tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post111598009185144725..comments2024-03-17T11:19:26.218+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: A game of dice - dayakattaiKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-49281057332629275542020-04-20T00:47:56.421+05:302020-04-20T00:47:56.421+05:30Last two coins at dokkai opponent has two put two ...Last two coins at dokkai opponent has two put two thayam continues or partly canAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264048844461747426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-66294810219159676172014-10-31T19:08:17.035+05:302014-10-31T19:08:17.035+05:30Where can we buy the board online?. Is there a vid...Where can we buy the board online?. Is there a video on how to play, any tutorial? Any picture of board? The info on web is very minimalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-86919415546109549062011-04-01T20:43:07.216+05:302011-04-01T20:43:07.216+05:30Looved the article. :)Looved the article. :)Vivek Anandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584060570048902456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-20849181172299939202011-04-01T20:41:04.337+05:302011-04-01T20:41:04.337+05:30Hey!! Wonderful article. Really loooved reading it...Hey!! Wonderful article. Really loooved reading it. I used to play this with cousins when we were kids and used to visit our Patti's house in Chennai ( though we played by a slightly different set of rules!!). But was recently very nostalgic and got a set of 'Adult Size' daaya kattai made in SS ( the advantage of working in a mech engg field I guess). The few times i've played Vivek Anandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584060570048902456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-51097185056584028402010-08-27T22:16:19.699+05:302010-08-27T22:16:19.699+05:30Hi!
It was so nostalgic to read ur post. I have ...Hi! <br /><br />It was so nostalgic to read ur post. I have spent many a happy summer during my childhood, playing this game for long long hours. It was such a lovely time pass. I wish I could lay my hands upon a daayakattai now.. :( Just the feel of holding the brass and rolling it.. sigh.. nothing to beat it.Thamaraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160311298066867543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-89476610940971019722010-08-27T22:15:51.147+05:302010-08-27T22:15:51.147+05:30Hi!
It was so nostalgic to read ur post. I have ...Hi! <br /><br />It was so nostalgic to read ur post. I have spent many a happy summer during my childhood, playing this game for long long hours. It was such a lovely time pass. I wish I could lay my hands upon a daayakattai now.. :( Just the feel of holding the brass and rolling it.. sigh.. nothing to beat it.Thamaraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160311298066867543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-843843817872338832010-06-12T13:38:21.882+05:302010-06-12T13:38:21.882+05:30Every thing is okay. But can anybody confirm is th...Every thing is okay. But can anybody confirm is this the same dayakottai, the pandavas played in Mahabharata. Or was that some other game.<br />Please confirm on urgent basis as pralayam is on the way.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856755826807801561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-67710653580708247662008-05-06T00:27:00.000+05:302008-05-06T00:27:00.000+05:30can u add this to wiki. there is already one for ...can u add this to wiki. there is already one for pallangkuzhi!!Revathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998621562473673490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1116517901163637452005-05-19T21:21:00.000+05:302005-05-19T21:21:00.000+05:30(Received on the internet) For enjoyment of two si...(Received on the internet) For enjoyment of two sisters, one a student of Art History and another an 'expert' in various (south) indian languages,<BR/>the following are actual answers given on history tests and in Sunday <BR/> school quizzes by children between fifth and 6th grade ages. They were <BR/> collected over a period of three years by two teachers. Read carefully for <BR/> grammar, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1116494875572834642005-05-19T14:57:00.000+05:302005-05-19T14:57:00.000+05:30hi mr.joshi,mala is my sister, just to let you kno...hi mr.joshi,<BR/><BR/>mala is my sister, just to let you know. <BR/><BR/>rgds<BR/>kavithaKavitha Kalyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1116473600091418432005-05-19T09:03:00.000+05:302005-05-19T09:03:00.000+05:30While tendering my apologies to Ms Mala (?), I wou...While tendering my apologies to Ms Mala (?), I would like to present the following.<BR/><BR/>"What's in a name? That which we call a rose<BR/>By any other word would smell as sweet." <BR/><BR/>--From Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)<BR/><BR/>Also, there is an expression, “Old wine in new bottle,” that perhaps could be said to aptly fit the description of human beings, with the ancient ‘Hindu’ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1116393201290292972005-05-18T10:43:00.000+05:302005-05-18T10:43:00.000+05:30Hi again!I would like to give a part of the commun...Hi again!<BR/>I would like to give a part of the communication I recently had with a young girl in Alaska, studying while she works, to show the typical 'thought plane' of a woman in the West... We had many regular conversations/ e-mails on the Net regarding India and Spirituality some four years ago... The word, USA however has a different communication for us Indians... <BR/><BR/>"Yes, I do Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1116356057066153882005-05-18T00:24:00.000+05:302005-05-18T00:24:00.000+05:30Brings back memories of sweet victories and bitter...Brings back memories of sweet victories and bitter defeats. many a poetry have come out of this game, one I remember is:<BR/>"anjee moone yette, [opponent's name] thale le kuttu"<BR/>translates to 5+3 is eight, a knock on the opponent's head.<BR/>[Usually said when you roll a 5 and a 3 and it gets the opponent's kaay killed!].<BR/>And with Bollywood becoming so part of our lives, one of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1116272227417000162005-05-17T01:07:00.000+05:302005-05-17T01:07:00.000+05:30Neat Article Kavi keep it up!Neat Article Kavi keep it up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1116267482270241012005-05-16T23:48:00.000+05:302005-05-16T23:48:00.000+05:30Hi!I visited Chennai, when it was called Madras, d...Hi!<BR/>I visited Chennai, when it was called Madras, during an ‘educational’ tour of South India in the year ’60. My younger sister’s family of four members left Delhi in the early Seventies and stayed at Chennai for over three decades. The family thus became fully conversant with the language and customs etc. <BR/><BR/>I revisited Chennai only in the year ’93, in connection with settlement of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com