How many of us know about this great king Raja Raja Cholan. Moreover the people who say they know him what do they know about him rather than he has constructed the unrecognized world The Great Tanjore Temple.
The Temple which stands strong today will even stay strong for many more milleniums, it has crossed only one millenium it has got a long way to go.
The Great Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan who erected the Taj Mahal, is a selfish and an autocrat so he ruthlessly issued an order to cut off the hands of the people who toiled hard for it.
But Raja Raja Cholan was a epitome of Benevolance and Justice. He was so humble to say that the for the construction of the said above wonder, masons who all were involved are his masters.
It's not a matter of comparison but it could be thought of why raja raja cholan is not getting any recognition
Poor Cholan had only empire width as shown above it covers the areas of tamilnadu, kerala, karnataka, andhra pradesh, telengana, pieces of orissa and most importantly Sri Lanka, (could be referred as partial eelam) only.
Even Ashok Samrat had a similar growth scale, he is remembered for his act of preaching buddhism, but my cholan preached only saivism without affecting other religions. It is evident from varion sculptures that many religions co exisited along with hinduism in the reign of Chola, the Raja Raja Chola.
But as per the habit of India, it will respect people who are dead and celeberate them. Take Gandhi as the example while he was alive he was a barrier to many but when he was dead, he turned into a statesman and both his death and birth days are celeberated in some aspects.
But my Cholan who has done so many things doesn't deserve a place to rest even after a millenium. The Legendary Raja Raja Cholan's Samathi is shown below it is situated somewhere in outskirts of tanjore city.
It is the fate, i have been here once when i was a kid, it was like this. So i would request all of them who are reading this(I hope so someone is there to read this) to visit the Peace place of the great man of South India, who is forgotten by the people of South India.
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