Ramu Kaviyoor

Blog burglary or blorglary, as I call it, has affected www.blogger.com  too. I am gathering data of my writings that were or are being copied shamelessly by unscrupulous elements in part or full. This page will be updated frequently. Fruits of my labour are being reaped unethically by blorglars. Changanasseri (y) : A few years ago I found that a knowledge-base site very popular in the web had only a skeletal sketch of this small town in Kerala, south India. After over one year's efforts - referring to rare books now out of print, meeting old people and residents in different localities and brushing up my own memory -   I could gather a lot of information about its history. I also realized there was not a single book about this town. Unlike in the west, there are no local historians in India. I had also discussions with historians and Professor Mohandas of History Department, NSS College, Changanasseri about some issues I had to deal with. I published my work in the

Patriarch of Temple History O ver a decade ago, I was sitting with Mecheril V. Sivarama Iyer, a highly respected Sanskrit scholar and educationist, at his residence in Kaviyoor, Kerala, South India, discussing Kanakadharasthavam , a Sanskrit hymn in praise of Hindu goddess Lakshmi believed to have been the work of the Hindu sage Sanakaracharya, when a short, bald, bespectacled man barged in. After the customary introduction, he joined the discussion.  He told us of his visit to Swarnath Illam, near Kochi, where the sage had extemporaneously recited the entire hymn.  I realized gradually that I was sitting with somebody who had extensive knowledge about Sanskrit literature, history, culture, religion and science. What amazed me was that he was a specialist in local history too. Even eminent historians of Kerala dwelt only on rulers and dynasties, ignoring totally the relevance of the history of villages, towns, temples, churches etc. Not only was I drawn towards his erudition but