Interesting Event this Sunday: 3rd April 2010
Interesting Lecture this Sunday, I would go if I were in town. Message from Prof. Swaminathan below... ram ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tamil Paaramabariyam (Tamil Heritage Group) invites you and your friends to a talk on the Great Penance Panel of Mamllapuram by Dr S Balusamy at 5.30pm on the 3rd of April, 2010 at Vinobha Hall, Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya, T Nagar. About the Talk Open-air bas-relief is a novel innovation by the Pallavas, unique only to Mamallapuram. It has not been reproduced anywhere else in India since then. Amongst the bas-reliefs in Mamallapuram, the greatest is 'The Great Penance'. Some scholars have interpreted this as Arjuna's Penance. The ascetic in penance is seen as Arjuna, who wants as book from Lord Shiva, the Pasupathastra. Few other scholars interpret this scene as Bagiratha's Penance. After failed attempts Bagiratha's father and grandfather, Bagiratha