check the image on the left...chandesanugrahamurthi..is it chandesa who is shown kneeling down and receiving the divine blessing from shiva...but why the garland ...akhilan wrote in vengaiyin mainthan that this was the sculpture trying to portray his king RJC on his triumpant return from the ganges campaign...
IIRC, this was made for the Thanjavur Tamil universtity based on the paintings in the big temple of raja raja. SPS/others may correct me if am wrong...
There is one for Raja Raja as well as Rajendra Chozha at Madurai Kamaraj University, in front of the Mu.Va hall, but it is in a pathetic state ... I don't know whether they were built with some specifications or built just like that
So is there only one statue of one of the greatest Tamil kings, in the whole of Tamilnadu? I suppose the capital city of the state does not have a single statue of the the greatest Tamil kings.
> > I think its Maravan veeramuthu kon. I am also not sure who is it. > can > > anyone tell about this persons history. Or I am confusing the one > with > > that in Guindy? > > > > Regards, > > Satish > > > > Or is it Veeran Azhagumuthu Kon...I think i erred in my previous > mail. :)
I remember seeing Perumpidugu Muthariyar statue somewhere in chennai.. can anyone tell where?
atleast vanthiya thevan has one....will kundavai be pleased or displeased that her husband has one in chennai wherein her brother does not.
on a serious note - i think there is more that can be done for rrc and many more such legendary figures than just making statues of them - to stay neglected all year round expect for a day when they are garlanded by petty politicians.....and then left to the mercy of crow/pigeon droppings. they will be better served if we could learn more about them, take good care of their immortal creations and contirbutions to man kind - maybe try to get chapters glorifying their exploits incl into the history books of ours....so that the coming generations dont forget them.
Dear Mr. Vijay I do agree with you. The least we can do for these great men is to make the next generation also know about them . with regards , shanthi palaninathan.
I will take it a bit tangentially -- I do have a feeling that in Indian History for Independence the contribution from Tamil Nadu is neglected. For example - With the minimal knowledge I have,
1. The first gun shot that was fired towards Indian Independence was from Vanchinathan. But not much is talked about him in Indian History but we do have pages about 'Shahid' Bagat Singh.
2. I read about the contribution of undivided Madurai district women during the independence. To the best of my knowledge they never get a mention in Indian Histroy.
3. The work of Subramania Bharati is also not highlighted properly.
My argument is when we cant improve the South Indian presence in Indian Independence History, how are we going to do the same for RRC and RJC?
Yes Udankar. Many of us have this in our hearts and the question remains unanswered. When Marathis take pride in Shivaji, Punjab takes pride in Bagat Singh, we dont take pride in our heros. Even Gandhi was inspired by Thillayadi valliammai, when he was in South Africa, but no mention of this grand old lady occurs anywhere.
Personally, I would attribute all these downfalls of tamils, to the internal clashes we had. Pre and post independence, people like Periyar were busy bashing the Hindus and Brahmins and Vanchi, Bharathi being brahmins, there is no way, they could have come to the lime light.
This is why, as quoted by Venkatesh sometime back, during 60-70s Tamils were desperately looking for a hero and made Kattabomman a hero, where as Venkatesh says, Kattabommans commander, who was actually a patriot, refused to pay taxes when bommu was holidaying somewhere.
And again praising any of our kings, let it be RRC or RJC, again it glorifies Hinduism, because the standing evedences of their greatness are the temples, which the so called secularist folks will never highlight. I might sound pro-brhamin or pro-hindu, but whatever you call me, these are bitter facts which cannot be brushed aside.
I would say, Vanchi is much brave than Bhagat singh, becuase a person who soon after his marriage and straight away goes to kill an english - it takes a lot of courage.
Again ... All this I write is what I heard from my History friends while I was doing my Post Grad.
Kattabomman was never a patriot as portrayed in the film . Thanks to Ma.Po.Si and B.R.Banthulu, Kattabomman has been made to look like a patriot. Infact I was told when ever a discussion on Kattabomman takes place it ends in a fight. But on records (Again what I heard from my history friends) Kattabomman infact followed the collector to Kutralam to pay the tax.
Baghat Singh ... No wonder was a great patriot ... It was he and his gang who declared Poorna Swaraj long before Indian National Congress declared that. You should actually read why they shot in the court and what they wanted to achieve. They wanted Poorna Swaraj and they wanted some sort of attention to their declaration. When they were arrested and produced before the court and the arguments gets the due attention of the press and eventually the public. Then their case gets attention what they were looking for. The English realize this later and from that point it was not a public court it was private hearing.
As I said I wont equate Bhagat Sing and Vanchinathan. My point is Bharati / vanchinathan should have been given due representation in the Indian Independence History.
My heart bleeds for all the Tamizh Martyrs who didn't get their due.
> > I would say, Vanchi is much brave than Bhagat singh, becuase a > person who soon after his marriage and straight away goes to kill an > english - it takes a lot of courage. > >
vanchi has a railway junction ( maniyachi) named after him,
its a fitting honour where he comitted the assasination kumari anandan in his lctures always quotes the example of vanchinathan. when vanchinathan killsed district collector ashe in maniyachi junction and commited suicide his body was checked and he had a platform ticket in his pocket.knowing pretty well he wasnt destined to come out of the station alive he had bought a railway platform ticket. I dont know if the platform ticket system was in vougue then but a nice incident. venketesh
Hi, Read the Bhavan's piece, and felt ignorance of the freedom movement in the south is very much prevalent after so many years. They have not heard of Tiruppur Kumaran and Va vu si is dismissed in one or two sentences. He may not have shot himself but like Savarkar served in the Andamans Jail (Kaala Paani) and died as a consequence. And how many in the north know poet Bharathi. A handful, I may say, but the whole of India knows about Rabindranath Tagore.
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