Amarasundreashwarar Kovil singalandapuram

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