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469 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 1, 2022
alagar kovil - is an evolution of kal alagar. A complex incision executed with mastery.
Thiru. Tho. pa structurally peeled the morphology of alagar kovil from the bootup with precision.
Book starts with latitudes and longitudes of the temple and takes us to a time bound tamil cultural travel. Author questions each and every existence of the temple metaphor. Provides zillions of artifacts and asserts the reality with courage.
Studious work carefully confronts the sublimation of establishment of one religion over another religion.
- How people from different castes united to form a divine particle social commerce. ?
- How rituals originated and for what reason?
- How people/community used to spread religion and keep them united. ?
- How such divine particle social commerce structure is preserved over decades ( story spreads from 12 Century to 19th century )?
- What is the difference and likeness of algar temple with other Vaishnava temples ?
- How Vaishnavism embraces other caste people for a purpose ?
- Who is responsible for managing alagar kovil temple over decades ?
- What are the revenue schemes and models of such divine particle social commerce structure ?
- Types of festivities celebrated & how it uses people under the hoods?
- British people, Kings, Zamindars involvement and their change factor ?
- Current state of the system.
Thiru. Tho.pa deliberately defined god (sivan, vishnu, indira, krishna etc) as a constant and not trying to contradict any of their existence. Book is a research article that defines how alagar kovil evolved over a period of time.
I strongly recommend this book to all tamil young generation folks.
Book is as intense as like The Da Vinci Code but in treatise format with more actuals than fiction. i am proud that south indian society understood the book and religion
Dec .24. 2020 Thiru Tho. Paramasivan passed away.