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- Vishṇu — the Pervader (Thursday, August 14, 2025)
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- Upendra — Brother of Indra (Thursday, August 14, 2025)
- Trivikrama — Conqueror of Three Worlds (Thursday, August 14, 2025)
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- Saṁkarṣaṇa — Resorber (Thursday, August 14, 2025)
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- Pradyumna — the Richest (Thursday, August 14, 2025)
- Padmanābha — whose Navel is the Lotus (Thursday, August 14, 2025)
- Nārāyaṇa — the Universal Abode (Thursday, August 14, 2025)
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Abhilashithārta Chintāmaṇī
Abhivriddisvaram
Achyuta
Adhikaranandi
Adhokshaja
Adimandi
Adittan Karralippiratti
Aditya Chola I.
Agni-Purāṇa
Airavatesvara Temple
Akśasūtra
Alattur
Alingana Chandrasekhara
Alvar Arikulakesarideva
Amaravati
Amman
Anaghavati
Anaimerrunjinar Rajaditya
Ananta
Anantashāyī
Andhra Pradesh
Aniruddha
Antaryāmin
Antelope skin
Anupama
Anuradhapura
Appar
Aranthangi
Ardhanarisvara
Arikesari
Arikulakesari
Arinchika
Arindama
Arindigai
Arinjaya
Arrow
Arupathi
Asela
Atharva Veda
Attan Atti
Avalivanallur
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Avanparuttiyur
Ayyanar
Ayyanar on elephant
Aṅkuśa
Banner
Battle-axe
Beekulam
Belur
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Bhū
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Boar
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Book
Boon-giving pose
Bow
Brahmā
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Butuga II
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Chakra
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Dutugamunu
Dwarf
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Early Cholas
Eight
Ellalan
Entholmukkanemman
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Erstwhile North Arcot
Erstwhile South Arcot
Fish
Flower garland
Flute
Fly-whisk
Four
from 205 until 161 BCE
from 501 until 470 BCE
from 847 until 871 CE
from 871 to 907 CE
from 907 to 955 CE
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Gadā
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Hide
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Idal
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India
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Kaitabha
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Kal
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Kalasa
Kalasam
Kali
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Kamalāsana
Kamaṇḍalu
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Kannaradeva
Kapila
Karikala
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Kaṭaka
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Keśava
Khadga
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King
Kirita crown
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Knife
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Ko Kizhan Adikal
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Krishna
Krishna III
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Kudam
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Kudu
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Kurichi
Kurma
Ladle
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Lokapala Brahmā
Lokesvara
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Lute
Mace
Madhu
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Madurai
Madurai East
Mahavira
Mahavishnu
Mahesvari
Mahishasuramardini
Mahālunga
Mallisvarattu Nampirattiyar Tennavan Mahadeviyar
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Matted hair
Mavalattan
Mayiladuthurai
Medieval Cholas
Melapperumpallam
Melayur
Melnedumbur
Mirror
Mudgara sword
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Mullur Nangai
Mummadi-Chola
Mummudi-Chola
Munai
Musala
Muthupet
Muttam
Muvadi-Chola
Mādhava
Mārkandeya
Naducauvery
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Nagapattinam
Nalankilli
Nanayakkara Street
Nandi
Nannilam
Narasiṁha
Narayana
Narayana Nangai Nangaiyar
Nataraja
Natesa
Nedunkilli
Needamangalam
Nellore
Nidur
no breadth
no children
no Dt.
no father
no height
no mother
Noose
no place of birth
no place of death
no preamble
no predecessor
no reign
no seat of government
no St.
no successor
no title
no Tk.
no weight
no wives
no year of birth
no year of death
Okkur
Olayakkunnam
One
Orathanadu
Ottriyur
Pacific
Padma
Padma-Purāṇa
Padmabandam
Padmanābha
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Palagai
Paluvettaraiyar Maravan Kandanar
Paluvettaraiyar Nambi Maravanar
Panangattangudi
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Papanasam
Para
Parakesari
Parantaka Chola I.
Paraśu
Parittiyur
Parvati
Parvati with attendant
Patteeswaram
Pattukkottai
Pavattakudi
Pazhayarai
Paṭṭā
Perambalur
Perunarkilli
Perunthottam
Pestle
Pitāmaha
Plough
Polur
Ponvilaindianpatti
Poruppumettuppatti
Pradoshamurti
Pradyumna
Prajāpati
preamble available
Prithvī
Protection pose
Pudukkottai
Pudukkudi
Puhar
Pullamangalam
Punganur
Purusha
Purushottama
Pāśa
Rainbow
Rajaditya
Rajakesari
Rashtrakuta
Rayanallur
Rig Veda
Rishabhavahana Devar
Rosary
Royanallur
Rukmīṇī
Rupamandaṇa
Sadharana
Sage
Salem
Sangam period
Sarasvatī
Satyabhāmā
Saṁkarṣaṇa
Semangalam
Senniaviduthy
Seramanar
Seyyanam
Shesha
Sheshashāyī
Shield
Sholagampatti
Sholampatti
Shārnga
Siddhi
Sikhara
Sikkal
Sikkil
Silattur
Simhamukham
Singanikuppam
Sirkali
Sirkazhi
Sirugamani
Sittaimur
Sivaganga
Sivakamasundari
Sivakami
Sixteen
Skanda
Solamadeviyar
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Sorakkudi
Spear
Srikalahasti
Sruk
Sruv
Staff
Stambham
Stupi
Subrahmanya
Sukhasana
Sukhasanamurti
Sulam
Suvarṇī
Svayambhū
Swan
Sword
Sāma Veda
Sāvitrī
Sūparṇa
Tadi
Takkolam
Tamil Nadu
Tayar Nampirattiyar Kokkilanadigal
Terrific
Thambikottai Vadakadu
Thanjavur
Thanjavur Art Gallery
Tharangambadi
Thiripurantagar
Thirukkuvalai
Thirukodikaval
Thiruthuraipoondi
Thiruvaiyaru
Thiruvalanjuli
Thiruvenkadu
Thiruvidaimarudur
Thogur
Three
Thunderbolt
Tindivanam
Tirthankara
Tiruchirappalli
Tiruchy
Tirugnanasambanda
Tirumalai
Tirumangalam
Tirumullaivasal
Tirupathi
Tiruttani
Tiruvalangadu
Tiruvallur
Tiruvannamalai
Tiruvarur
Tiruvengimalai
Tiruvottiyur
Tomara
Tondaimanad
Tondaimanarrur
Tortoise
Trailokyamohana
Tranquebar
Tribhuvanam
Tribhuvana Madeviyar
Tripurantaka
Tripurasundari
Tritirthi
Trivikrama
Turaikkadu
Twelve
Twenty
Two
Udaiyavarkoilpattu
Ulundankudi
Umasahita
unknown
Upendra
Uraiyur
Usilampatti
Uttamasili
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Vase
Vayiri Akkan
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Veda
Vedaranyam
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Velankanni
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Velir princess
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Vessel
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Villavan-Mahadeviyar
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Viramadevi
Vis
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Vishnu Durga
Vishvakarma
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Vishṇu
Vriddharahita Smṛitī
Vyuha
Vāmana
Vāsudeva
Vīṇā
Wheel
White
Yajur Veda
Yakshi Ambika
Yali
Yoga mudrā
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Āsana
Śankara
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Śūla
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