancers, Musicians, Ascetics, and Priests: Performance- based Śaiva worship and its development in the Temple Cults of Angkor' and 'Libraries or Fire Shrines? Reinterpreting the Function of “Annex Buildings” in Khmer Śaiva Temples from Prism of Early Śaivism' with Shivani Kapoor, Andrea Acri and Olivier Cunin.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Anirudh Deshpande is Professor of Modern History, Department of History, Delhi University. He has been a Teen Murti Fellow, ICCR Guest Professor at the Vienna University, Austria, Visiting Professor at the NBU Siliguri and History Department AMU.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">He has authored several books, including:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The British Raj and its Indian Armed Forces, British Military Policy in India 1900-1945: Colonial Constraints and Declining Power, Class, power and consciousness in Indian cinema and television, The First Line of Defence-Glorious 50 Years of the Border Security Force, The Rise and Fall of a Brown Water Navy: Sarkhel Kanhoji Angre and Maratha Seapower on the Arabian Sea in the 17th and 18th Centuries and an edited volume of sixteen essays Social Science Perspectives and Indian Cinema.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Since 1992 he has published regularly in the EPW, IESHR, Studies in History, Social Scientist and The-Inclusive-Online and the Gordon Martel (ed.) Encyclopaedia of War<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and David Ludden (ed.) Oxford Online Research Encyclopaedia (2019). He has also published short stories in English and Hindi. Most of his fiction can be read on the multilingual online journal MatruBharati.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Badri Seshadrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563596810587587859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388852384464391730.post-48676644646766613142023-06-07T17:27:00.003+05:302023-06-07T17:27:59.744+05:30Sagara Sangamam: India and the Sea: Day 3, 7th June 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ksiQbzSACA" title="Day 3. THTIndoFest2023. Sagara Sangamam: India and the Sea. Dr V Selvakumar. Dr Pius Malekandathil." width="640"></iframe></p>
<p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr V Selvakumar gives us a rare glimpse of the "Ships and Watercraft of Ancient and Medieval India".</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr Pius Malekandathil, who literally wrote the book on this subject, speaks on 'The Maritime History of Malabar', a region that has had a long and infuential maritime presence in Indian and world history.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr V Selvakumar is a faculty member in the Department of Maritime History and Marine Archaeology, Tamil University, Thanjavur. Earlier he was a faculty member in the Department of Epigraphy and Archaeology. He completed his doctoral research and post-doctoral research from Deccan College, Pune. He was a faculty member at Centre for Heritage Studies, Tripunithura, Kerala and a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Maritime Archaeology, Southampton University. His research interests include archaeology of India, prehistory, heritage management, maritime history and archaeology, archaeological theory, heritage management, history of science and technology, Indian Ocean Cultural interactions, and ecocriticism.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dr Pius Malekandanthil is a former Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He completed his research in Lisbon and post-doctoral research at South Asian Institute of Heidelberg University, Germany. He has taught at St.Thomas College, Pala, Goa University and Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit at Kalady-Kerala. He was the Sectional President of Maritime History and Historiography of South Indian History Congress, Anantpur. He was also the President of Economic History Section of Kerala History Conference. He has also been a Member of Academia de Marinha of Lisbon, Portugal and a former Syndicate Member of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit at Kalady, Kerala. He is also an editor of Studies in History. He has won the prestigious KCBC Media Commission’s Vaijnanika Award (2021) for his philosophical and intellectual contributions.</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;">He has several major publications to his credit, inluding The Germans, the Portuguese and India, Portuguese Cochin and the Maritime Trade of India, 1500-1663, Maritime India: Trade, Religion and Polity in the Indian Ocean and Maritime Malabar: Trade, Religion and Culture.</span> </p>Badri Seshadrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02563596810587587859noreply@blogger.com