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# Coronis (textual symbol)

A coronis (Ancient Greek: κορωνίς, korōnís, pl. κορωνίδες, korōnídes) is a textual symbol found in ancient Greek papyri that was used to mark the end of an entire work or of a major section in poetic and prose texts. The coronis was generally placed in the left-hand margin of the text and was often accompanied by a paragraphos or a forked paragraphos (diple obelismene).
The coronis is encoded by Unicode as part of the Supplemental Punctuation block, at U+2E0E ⸎ EDITORIAL CORONIS.

## Etymology

Liddell and Scott's Greek–English Lexicon gives the basic meaning of korōnis as "crook-beaked" from which a general meaning of "curved" is supposed to have derived. Pierre Chantraine concurs and derives the word from κορώνη (korōnē), "crow", assigning the meaning of the epithet's use in reference to the textual symbol to the same semantic range of "curve". But, given the fact that the earliest coronides actually take the form of birds, there has been debate about whether the name of the textual symbol initially referred to use of a decorative bird to mark a major division in a text or if these pictures were a secondary development that played upon the etymological relation between korōnē, "crow", and korōnis, as in "curved".

## Examples

* Detail of P.Berol. inv. 9875 col. v (late fourth or early third century BCE), showing the bird-shaped coronis at the beginning of the "sphragis" in the Persae of Timotheus of Miletus.
* Detail of P.Oxy. XV 1790 fr. 2 + 3 col. ii (late second–early first century BCE): the coronis marks the end of a poem (and probably the end of a book of poetry) by Ibycus.
* Detail of P.Oxy. IV 659 col. i (late first century BCE or early first century CE): Pindar, Partheneia with a coronis marking the end of a strophe.
* Detail of P.Lit.Lond. 96 col. xiii (late first–early second century CE): a coronis (with a forked paragraphos) marking the end of Herodas, Mimiamb 2 followed by the title and beginning of Mimiamb 3.
* P.Oxy. X 1231 fr. 56 (second century CE), showing a coronis, end-title and verse count at the close of Sappho book one.
* Detail of P.Oxy. X 1234 fr. 2 col. i (second century CE), with the coronis used to mark the end of a poem by Alcaeus.
# Pavlikeni Municipality

Pavlikeni Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Павликени) is a municipality (obshtina) in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Central-North Bulgaria, located mostly in the Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the town of Pavlikeni.
The municipality embraces a territory of 622.56 km$^2$ (240.37 sq mi) with a population of 26,342 inhabitants, as of December 2009.
The Hemus motorway is planned to cross the area, connecting the capital city of Sofia with the port of Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast.

## Settlements

Pavlikeni Municipality includes the following 20 places (towns are shown in bold):
| Town/Village | Cyrillic | Population (December 2009) |
| Pavlikeni | Павликени | 11,151 |
| Batak | Батак | 951 |
| Butovo | Бутово | 922 |
| Byala Cherkva | Бяла Черква | 2,612 |
| Dolna Lipnitsa | Долна Липница | 806 |
| Dimcha | Димча | 411 |
| Daskot | Дъскот | 488 |
| Gorna Lipnitsa | Горна Липница | 646 |
| Karaisen | Караисен | 1,210 |
| Lesicheri | Лесичери | 571 |
| Mihaltsi | Михалци | 952 |
| Musina | Мусина | 242 |
| Nedan | Недан | 1,384 |
| Patresh | Патреш | 572 |
| Paskalevets | Паскалевец | 315 |
| Rositsa | Росица | 169 |
| Slomer | Сломер | 454 |
| Stambolovo | Стамболово | 831 |
| Vishovgrad | Вишовград | 367 |
| Varbovka | Върбовка | 1,288 |
| Total | | 26,342 |

## Demography

The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades.
Pavlikeni Municipality :
| Year | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 40,805 | 36,709 | 35,238 | 31,312 | 28,845 | 27,592 | 26,342 | ... |
| Sources: Census 2001, Census 2011, „pop-stat.mashke.org“, |||||||||

