சோழ நாட்டில் பௌத்தம்

For my doctorate entitled "Buddhism in the Chola country" (Tamil University, Thanjavur, 1999)" , I went to  French Institute of Pondicherry on 26 February 1999, and collected information pertaining to the Buddha  statues and recorded them in my thesis. After submitting it, I went to the institute so many times. After nearly two decades, in the DVD published by the institute, the photographs of the Jain Tirtankara statues identified by me, had a place. I feel it an unforgettable experience.  The institute released a DVD entitled "Jain sites of Tamil Nadu"   in Feburary 2018.  I took part in the function held in the campus of the institute at Puducherry. Mr K.Rameshkumar spoke about the speciality of the DVD at that time. In it 464 Jain Jain sites including 82 sub sites have been documented. Among others, 7,873 photographs  of temples, cave temples and dilapidated temples are found in it.  During the field work carried out for the doctorate, I went to so...