QUOTE=msmani;26951]Dear Patron and members
I have a request . A forum dedicated for Agraharams with a General section devoted to the cultural practices of Agraharms .
Another specific to each Agraharm with contributions from members regarding specific items such as temples, no of streets, present status of brahmin population in the village ,festivals , cultural practices etc.
I think it will be educative and also will help for many people to know about their (forgotten!!) village.
I hope this thread will ger quality contributions.
Kind regards
Mani[/QUOTE]
Dear Sir
thanks chiku. my apologies for any hard feelings.
msmani,
here is a suggestion. i like the idea of preservation. too bad, we don't have a preservation arm.
it would be good to take photos of those agraharams, for posterity purposes.
our own ancestral households in agraharams in chenivaram, chathapuram, pallipuram and kalpathi, are being demolished, handed over to developers for apartment buildings.
from our kalpathi house at the entrance, you can see right through, atleast 100 yards, into the bharatha pozhai.
while i do not regret progress, i feel that the past should be chronicled and remembered.
pictures of different agraharams. atleast one agraharam maintained in full glory, for historical reasons.
thank you.
Dear Moderator
What you have mentioned was the idea behind starting the thread. Thanks for your understanding.
My idea, if you see my intial post, was a request to capture all aspects of agraharams (or simply said brahmin villages) including photographs.
once the template is available and main header is village name and district, members can add more data like wikipedia.
Is this possible in this website ?
-Having said that I have not mentioned about my village.
My village is Puliyurkurichy, on NH 47 in Kanyakumari district.There are two streets Double street and Single street. There were more than 100 brahmin families until late 70's, Now many families have migrated to cities. My parents still live here. There is a bhajanai madam and Sivan&Pillayar kovil. The villagers also regularly visit near by Bhagavati ( Melangodu)temple and Murugan temple. The surroundings of our village is extremely green and nice.
Thanks
Mani