Iyappan...that was a truly great poem- especially the last two lines. Bravo! It brought out Poonghuzhali's anguish very well ( I especially liked the background you chose:-). Any more to share? (What about VandhiyathEvan?:-)
Krupa...you must be telephathic. (That was a great article you sent, BTW). I was thinking about the Choodamani Viharam this morning, and referred the 3rd paagam of PS- where Kalki mentions this same Maravijayottungavarman- and as far as I know, he mentions no dates. (There's another reference in the foreword to 'Kadal Pura'- Chandilyan's work).
So when was it really built? Did Kalki make a slip there, when he brought in Choodamani Viharam before it must've been built?! Gokul, what do you say?
It so happened that i read the following article a couple of days back i one of the sites
There are many Items & Buildings of historical and archaeological value today remains in the hands of private individuals or remains neglected not having received the attention of the TamilNadu Archaelogical Department on its preservation.
If we take few examples, the famous Leyden Copper Plates speaking of the grants made by the great Chola king Rajaraja Chola - 1 remains in the Leyden museum in Holland. The Tamil Nadu Archaelogical Department with the help of the Government should arrange to bring back these Copper Plates to TamilNadu and preserve them in its Historical Museum in Chennai.
These Copper Plate Grants are in two sections. The Larger Section gives the details of the two Malaysian Kings namely the Chudamanivarmadeva and Maravijayotungavarmadeva {kings of then Buddhist Empires of Malaysia} who were granted permission by Rajaraja Chola -1 to build a Buddhist Temple at Anaimangalam in Nagapattinam known as Chudamani Viharam and thereafter grant of land for this purpose, which indicates to us today of the friendly relations Rajaraja Chola had with the Malaysian kings of around A.D.1006.
The Smaller Section of this Leyden Plates gives the confirmation of these grants to the Buddist Temple built by the Malaysian kings at a later stage by Kullotunga Chola-1.
It looks as if kalki has indeed brough in Chudamani viharam in PS even before it was built