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Feel happy to share my interview, "Buddha spotting in Chola country fills his weekends", which appeared in Times of India of 29th October 2012, with due thanks to Times of India.  29 அக்டோபர் 2012இல் டைம்ஸ் ஆப் இந்தியா இதழில் வெளியான எனது பேட்டியைப் பகிர்வதில் மகிழ்கின்றேன், அவ்விதழுக்கு நன்றியுடன்.   Chennai:  B Jambulingam’s search for Buddha idols began with an ordinary visit to a remote village in Thanjavur in the 1980s. The villagers had excavated a Buddha idol, and Jambulingam noted down the dimensions of the stone idol on a cigarette packet. Back home in Thanjavur, he started studying various aspects of the idol.     His research drew him to Buddhism, and he began travelling to villages across Tamil Nadu in search of Buddha statues.     He once pedalled more than 25 miles on his old Hercules bicycle to see a Buddha idol in Puthur. Jambulingam has identified 66 Buddha idols in the erstwhile Chola country, an...