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Sripuram Golden Mahalaxmi Temple
Golden Temple - when uttered this word, immediately people thinks of Amritsar and the Highest Body of the Sikh's pride Golden Temple.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
The Ramanathaswamy Temple in Rameswaram
This temple, spread over an area of 15 acres , has lofty gopurams, massive walls and a collossal Nandi. Rameswaram also boasts of a 4000 feet long pillared corridor with over 4000 pillars, supposedly the longest in the world. The carved granite pillars are mounted on a raised platform. What is unique about this corridor is that the rock is not indigenous to the island and it was brought in from elsewhere in Tamilnadu across the sea. The eastern...
List of Tamils conferred Arjuna Award
AthleticsR. Gyanasekaran, (1979-1980). Ball BadmintonJ. Srinivasan, (1972). D. Rajaraman, (1984). BasketballT. Vijayaraghawan, (1977-1978). Boxing G. Manoharan, Boxer, (1981). V. Devarajan, Boxer, (1995). CarromA. Maria Irudayam, (1996). ChessVishwanathan Anand, (1985). S. Vijayalakshmi, (2000). Krishnan Sasikiran, (2002). CricketS. Venkataraghavan (1971). HockeyKrishnamurthy P, (1971). Vasudevan Baskaran, (1979-1980). Dhanraj Pillay, (1995). Mohammed Riaz, (1998). KabaddiSubbiah Rajarathinam, (1994). PowerliftingE.S. Bhaskaran, (1994). SwimmingV. Kutraleeshwaran, (1996). Table TennisU. Sundararaj, (1966). G. Jagannath, (1970). V....
