Mylapore blues and Mambalam greens - Triplicane times (could not think of anything rhyming :D )

I would say this is one of the posts which has varied thoughts and totally random.

So let’s start with a variety!

What is so special about these areas - Few things which make these places stand out - Lots of temples, residential area - beautiful chicks and handsome-smart dudes, Agraharam (locality where most of the Brahmin communities live), witty mamies :D.

Thinking about temples - Shastra related to building temples is a very good topic to research about - It is really mind boggling! I might not have the patience to do a research on this but I would always love to hear and learn about this (not an avid reader :)).

Mylapore Vs Triplicane - Shiva Vs Parthasarathy

Let’s not discuss about Saivaites and Vaishnavaites - they are hot ones and you guys better visit wikipedia :).

Parthasarathy (Lord Vishnu - Protector) temple at Triplicane is a beautiful place - it is actually one of the temple in the 108 Thirupathi list - it is said that anyone who visits all the places in this list would directly go to heaven - almost all Iyengar oldies tries to complete the list.

"Hariyum shivanum onnu ariyaathavar vaayil maanu" :P

Being an Iyengar the first temple I visited was the Kabalishwar (Lord Shiva - Destroyer) temple at Mylapore - It is a real huge temple in the midst of the city. It is quite silly, but there has always been an electric conversation between the worshippers of Shiva (Iyer - saivites) and Vishnu (Iyengars - vishnavites). I have myself have made few discussions on this topic ( B.Bhu and C.Bhu you can have a hearty laugh if read this blog - remember those hot conversations we have had :P about How great Iyengars are :D).

Having visited both the temples - the notable differences I have seen apart from the dieties are - kumkum instead of vibhudhi and of course thulasi, special thertham, jatari, puliyodharai and dodhiyoonam (thayir saadam).

Let’s not divert the blog to discuss about temples - Let's talk about few of the Brahminical food punches!

Common - Iyengar - Iyer

Sambar - Nazhikaramadhu- koozhambu
kaai - karamadhu - kaai
rasam - sathamadhu - rasam
paisam - kannamadhu or thirukanamadhu - paisam
thayir sadam or soru - dodhiyoonam - thayir sadam

There are more terms to add to this list - feel free to add or correct if I am wrong!

Lets make the blog more random - Why not talk about mamies - (even I would fall in that category few years from now :)) - You can find few of coolest mamies on earth in these areas - the kind of language they use, the conversations they build - it can be as silly as possible or even intellectual :P.

The core identification marks of mamies - diamond earrings, pierced nose - decorated with diamond, neck completely covered with gold - I sometime wonder how they ever bear the weight, madisar saree ( Costume a typical mami would wear - it is a nine yards saree - I would say the Iyer way of wearing it is sexy :P ).

Have you guys visited Agraharam - streets where brahmins reside - Mostly they are streets that surrounds the temple. The only Agraharam I have visited is the one in Mylapore and Triplicane - I would love to visit the ones in Villages - Have never visited any village (I should probably marry someone whose native is a village - otherwise I see no scope of visiting a village: D). The houses in Agraharam are too good with an excellent construction strategy and they differ from place to place (Even now I remember the way one of my friend had explained how a house in Agraharam would look like in Thirunalveli - Hey dude it would be great if you would comment on how these houses look like :) )

Before making it more random I think I will stop here :)