CTC Turns 7 - Ainthinai's Heritage Trip Cum Tree Plantation Drive at Gangai Konda Cholapuram on Feb 14, 15
Sivakumar S
CTC Turns 7 - Ainthinai's Heritage Trip cum Tree Plantation Drive at Gangai Konda Cholapuram on Feb 14, 15
Ainthinai - https://www.facebook.com/Ainthinai
LGOOO FB group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/letsgrowourownoxygen/
Who we are :
We are not a Social Networking activists. We strongly believe, helping hands are better than praying lips. We are a team of like minded CTCians who believe that we do not inherit this earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children!! We don't see oxygen parlors as viable alternatives for our trees. We believe that conservation is not someone else's responsibility and we understand that participation of society is necessary for anything that results in something that's good!!!
Gangaikonda Cholapuram (Tamil: கங்கைகொண்ட சோழபுரம்) was erected as the capital of the Cholas by Rajendra Chola I, the son and successor of Rajaraja Chola, the great Chola who conquered a large area in South India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Sumatra, Kadaram (Kedah in Malaysia), Cambodia and others at the beginning of the 11th century A.D. It occupies an important place in the history of India. As the capital of the Cholas from about 1025 A.D. for about 250 years, the city controlled the affairs of entire southern India, from the Tungabhadra in the north to Ceylon in the south and other south east Asian countries. As of 2014, the ancient city exists as a small forlorn village in the Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The great temple of Siva at this place is next only to the Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur in its monumental nature and surpasses it in sculptural quality.The Gangaikondaan temple is an architectural and engineering marvel because the shadow of the main tower never falls on the ground throughout the year. Rajendra Chola I – Son of Raja Raja Chola, who conquered his territorial imprints from Kaveri River in Tanjore to Ganges river in the North and further crossing the oceans, to build one of the vast and flourishing Chola kingdom from 1014-1044 CE.
The city was founded by Rajendra Chola to commemorate his victory over the Pala Dynasty. The name means The town of the chola who brought Ganga (water from Ganga) or who defeated (the kings near) Ganga. It is now a small village, its past eminence only remembered by the existence of the great Siva Temple. Rajendra Chola-I (1012-1044 A.D) son of the Great Rajaraja-I, established this temple after his great victorious march to river Ganges on Northern India. He assumed the title of Rajendra during his coronation and continued to rule along with his father Rajaraja-I for a while. He was awarded the supreme title of the Cholas known as Parakesari. Rajendra-I, a great warrior, assisted his father in numerous expeditions to elevate the Cholas to supreme power. The various expeditions he conducted, were : Gangetic expedition, eastern/Western Chalukyas expedition, war against Cheras/Pandyas, Ceylon expedition, Kataram (currently called as Kedah) expedition.
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14 &15 February - Gangaikonda Cholapuram
Agenda: *******
The core agenda of this event is to conduct the tree plantation drive at the Historical place which showed the greatest Tamil people's culture to this world. Most of the people don't understand the real meaning of the Heritage. In order to show the real value of the historical/heritage places which are having lot of information.
Saturday:
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1. Start from Chennai on Friday (13-Feb-2015) night by 9pm
2. Reach Gangai Konda Cholapuram by Saturday Early Morning
3. Start the Tree Plantation Activity by 6am
4. Visit the Gangai Konda Cholapuram Temple and nearby places
Sunday:
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1. Wake up early morning and travel to any nearby Historical Places
2. Get to know the historical architectures and great monuments
3. Start back to Chennai by 5pm
4. Reach Chennai by 10pm
Who can Join :
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Anyone willing to contribute your time and physical effort with a smile is welcome to join :)
What do I get out of it :
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1) Peace of mind -Satisfaction from the fact that you've contributed something to the society!!!You are something different from those numerous FB activists.
2) Wonderful friends, contacts,eye opening experiences
Above all,giving back to the society without expecting returns is a CTC custom to which you need to get accustomed to :)
Trip Expenses:
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Rs. 1000/- (Including Food and Transportation)
Team Size: ********** Not more than 20 (Including the Organizers)
Selection criteria:
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All are welcome.
Must Carry:
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1) Comfortable Clothing, Shoes/Sandals.
2) Reusable, Filled Water Bottles.
3) Cap, Sun Screen, Camera- if required.
4) Decent dress to wear while visiting the temple.
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Member Guidelines
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Questions :
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DROPOUTS:
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CTC maintains a Blacklist policy against people who drop out at the last minute without informing the organizers. If someone drops out after all the arrangements (food, transport, etc) have been made, s/he would not only be requested to share the cost of trek including food/transport, etc., regardless whether anyone replaces him/her or not but also blacklisted from participating in such events in the future. Information Selection and confirmation of participants is at the sole discretion of CTC. All confirmed and selected participants will be informed separately. Please contact the organizers for any doubts/details/clarification regarding the event.
Organizers :
Siva - 9894069761 - avisr...@gmail.com
Prasanna - 9994816896 - prach...@gmail.com
Vinodh Sundar - 9944649994 - vinodh...@gmail.com
Siva
Prasanna Ramasamy
Thanks for the overwhelming response, registration for this event is closed now.
Will do further communications with the shortlisted participants.
Cheer's,
Prasanna S R