### Religion

According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
Religious composition of Pavlikeni Municipality
Orthodox Christianity
78.5%
Catholicism
0.5%
Protestantism
0.5%
Islam
5.7%
No religion
7.7%
Prefer not to answer, others and indefinable
7.1% :
# Myronides

Myronides (Ancient Greek: Μυρωνίδης) was an Athenian general of the First Peloponnesian War. In 458 BC he defeated the Corinthians at Megara and then in 457 BC he defeated the Boeotians at the Battle of Oenophyta using a clever stratagem. Myronides' victory at Oenophyta led to a decade of Athenian domination over Boeotia, Locris and Phocis sometimes called the Athenian 'Land Empire'.
It has been debated, but it is unlikely he was the same Myronides who was sent to Sparta with Cimon and Xanthippus and who served as general at the Battle of Plataea.
# Qusheh Kand

Qusheh Kand (Persian: قوشه كند, also Romanized as Qūsheh Kand and Qowsheh Kand; also known as Ghoosheh Kand, Kushakand, and Qowjeh Kand) is a village in Khararud Rural District, in the Central District of Khodabandeh County, Zanjan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 614, in 113 families.
# Ira Victor Morris

Ira Victor Morris or I.V. Morris (1903–1972) was an American writer and journalist.

## Biography

Morris was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1903 to a Jewish family, the son of Constance Lily (née Rothschild) and Ira Nelson Morris. His mother was the daughter of Victor Henry Rothschild; and his father was the son of Nelson Morris, the founder of Morris & Company, one of the three main meat-packing companies in Chicago. He graduated with a B.A. from Harvard University. As his father was a diplomat who was named the Minister to Sweden (1914–1923), the younger Morris was raised abroad. Morris wrote both fiction and non-fiction works which focused on international politics and Americans living abroad. After visiting the countries devastated by World War II, Morris started writing many articles criticizing the conduct of the war and later, the cold war. His wife wrote The Flowers of Hiroshima (1959) which exposed the aftereffects of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They founded the Edita and Ira Morris Hiroshima Foundation for Peace and Culture which assisted victims of the bombings.

## Personal life

In February 1925, he married Sweden-native Edita (née Toll). In 1930, she began a long-term affair with fellow Swede and artist, Nils Dardel despite her marriage to Morris (Dardel died in 1943). Their son Ivan Morris was a British author and Japanologist whose third wife was author and theatrical producer Nobuko Uenishi (later married to impresario Donald Albery).
He died in 1972.

## Works

* A Tale from the Grave (1926)
* The Kimono (1931)
* The Sampler (1932)
* Covering Two Years (1933)
* Marching Orders (1938)
* The Beautiful Fire (1939)
* Liberty Street (1944)
* Livaaqaa (1944)
* La mort est moins pressée (1947)
* The Tree Within (1948)
* The Chicago Story (1952)
* The Bombay Meeting (1955)
* The Road to Spain (1966)
# Cobrys

Cobrys or Kobrys (Ancient Greek: Κῶβρυς) was a coastal Greek town in ancient Thrace, on the Thracian Chersonesus. It is mentioned in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax
It was an Emporium of the Cardia.
There have been unconvincing attempts to identify Cobrys with Crobyle. Cobrys' site is located 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Kavak Suyu, in European Turkey.
# St. Olav's Cathedral, Trondheim

The St. Olav's Cathedral (Norwegian: St. Olav domkirke) is the church home to the Prelature of Trondheim, belonging to the Catholic Church in Norway.
It is built on the foundations of a cathedral designed by architect Per Kartvedt that was consecrated in 1973 to serve as the new church of the Vicariate of Trondheim.
In 1979 it was elevated from Rome to the status of cathedral, while the vicarage was converted into a prelature.
Bishop Bernt Ivar Eidsvig initiated a committee to plan a new cathedral in 2009 and the year after the architectural firm Eggen Arkitekter AS got the assignment. The previous church was demolished on 25 May 2014. The new church was finished in November 2016.
# Kusejabad

Kusejabad (Persian: كوسج اباد, also Romanized as Kūsejābād) is a village in Khararud Rural District, in the Central District of Khodabandeh County, Zanjan Province, Iran. In the 2006 census, its population was 427, in 82 families.
# Byron Temple

