I heard from one of our Temple_cleaners group supporter and a vivid reader of PS, Mrs.Varalakshmi Gurumurthy that the Samadhi of RR is in Udayar Palayam and the Shiva Linga laid on top of his burial is now in a slanted position and the temple just a hut?? Is that the condition even today? Ifmembers there can check out, I will take up initiative of rebuidling that temple as a member being involved in both PS and temple_cleaners activities. Pls let me know ASAP. I have already asked Mrs.Varalakshmi to become a meber of our PS groups. Chandra
That place is not a temple at all. Couple of months before starting varalaaru.com, we visited that place along with kalaikkovan and nalini. Just lingam and avudaiyaar were there in the paddy field. We digged out the lingam and there were no structures found. There were many such lingams in paddy fields of that area. Probably that lingam might have come there because of flood.
Some historians (they didnt tell the name) visited that place before us told the land owner that govt will acquire his land for building Rajarajan memorial there. So, he was afraid and hesitated to allow us inside his field. Nearly 1 hr of explanation that we are not from govt and wont do anything to his land, he allowed. At the end, we convinced him that there is no evidence to prove it as a temple and nothing will happen to his land. He was relieved then.
there is a strong rumour( lasting a 1000 years) that rrc died even before the mandalabishekam period was over for the big temple. perhaps the rumour rose because of some incomplete parts of the temple.
also in some parts close to chidambaram like porto novo( parangipettai there are claims that rrc went there.
do we for shure know
when the greatest king of tamil nadu died how? and where?
*"greatest king of tamil nadu"* Shall we all agree to this or do the people from the Pandya capital(myself included) have something to say. Afterall we did outlast the cholas.
as a dynasty I agree the pandyas were the die hard as DR. Jay bee always used to say but we have to agree that when the magnitude of individual kings came I think rrc and rajendra were far ahead.
He was a great king but to call him "The Greatest" wouldn't be fair to many others maybe "One of the greatest kings of India" would be an apt phrase. Ashoka,the Mughals, the Pandyas (Im not giving up on that),the Pallavas all were great in thier own way. Just because some of them weren't documented doesn't mean they should be relegated to second grade. If this list can include great leaders then would Malik Kafur qualify? He was a Gujurati afterall. Dont forget the Lord did not even come in the dreams of all the great kings in this list but he let himself be viewed by this temple destroyer. Is that a sign? This is more a doubt than a point of view. I think Mr Venketesh can give us a good account on this. BTW Mr.Venketesh you are very special person in this Pandya community. I still get dreams about "MADURAI"