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2025
Tamil Heritage Trust
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"Understanding the Early Iron Age: Zonal Differences Within the Indian Subcontinent" by Dr Oishi Roy
Online Talk in English at 5.30 pm IST on November, 1, 2025 ....Read more
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"Chola Murals of Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur: A New Perspective" by P S Sriraman
Online Talk in English on October 4, 2025, 5.30 pm IST ....Read more
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Lecture in English by Falak Chowdhary on the topic: "Mumbai Through My Lens" on 13 Sep 2025 .....Read more
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In his Talk, "From the Sultanates to the Mughals: Continuities in Maratha Architecture", Architect Pushkar Sohoni
examines how the Marathas maintained the architectural traditions of
the Deccan Sultanates during their rule. He explores the complex
interplay of cultural and political identities within the region to
demonstrate how political histories do not neatly map into architectural
histories.
Online Talk in English at 5.30 pm IST on September 6, 2025. .....Read more
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At the V Venkayya Epigraphy Award Function on July 26, 2025, Dr
Padigar received the Award from the Chief Guest of the occasion, Dr T
S Ravishankar, Director - Epigraphy (Retd), Archaeological Survey of
India, Mysuru.
The Award Lecture by Dr Padigar on "Beyond the Texts: Insights from Early Chalukya Inscriptions”
At 6.00 pm IST on July 26th, 2025 at Arkay Convention Centre, Mylapore, Chennai 600004 .....Read more
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July 5, 2025, 5.30 pm
Online Talk in English
“Echoes of Ajanta: Tracing its Influence on Modern Art in India",
Art Specialist and Curator Yamini Telkar shares her perspectives why
these magnificent murals hold such sway on the artistic imagination
since their rediscovery in the nineteenth century ....Read more
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June 16 - 21, 2025
THT Indology Festival 2025, the annual, week-long online event of Tamil Heritage Trust.
This year, #THTIndoFest2025 brought together leading scholars, authors,
and experts to explore how India was perceived, experienced, and
recorded by travellers from distant lands through the centuries. 12 talks scheduled over six days with
the theme of "Wanderers and Witnesses: Travellers' Tales of India". ....Read more
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June 7, 2025, 5.30 pm
Online Talk in English "From the Niches of History: The Nolambas", avid heritage enthusiast Uma Rudhran answers these and other questions about the mysterious Nolambas ....Read more
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May 3, 2025 - Online talk in English titled "Uyirēḻuttu System of Numeration Used in Tamil Astronomy Texts"
In their Talk for THT, Dr V Ramanathan of IIT-BHU, Dr Venketeswara Pai
of IISER Pune and Prof M D Srinivas of CPS, Chennai examine a less-known
but significant system developed within the Tamil Astronomy tradition,
discussing the 12th - 13th century astronomical work Cūḍāmaṇi
Uḷḷamuḍaiyān by Tirukkoṭṭiyūr Nambi, which uses a vowel-based numeration
scheme (uyirēḻuttu) to encode arbitrary numbers by a method that is
significantly distinct from systems mentioned above. In
particular, its use in encoding lunar longitudes and its application in
the formulation of the 248 Candravākyas (sometimes referred to as the
Pañcāṅgavākyas) in Tamil .....Read more
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THT's monthly talk titled Sir M Visvesvaraya: The Quest to Engineer a
Nation, Aparajith Ramnath in conversation with R Gopu and Ashwin
Prabhu.
Online talk in English on April 5, 2025, 5.30 pm IST
How do we assess Visveswaraya's technical achievements against
those of his professional contemporaries? What were the intellectual
and professional influences that shaped him? In what ways did his
background as an engineer mould his conception of economic development?....Read more
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"Ancient Indian Education Systems: An Exploration in the Backdrop of Modern Concepts,"online talk by Prof. B. N. Jagatap,
formerly of IIT Bombay and a Distinguished Scientist at BARC, delves
into the teaching methods of ancient India, drawing connections with
contemporary educational thought. He incorporates insights from ancient
texts and the 12th-century Tamil grammar work Nannool, authored by Jain
monk Pavananthi Munivar. At 5.30 pm IST on February 1, 2025 .....Read more
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Online
talk titled, "Vrikshayurveda: A Legacy of Agriculture for Safe and
Sustainable Food Production" by Dr Sunita T Pandey of the G B Pant
University of Agriculture and Technology on January 4, 2025. ....Read more
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