Byron Temple (1933–2002) was an American potter.
Temple learned to throw on the wheel at Ball State University as an undergrad in his native Indiana. After college and serving in the U.S. Army, Temple discovered A Potter's Book, written by the English potter, Bernard Leach, considered by mny to be the grandfather of modern hand thrown functional studio pottery. This inspiring book motivated Temple to write Leach asking if he could apprentice with him at Leach's St. Ives Pottery in Cornwall, England. The two happened to meet while Leach was giving a workshop in the United States, and he agreed to take on Temple as an apprentice in 1960.
While at St. Ives, Temple worked closely with Leach, not only talking about the aesthetic of pots, but also developing a line of standard ware they produced and sold. Temple's time spent at St. Ives was equivalent to a graduate school education, and he left St. Ives with a philosophy of making well-crafted work as a production potter. Upon Temple's return to the United States in 1962, he settled in Lambertville, New Jersey and began turning out his own line of standard ware. Temple traveled internationally giving workshops, teaching, and sharing his artistic philosophy. In 1986 Temple moved to Kentucky to focus on making one of a kind art pots. These works retained the aesthetic he had developed earlier, but he also experimented with wood and salt firing - exploring more simple yet stately forms by incorporating materials such as cords, bamboo, and metal.
# George Motoi

George Motoi (22 January 1936 – 4 March 2015) was a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1962 to 2005.

## Selected filmography

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1962 | Lupeni 29 | M. Drăgan |
| 1969 | Kingdom in the Clouds | |
| 1973 | Explosion | Marinescu |
| 1975 | Pe aici nu se trece | SS Captain Reinhardt |
| 1983 | Trandafirul galben | |
| 1985 | The Silver Mask | |
| 1986 | Colierul de turcoaze | |
| 2009 | State de România | Marcel Popeanga Sr. |
| 2010 | Iubire și onoare | Octav |
# Bogger Mushanga

Bogger Mushanga (born 6 June 1952) is a Zambian triple jumper. He competed at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and the 1980 Summer Olympics without reaching the final. In the long jump he finished seventh at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
# After You (Pulp song)

"After You" is a song by British band Pulp released as a single in January 2013, the first new single by the band in eleven years.

## Background

The song had been originally demoed during early sessions to We Love Life, the band's seventh and last studio album to date. The song wasn't finished and remained unreleased like several other songs from that period. Pulp finally went back to finish the song in late 2012 during their successful comeback 2011-2012 tour.

## Release

"After You" was originally released as free download for those who received a Christmas card at Pulp's hometown show at the Motorpoint Arena on 8 December 2012. The card contained a unique code to give access to a downloadable gift, which was made available after midnight on Christmas Eve. The song finally received a commercial release in January 2013, in a form of download single.
The band performed "After You" on The Jonathan Ross Show on 9 February 2013.
The song was remixed by Soulwax and released on 12" vinyl especially for the 2013 Record Store Day.

## Uses on other media

The Soulwax remix of "After You" was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto V on the game's radio station Soulwax FM.

## Personnel

* Jarvis Cocker: Lead Vocals
* James Murphy: Percussion, Handclaps, Backing Vocals
* Candida Doyle: Synthesizers
* Mark Webber: Electric and acoustic guitars
* Steve Mackey: Bass Guitar
* Nick Banks: Drums

## Track listing
### Digital download

* "After You" - 5:35

### 12" (RTRADST699)

* "After You" (Soulwax Remix)
* "After You" (Original Version)
* "After You" (The 4am Desperation Disco To Disco Dub Version)

## Chart positions

| Chart (2013) | Peak Position |
| UK Singles Chart | 101 |
| UK Indie Chart | 10 |
# Errachidia Province

Errachidia (Arabic: إقليم الراشيدية) is a province located in eastern central Morocco in the region of Dra-Tafilalt.
Errachidia is bordered by Algeria to the southeast and by the Moroccan provinces of Figig to the northeast, Midelt to the north, Tinghir to the west, and Zagura to the southwest. It is considered to be one of the most historically important regions of Morocco.
Errachidia, whose former name is Ksar Souk and Imetɣaren in the Berber language, was named Rachid, in tribute to one of the main founders of the Alaouite dynasty, the current Moroccan royal family.

