This posture is kind of doing dhyaanam. How can you expect a majestic look while meditating?
How can you differentiate a marudhani and rekai in sculptures? If you see the akkamaalai in sculptures, it will not be hanging as it is really held by fingers. It will be shown above the fingers with complete round shape without holding anything. Because of that, we cannot say it is not akkamaalai. Only the features can be just shown in the sculptures. It need not be 100% realistic. But, at the same time, some realistic features are also there, like the mandai ottu maalai of ekaveeri pidaari in thiruvalanjuzhi.
When you can accept a statue as Rajendra just because it is in panchavan madhevi pallippadai, why cant you accept this as Rajaraja when it shows the clear chakra marks as mentioned in thiruvaalangaadu copper plates? ;-)
The features that venkatesh mentioned urna and elongated earlobes can be found in many sculptures. For ex, the hair style of the girls in nageswaran koil and the earlobes of dwarabalagas in thiruvalanjuzhi. Why other places? In Rajarajeswaram itself, some of the sculptures in the thiripuranthaka panel near the south entrance are similar to buddhists. And not all buddha statues have chakra in hands and lotus in the legs.
Why cant you look at the possibilities? Why so much resistance in accepting it as Rajaraja ;-) When Rajaraja imagines himself as one of the sanakathi munivars and portrayed in the paintings, why cant he imagine himself as buddha? ;-)
SIVAPATHA SEKARAN....posing as Buddha... ? Then RRJ must be a split personality.
A great shaivite who has built lots of shiva temple and the world famous Big temple, finding peace by becoming a buddist? That too after 29 years of undisputed rule? Then todays minority appeasement trend was started by RRJ 1000 years back? wow. Then we should not blame the current day politicians because its copied from history.
Replying in your coin, is there any inscriptional evidence that RRJ became a buddist? Then how do you belive and whats the basis for you to belive?
A dust covered diamond is still a diamond. A king whether sleeping or meditating is still a king. Just because he is meditating, his majesticity will not vanish. I am not sure whether the looks change during different emotions. Dr.Sri you are the better person to throw light on this with medical perspective.
A king cannot not be without his crown or other kingly attire in front public even before the udayar in the temple.(which is your arguement for Tanajai paintings)But he can pose as buddha without any kingly attire? GREAT. I AM LEARNING A NEW WAY OF LOGICAL REASONING.
Chola sculptors are very great in depecting anantomy - Words by Dr.KKVn. The best example we all saw - EKAVEERI in tiruvalanchuzhi. Such great sculptors show a chakra rekhai as the one shown in the photo?..I think RRC didnt give that sculptor his proper remuneration or his appraisal was not satisfactory :)
You yourself clearly said in your mail that Just because a group feels the paintings in Tanjai koil as RRJ, you want to belive this Statue to be of RRJ.(yours words like "when we can belive that its RJC just because it is in panchavan madevi pallipadai). In that case no one can say anything. YOu have your own right to think whatever you feel. Panchavan madevi pallipadai and the tanjai painting can make one think the pictures/sculptures of RJc or RRC because its logically placed. But any evidence where this status which you call RRC was found from? And I am wondering, when you refuse to accept things which are logically placed, you are blindly beliving that a statue in a museum is of RRC.
I was waiting that you will mail the group saying its a joke, but till date this arguement is unfinished. The new comers will surely be confused. Hence this mail. (atleast I am and a few others are clear that its Buddha :) )
I think this is the time to end the drama. I was out of station for past 3 days and didnt check my mails. Otherwise i would have posted this mail earlier.
I know very well that its Buddha. But i posted such a mail just to show that we should not accept any theory as fact by inadequate evidences. If everyone starts accepting something as facts based on their gut feelings and weak evidences, it will grow like branches and no single solution will be arrived at any time. At one point of time, we have to contradict ourselves.
One such thing happened already in a conference. A well known scholar (i dont want to mention his name as his other valuable works may be under estimated by new people just because of this) found a skeleton in poompukar during an excavation. In his presentation, he said it is Kovalan's skeleton. When the other scholars asked for the proof, he said that skeleton itself told him.
Diwakar,
Regarding the sangu chakra rekai associated with Rajaraja, it is mentioned in Thiruvalangadu copper plates (Rajendra period, not Rajaraja) and they were not composed by poets to praise the king.
Satish,
The statue in Panchavan madhevi pallippadai is accepted as Rajendra by you. Not me. My words were, 'When you can...', since you said no fool will place the similar sculptures in two different places, when we visited that pallippadai.
I think you haven't noticed the wink ;-) smileys in my previous mails. Anyway, its a lighter mail only and not intended to spoil anybody's belief or value.
Thanks and hope everyone understands in the right way, Kamal
In fact, I was the first one to react to Kamal's mail and I thought my mail did convey that Kamal had carried out a spoof. Never realised that there would be a detailed discussion on this:-))
My boss reapeats this often, "Never under estimate the power of a good rumour". Now, I understand what he means.:-))
good that it is mentioned in tiruvalangadu seppedu.. but it is rajendra who too is a bitter enemy of pandya. ... and very obvious that he wanted to assert the supremacy over pandyas.
might not be any poet.. but "thadaadhagai - meenakshi" episode is the key factor.