Just stumbled on this article and was surprised that there is no statue of Raja Raja Cholan inside the temple that he built.
Why is Emperor Raja Raja Cholan Standing outside the Thanjai Big Temple? The reason stated in the website below sounds too very far fetched and imagined.
Sudha, Does the article say that there is *no* statue of Rajarajan inside the temple? It says THE statue (popularly called 'cholan silai' by the thanjaivaasigal- which is also the bus stop for periya koil) is not inside the temple and the government is not taking it in. I think there IS a statue of Rajaraja inside the temple (a smaller one though), if I am not mistaken. Learned people, am I right? Thilak