## Cities

* Aoufous
* Boudnib
* Erfoud
* Errachidia
* Goulmima
* Jorf
* Moulay Ali Cherif
* Rich
* Rissani
* Tinejdad

## Subdivisions

The province is divided administratively into the following:
| Name | Geographic code | Type | Households | Population (2004) | Foreign population | Moroccan population | Notes |
| Arfoud | 201.01.01. | Municipality | 4035 | 23637 | 5 | 23632 | |
| Boudnib | 201.01.03. | Municipality | 1828 | 9867 | 1 | 9866 | |
| Errachidia | 201.01.05. | Municipality | 14624 | 76759 | 47 | 76712 | |
| Goulmima | 201.01.09. | Municipality | 3054 | 16593 | 3 | 16590 | |
| Jorf | 201.01.11. | Municipality | 1981 | 12135 | 1 | 12134 | |
| Moulay Ali Cherif | 201.01.13. | Municipality | 3251 | 20469 | 1 | 20468 | |
| Tinejdad | 201.01.15. | Municipality | 1289 | 7494 | 2 | 7492 | |
| Aarab Sebbah Gheris | 201.03.01. | Rural commune | 688 | 4937 | 0 | 4937 | |
| Aarab Sebbah Ziz | 201.03.03. | Rural commune | 2578 | 18332 | 1 | 18331 | |
| Es-Sifa | 201.03.07. | Rural commune | 1022 | 7881 | 0 | 7881 | |
| Fezna | 201.03.09. | Rural commune | 585 | 4087 | 1 | 4086 | |
| Amellagou | 201.05.03. | Rural commune | 890 | 5273 | 0 | 5273 | |
| Aoufous | 201.07.01. | Rural commune | 1929 | 11506 | 0 | 11506 | 1272 residents live in the center, called Aoufous; 10234 residents live in rural areas. |
| Chorfa M'Daghra | 201.07.03. | Rural commune | 2133 | 13803 | 0 | 13803 | |
| Er-Rteb | 201.07.05. | Rural commune | 2081 | 13324 | 1 | 13323 | |
| Lkheng | 201.07.07. | Rural commune | 2190 | 13017 | 1 | 13016 | |
| Oued Naam | 201.07.09. | Rural commune | 1000 | 5709 | 3 | 5706 | |
| Bni M'Hamed Sijelmassa | 201.11.01. | Rural commune | 2282 | 16709 | 0 | 16709 | |
| Er-Rissani | 201.11.03. | Rural commune | 727 | 5575 | 3 | 5572 | |
| Es-Sfalat | 201.11.05. | Rural commune | 2147 | 16163 | 0 | 16163 | |
| Et-Taous | 201.11.07. | Rural commune | 820 | 5337 | 1 | 5336 | |
| Sidi Ali | 201.11.09. | Rural commune | 385 | 3081 | 0 | 3081 | |
| Aghbalou N'Kerdous | 201.13.01. | Rural commune | 1306 | 9357 | 0 | 9357 | |
| Ferkla El Oulia | 201.13.03. | Rural commune | 3010 | 20214 | 2 | 20212 | |
| Ferkla Es-Soufla | 201.13.05. | Rural commune | 1713 | 12624 | 0 | 12624 | |
| Gheris El Ouloui | 201.13.07. | Rural commune | 1685 | 11879 | 0 | 11879 | |
| Gheris Es-Soufli | 201.13.09. | Rural commune | 1024 | 6742 | 0 | 6742 | |
| Melaab | 201.13.11. | Rural commune | 2340 | 16681 | 1 | 16680 | |
| Tadighoust | 201.13.13. | Rural commune | 1218 | 7346 | 1 | 7345 | |
# Chico & the Gypsies

Chico & the Gypsies is a French Gitano band that plays Catalan rumba, flamenco, Latin pop, and Latin rock. It is led by Chico Bouchikhi, one of the founders of the Gipsy Kings. A year after leaving that band, in 1991, he formed the Gypsies in his hometown of Arles.

