Temple
History:
The Amarasundreashwarar Kovil
is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva that is located in the city of
Trichirapalli at the thuraiyur taluk , singalandapuram village in the Indian
state of Tamil Nadu. It is an important example of Tamil architecture achieved
during the Chola dynasty.
The esteemed architect and engineer of the temple was great king
rajendran-I as stated in inscriptions
found at the temple. The temple was built per ancient texts called Vaastu
Shastras and Agamas.
This temple was built during year[1017 – 1273].
It is said to be the land was donate to this
temple by Koluthunga cholan in the year 1102.The pandiyan king Ida Varman
sundrapandiyan also donates his village keraumbaur to this temple
As stated in the inscriptions said to be temple thiruvazgha was
celebrated for seven days in the tamil month of chithrai in the year 1017 for
god agailandeshwari amman .
As stated in inscriptions, the raja raja cholan before going to
war with sri lanka (singalam) .He worshipped this temple siva god and he wins
the war with singalam. So for the memory of his father his son named this
village as singalandapuram.Singalandapuram means he was devil to singalam(sri
lanka) (singalargulka ellam eman endru
arutham.)
So villagers here comes to the temple and worshipped siva god
and englighten ghee lamp to win their battle in life.
It is said to be there are atmost 9 inscriptions found in the
evidence of it was built by chola dynasty.There will be also more inscriptions
may be found inside the earth.
Sources from wikipedia:
Conquest of Sri Lanka
Raja Raja Chola I (Rajendra's father) was
able to conquer only the northern half of Sri Lankain
his time. Rajendra invaded it in 1017 CE and annex the whole of the island.[12] As
a result of the campaign, Rajendra claimed to have captured the regal jewels of
the Pandya kings,
which Parantaka I tried
in vain to capture. Rajendra also captured the crown of the Sinhala king, his
Queen and daughter. This was because they were a part of the sinhalese
government. The Sinhala king Mahinda V was taken prisoner and
transported to the Chola country" The same way son of pandu(arjuna)
brought drupada.". He was held prisoner for over twelve years and died in
captivity. However, Mahavamsa records indicates that
Chola invasion and conquest of Lanka as a carnage wrought by the pillaging
Chola army in the Sinhala country. The Sinhala hero Vijayabahu who vanquished
Cholas from Sri Lanka made every possible effort to restore what Cholas
destroyed. Chola inscriptions say that the fight between the Cholas and the
Sinhalas mainly due to the fact that the traders from Tamil country had been
looted, imprisoned and killed for years together, in response to which the
Cholas sent their army to invade, occupy and control the island of Sri Lanka
History of rajendra chola
Rajendra Chola I was the son of
Rajaraja Chola I and is considered one of the greatest rulers and military leaders of the
Indian Tamil Chola Empire. He succeeded his father in 1014
CE as the Chola emperor. During his reign, he extended the influences of the already vast Chola empire up to the banks of the river
Ganges in north India and across the ocean. During his reign the Chola Empire became the most powerful Empire of India.
[2][3] Rajendra’s territories extended, the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
Sri Lanka,
Maldives, and he successfully invaded the territories of
Srivijaya in
Malaysia,
Southern Thailand and
Indonesia in
South East Asia[2][4] with his fleet of ships. He defeated
Mahipala, the
Pala king of
Bengal and
Bihar, and to commemorate his victory he built a new capital called
Gangaikonda Cholapuram.
The Cholas became one of the most powerful dynasties in Asia during his reign. The Tamil Chola armies exacted tribute from
Thailand and the
Khmerkingdom of
Cambodia. The successful invasions of Rajendra Chola were applauded by several medieval Tamil poets like Jayamkondan in his text Kalingattupparani and Ottakkoothar in his text Ula.
[5] He received the titles Gangai Kondan (He who took the
Ganges river in north India) and Kadaram Kondan (He who took
kedah in
Malaysia).
[5] Like the predecessors of the Cholas, the Pallavas and the contemporaneous Pandiyans, the Cholas too under Raja Raja I the father of Rajendra and then Rajendra Chola I too undertook several expeditions to occupy territories outside Indian shores. Of these kings, it was Rajendra who made extensive overseas conquests of territories like Sri Lanka and wide areas of
Southeast Asia like
Malaysia,
Indonesia and
Southern Thailand.
[6][7] In fact, Rajendra Chola I was the first Indian king to take his armies overseas and make conquests of these territories, even though there is epigraphical evidence of Pallava presence in these very areas, but it is not known that and Indo-China were subordinate to them, as they were under Rajendra and his successors up to
Kulothunga Chola I.
After his successful campaign to
Ganges he got the title Gangaikonda Chola (The Chola who took the Ganges), he also built a
Shiva temple at his new capital
Gangaikonda Cholapuram, similar in design to the
Tanjore Brihadisvara temple built by his father
Rajaraja Chola and expanded the
Pathirakali Amman Temple and
Koneswaram temples of
Trincomalee. Rajendra Chola created at his capital a vast artificial lake, sixteen miles long and three miles wide which to this day remains one of the largest man-made lakes in India.
[8] He inherited from his father the famous title Mummudi Cholan (The Chola with three crown), Mummudi title was used by
Tamil kings who ruled the three kingdoms of
Chola,
Pandya and
Chera. He founded a new capital called Gangaikonda Cholapuram.
[9]
History of Koluthunga I King
Kō Rājakēsarivarman Abhaya Kulōttunga Chōla (1070-1122 AD) was one of the greatest kings of the
Chola Empire who ruled in the late 11th century and early 12th century.
[1] He was one of the sovereigns who bore the title Kulottunga, literally meaning the exalter of his race. During his early reign he carried out a land survey and settlement as the basis of taxation.
[2][3] His records also testify to the highly organized system of fiscal and local administration.
[2][3] He had diplomatic relations with the north Indian city Kanauj as also with far off countries like Cambodia, Sri Vijaya and China.
[3] His court poet was Jayamkondar who wrote the poem Kalingattu parani to celebrate the military victories of Kulothunga Chola
The sound will alert all negative energy that god is coming to save the village people
