Kannagi statue, MGR and Anna Samadhi in Singara Chennai.

Kannagi statue, MGR and Anna Samadhi in Singara Chennai.

Marina beach is a very significant place in Chennai. Generally, all the important state level functions are organised here. Some of the important buildings of the state like Senate-House, Chepauk Palace, Presidency College, P.W.D office and Ice House are located on the beach drive. There are several statues of the Tamil scholars and Kannagi is the legendary heroine of the ancient Tamil literary work ‘Silapathigaram’ written by Ilango Adigal. She is seen as an enduring symbol of Tamil culture and chastity. The New Tamil Nadu Assembly Building is going to be opened by our beloved Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during March 2010.

Anna and MGR samadhis


Samadhis of two highly respectable souls, among the people of Tamil Nadu late chief Ministers Dr. C.N. Annadurai and Dr.M.G. Ramachandran are located alongside the Marina Beach road. A large number of people visit every day to pay their respect to the noble souls. You can also visit the spot thro’ You Tube.

Vadapalani Lord Murugan. வடபழனி முருகனை வணங்குவோம்.

Vadapalani Lord Murugan. வடபழனி முருகனை வணங்குவோம்.

Vadapalani Lord MuruganTemple was Built about 125 years back, this much-hallowed and regularly frequented Lord Muruga sannidhi has emerged from a thatched shed.. Around 7,000 couples are married here each year. According to the sthalapurana, one Muruga devotee by name Annaswami Tambiran with his limited means built a small thatched hut and kept a Murugan painting for his personal worship primarily. During his meditation and worship, he used to experience some divine power entering his body and inspiring him to utter some mysterious things—whatever he said in his trance was found true. His utterance went by the name of arulvakku and relieved people sufferings in several ways, like curing diseases and getting jobs, solemnizing marriages, etc. There are very many sannidhis in the vast courtyards of the temple, The moolavar in standing posture resembles the Palani Murugan in every respect. In the inner prakara, there are many niches housing Dakshina Murti, Chandikeswar, Mahalakshmi.. It has a spacious hall used for conducting marriages and religious discourses. It is one of the most-frequented Murugan shrines in the city of Chennai.
The entrance to this temple is crowned with a rajagopuram adorned with several stucco images depicting legends from the Skanda puranam. In front of the temple is the temple tank. The eastern tower rises to a height of 40.8 metres. The 108-bharata natyam dance gestures can be seen on the eastern tower as well. Let Lord Vadapalani Murugan bless all the people,
Muruga Saranam. Kanda Saranam.

Kanda Kottam Lord Murugan Temple.

Kanda Kottam Lord Murugan Temple.


Kandakottam Kandaswami Temple is located at Park Town in Chennai. Built by Mari Chettiyar and his friend Kandapachari, two devotees of the Tirupporur Murugan temple in the 17th century, the temple has a Rajagopuram and many prakarams adorned with sculptures and carvings. The temple deity is Lord Muruga known by the name as Selva Muthu Kumaraswamy, guarded by the two brave warriors. The consorts of the idol (Valli and Devayani) are enshrined on both sides of the main sanctum.


கந்தகோட்டம் முருகன் கோயில்.

வள்ளல ராமலிங்க அடிகளார் தமிழைக் கற்பதில் ஆர்வம கொண்டு,சென்னையில் சபாபதி முதலியார் என்பவரிடம் தமிழைக் கற்றுக்கொண்டார். சபாபதி முதலியார் வீடடுக்கு செல்லும் வழியில்தான் கந்தகோட்டம் கந்தசாமிக் கோயில் இருந்தது. வள்ளலார் தினந்தோறும் முருகன் சன்னதிக்குச் சென்று மனம் கசிந்து பல பாடல்களைப் பாடுவார். அவர் பாடிய தெய்வ மணிமாலை என்னும் நூலில்தான் கந்தசாமிக் கோயிலை கந்தகோட்டம் என்று சிறப்புப் பெயர் வைத்து அழைத்தார். சுமார் முன்னூறு ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன் கட்டப்பட்ட கந்தசம்ய்க்கோயில் இன்று கந்தகோட்டம் என்று பெருமையுடன் விளங்குகிறது.

Bharatha Natyam By Selvi Sahana

Bharatha Natyam By Selvi Sahana
Natya Sastra was created by Brahma as the fifth Veda compiling the quintessence of Geetham [Song] Instrumental music [Vadhyam] Dance [Abhinayam] and Vasa [Feelings] found in the four vedas. This indicated in the Bharata Sastra.

The first letters of the three words Bhava, Ragha and Talam in sanskrit Bharata+Tha=Bharatham were linked together and that give us the name Bharatha the art of Dance and Drama.
Now you can watch the Bharatha Natyam of Selvi Sahana thro You Tube.

Dravidar Kazhagam was born to safe guard Periar.Tamil Speech S.V.Ramani.

Dravidar Kazhagam was born to safe guard Periar.Tamil Speech S.V.Ramani.

During December 17, 1939, Periyar EVR raised the slogan "Dravida Nadu for Dravidians", changing the earlier slogan "Tamil Nadu for Tamils". It is at the Justice Party State Conference in Thiruvarur on August 24, 1940 that Tamil Nadu Independence Movement morphed into Dravida Nadu Independence Movement. Since Periar E.V.R. belongs to Kannada Naicker community and all other justice party leaders belongs to Telugu community.. At that time both Periyar E. V. Ramaswamy and C. N Annadurai were Justice Party members.


The Justice Party’s provincial conference held in Salem on 27th August 1944 marked a turning point in Periyar’s movement. The name of the Party was changed as Dravidar Kazhagam. The members were asked to give up the posts, positions and titles conferred by the British rulers. They were also required to drop the caste suffix of their names. It was also decided that the members of the movement should not contest the elections. In other words, the Justice Party, which was political, was transformed into Dravidar Kazhagam and became a non-political socio-cultural movement. It remains so even today.


Thus what started initially as Tamil Nadu independence took a turn to Dravida Nadu independence and then took a turn back to Tamil Nadu independence because there was very little, if any, support in Andhra Pradesh (Telugu), Karnataka (Kannada) and Kerala (Malayalam).


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