## Band members

Current
* Chico Bouchikhi – guitar
* Christophe Baliardo – guitar
* Jean Farre – guitar
* Jean-Claude Vila – guitar, vocals
* Jean-Pierre Cargol Baliardo – guitar, vocals
Past
* Joseph Gautier – guitar, lead vocals (2009–2020)
* Alain Bourguet – guitar, vocals

## Trivia

Guitarist Jean-Pierre Cargol Baliardo appeared in the title role of François Truffaut's 1970 film The Wild Child.

## Discography

Studio albums
| Year | Album | Charts | Charts | Certification |
| Year | Album | FR | BEL (Wa) | Certification |
| 1992 | Tengo Tengo | – | – | |
| 1996 | Vagabundo | 39 | – | |
| 1998 | Nomade | – | – | |
| 2003 | Bamboleo | – | – | |
| 2004 | Disque d'or | – | – | |
| 2005 | Freedom | 12 | – | |
| 2008 | Suerte | 43 | – | |
| 2011 | Chantent Charles Aznavour | 78 | – | |
| 2012 | Chico & The Gypsies... & Friends | 8 | 20 | |
| 2013 | Fiesta | 11 | 34 | |
| 2014 | Chico & The Gypsies & International Friends | 60 | 103 | |
| 2016 | Color 80's | 9 | 54 | |
| 2016 | Color 80's Vol. 2 | 47 | 33 | |
| 2018 | Mi corazón | 4 | 26 | |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. |||||
Live albums
| Year | Album | Charts | Certification |
| Year | Album | FR | Certification |
| 1992 | Live – Olympia Bruno Coquatrix | 96 | |
| 2012 | Live à l'Olympia | | |
Singles
| Year | Single | Charts | Certification | Album |
| Year | Single | FR | Certification | Album |
| 1996 | "Marina" | 30 | | |
| 1998 | "Nomade 'Ya Rayah'" | 65 | | Nomade |
# Alexander Ushakov (biathlete)

Alexander Andreevich Ushakov (Russian: Александр Андреевич Ушаков; 18 July 1948 – 14 August 2024) was a Soviet biathlete. In his career, he won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal at the Biathlon World Championships. Ushakov died on 14 August 2024, at the age of 76.

## Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

### World Championships

5 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Relay |
| 1970 Östersund | 9th | — | Gold |
| 1971 Hämeenlinna | 9th | — | — |
| 1973 Lake Placid | 16th | — | — |
| 1974 Minsk | — | 14th | Gold |
| 1975 Antholz-Anterselva | 9th | 9th | Silver |
| 1976 Antholz-Anterselva | — | 18th | — |
| 1977 Lillehammer | 10th | Bronze | Gold |
| 1978 Hochfilzen | 20th | 18th | 4th |
    *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
    **Sprint was added as an event in 1974.
# El Romeral mine

El Romeral is an iron mine in north-central Chile. The mine benefits from being located only 22 km NNE of the city of La Serena and being next to Guayacán, a port with conditions for high-tonnage cargo ships. The mine emerged as a replacement for the nearby mine of El Tofo that was close to depletion in the early 1950s. El Romeral was Bethehem Chile Iron Mines last major investment as Compañía de Acero del Pacífico obtained the ownership of El Tofo and El Romeral in the early 1971 when they were nationalized during the Presidency of Salvador Allende. Despite being initially an expensive mine in terms of infrastructure investment and having a troublesome geology El Romeral proved with time to host more iron than initially thought. Following an ownership restructuring Compañía Minera del Pacífico, now holds control of the mine. During the 1970s El Romeral would produce enough iron to fully supply the steel mill of Huachipato. From the 1970s onward El Romeral came to overshadow El Algarrobo mine in iron production.
The ore of the mine is one of various iron oxide-apatite (IOA) ores located in the southern end of the Chilean Iron Belt. As with other ores of Chilean Iron Belt located south of Chañaral, El Romeral is located on the Atacama Fault. El Romeral in particular is located on a southern extension of Atacama Fault known as El Romeral Fault Zone (Spanish: Zona de Falla El Romeral). The ores of the mine are emplaced within andesite rocks of La Liga Formation.
# Tuncay Karakaya

Tuncay Karakaya (born 1 October 1989, in Korkut, Muş Province, Turkey) is a Turkish national goalball player of class B1 and Paralympian.

