Summary
HISTORY : STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH
By
V.Sankaran Nair

The life, and around the traditional houses of Travancore, built according to the principles that were passed from generation to generation using tralatitious techniques, represented a culture that had its roots in the traditional, matriarchal, and distinctly Hindu past, had moulded the life of a people in the past. Calling these look-alike houses, now almost abandoned and reduced to the status of an effigy of the hygone era, as the gateways to posterity, many provoke some to question the authenticity of such a claim. The examination of the life style, rituals and various other aspects of the house undoubtedly takes one to such a conclusion only. The Present book discusses the house where the plough culture made its debut and its companion volume speaks about the ploughing ceremonies around the world, deals with the story of its onward journey beyond Indian borders

Contents
Preface
Foreword by Dr.B.Gopinathan Nair
Acknowledgements
1.Introduction
2.History : Strainght from the Horse's Mouth
3.The Plough-oxen Turned the Furrows, and the Constellation Turned in the Heavedns
4.Historiette of the Word Min
5.Rice Based Rituals Galore
6.The Making of a Taravatam
7.Towards Astro-Theology
8.The Aryan Tryst with the Dravidians
Bibliography