Re: [silk] does somebody know people doing research on traditional music at Kerala?

[Venkat Mangudi]

Deepa Mohan wrote:
> No, no...as *I* see it, 3 is a mystic number (trinity etc), and so is 9
> which is thrice three (all the TVS family members, please note, even today
> have car number plates which total up to 9) and 12 times 9 is 108...this is
>   
But why 12 times nine? What is the significance of 12 here?