## Sporting career

A member of Ankara Goalball Sports Club, Karakaya played in Turkey's national team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, which became bronze medalist.

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
| Representing Turkey |||||
| 2009 | IBSA International Goalball Tournament | Manchester, United Kingdom | 3rd | team |
| 2010 | IBSA European Goalball Championship | Assens, Denmark | 3rd | team |
| 2011 | IBSA International Goalball Tournament | Ghent, Belgium | 3rd | team |
| 2011 | IBSA World Championships and Games | Antalya, Turkey | 2nd | team |
| 2011 | Goalball UK Elite Tournament | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 1st | team |
| 2012 | Summer Paralympics | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | national team |
# Theunis van Wyk

Theunis G. van Wyk (born 21 March 1944) is a Zambian former wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle middleweight at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
# Mori Station

Mori Station may refer to:
* Mori Station (Hokkaidō), a railway station in Mori, Kayabe District, Hokkaidō, Japan
* Mori Station (Osaka), a railway station in Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
* Enshū-Mori Station, a railway station in Mori, Shuchi District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
* Kawachi-Mori Station, a railway station in Katano, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
* Bungo-Mori Station, a railway station in Kusu, Kusu District, Oita Prefecture, Japan
# KP Media

KP Media was a Ukrainian publishing company, who published several magazines, including Korrespondent, Novynar, an English language newspaper, Kyiv Post, and owned several internet websites.

## History

KP Media was founded in September 1995 by American Jed Sunden, and its first publication was Kyiv Post, from which it takes its name.
KP Media sold Kyiv Post to Mohammad Zahoor, the husband of Ukrainian pop singer Kamaliya, on 28 July 2009.
# Zwickau Model

The Zwickau model, or train-tram, is an inversion of the tram-train. Instead of tram vehicles running on railway tracks, the Zwickau model features main-line trains extended through city streets on tram tracks. The trains have only minor modifications to permit use on the tram tracks. It is so called because the German city of Zwickau was the first to introduce the concept.
In Zwickau diesel regional trains operated by Die Länderbahn use around 1.1 km (0.68 mi) of tramway track to reach the city centre instead of terminating at the railway station. As the city's tramway network is metre gauge the shared section of track is dual gauge, but that is not a necessary feature of the model.
Train-tram operation in Zwickau began on 28 May 1999 using RegioSprinter railcars fitted with a modified braking system, indicators and a bell in order to operate under the BOStrab tramway regulations. Since 2019 the service has been operated by Regio-Shuttles, also modified for use on the tramway section.
# Silpi

P.M. Sreenivasan (1919-1983), who adopted the name Silpi, was a Tamil illustrator, best known for his detailed renditions of Tamil architecture and sculpture in Ananda Vikatan magazine.

## Life and career

Sreenivasan studied art at the Madras School of Art, later the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai, where he excelled in pen and ink line sketches.
At Ananda Vikatan, Sreenivasan used to cover political and social events, portraying them in his drawings. He was mentored by the magazine's senior artist Mali, who gave him the name Silpi (sculptor), on observing the artist's skill in rendering temple buildings and temple sculpture. A deeply religious person, Silpi developed his skill into a unique specialization over his twenty-two years with Ananda Vikatan. From 1947 to 1960, his drawings of temples of South India appeared every week in Ananda Vikatan under the title Thennattu Selvangal (Treasures of South India).
He was working in Ananda vikatan from 1945 to 1967 as Artist. After leaving Ananda Vikatan, Silpi did illustrations for Bhavan's Journal, Kalai Magal, Thinamani Kathir, Amuthasurabhi, etc. He was a mentor to the illustrator Padmavasan.
Silpi toured temples in every nook and cranny of South India. His drawings of temple sculpture were sketched on location at night, after the devotees had finished their darshan. For his followers, he provided the rare opportunity to view the innermost sanctums of temples. Every detail of the deity's ornaments was rendered accurately. Devotees kept his drawings in their prayer rooms to worship their gods and goddesses.