I guess very few people have a control in deciding their own pallipadai but then anybody would know rrc would have preferred to rest somewhere close to big temple
and...
could that explain why the temple was almost abandoned after rrc given the negative connotation of pallipadai temples( remember we saw the word pallipadai erased in panchavan madevi pallipadai by somebody)
Why did the cholas that came after RRC neglect the BT? Afterall, the BT is really the biggest temple ever built by the cholas .
Unless RJC had such a conflict or disrespect for his father, I dont see any reason why he would abandon the BT. He might have had the urge to build his own temple but even that doesnt demand the abandoning of the BT...
-yes indeed as kalki says pallipadai temples were neglected and became engulfed by forests? the chola kings did not think twice about equating themselves with the divine.{there will always a doubt which name came first rajaraja or rajarajeshwaram. who gave the name to whom?} the more we think of it the more it makes it possible v.k is on the bulls eye. if not the main temple one of the surrounding temples would have been the preferred choice for rrc's pallipadai. we should look closely at rjc's edicts to find a clue. venketesh
the lord Sri-Rajarajadeva gave to the supreme lord of the Sri- Rajarajesvara (temple)......
55. Having obtained the illustrious names of Sivapadasekhara[15] and Sri-Rajaraja,[16] (he gave the following) gold trumpets (kalam), which had one kangil (?), two pipes (kural) and five rings (modiram):-
> > the lord Sri-Rajarajadeva gave to the supreme lord of the Sri- > Rajarajesvara (temple)...... > > > 55. Having obtained the illustrious names of Sivapadasekhara[15] and > Sri-Rajaraja,[16] (he gave the following) gold trumpets (kalam), > which had one kangil (?), two pipes (kural) and five rings > (modiram):- > > hi Vijay does seem like the lord and he king took the new name on the same day.
but i doubt it.
SPS can you clarify
which name came first raja raja the king or rajarajeshwara the shivalinga