Today I went to the guest lecture by Dr Indira Peterson. It was about a paper done by her on Sarfoji's assertion of his lineage. But really I did not have the mind set to hear about a submissive King, even even though he has done a great deal to Big Temple. Only two of her points made me sit up and take a note. 1. During Sarfoji's time he and the poets around him were not aware that the temple was built by Raja Raja. One of his poet has sung a song which states that the temple was built by Karikalan and a history of chola's compiled at that time states about all other kings except Raja Raja. Some facts to support her points were the name of the temple and god which was actally Rajarajeswaram and Rajarajeswaran was changed to Braghadeewara and Aavudayar( and some things like that). 2. Only one poet has sung about Periya Koil and it was Karuvur Thevar.Shesaid he was of Raja Raja period.
Many of her slides had the tanjore paintings(which I could not see clearly as I am recovering from a laser treatment).
The real comedy was at my company. My manager cannot understand how a guy like me would be interested in attending a lecture about history of cholas!!!!!
sarfoji was indeed a submissive group to the british but their libraries are excellent. one of them was a surgeon I have heard. finally the last king was brainwashed by a christian missionary called swatrtz( or nearabouts) and gave up his right to rule.
s about all other kings except Raja Raja. Some > facts to support her points were > the name of the temple and god which was actally Rajarajeswaram and > Rajarajeswaran was changed to > Braghadeewara and Aavudayar( and some things like that). > 2. Only one poet has sung about Periya Koil and it was Karuvur > Thevar.Shesaid he was of Raja Raja period. > > Many of her slides had the tanjore paintings(which I could not see clearly > as I am recovering from a laser treatment). > > The real comedy was at my company. My manager cannot understand how a guy > like me would be interested in attending > a lecture about history of cholas!!!!! > -- > with luv & regards, > siva >
According to her Swatrz was Sarfoji's teacher. Before his death he got pleaded the british to make his son the king of thanjaviur. And the british kept their promise to make his son the king, but after his death thanjavur was without direct desendents and went in to the british stomach.
I should have asked this question, if there were no direct desendents what is the relationship of the family now claiming to be their desendents.
sometimes even from the daughters side as in the case of pudukottai- the only real monarchs here with a gun salute.
for three generations they have picked daughter's sons to continue.
but some royal families had very large families and some descendants were poverty stricken.
what would happen to a third son of a third son of the third son of a king. when his third cousin is the monarch he would be in penury.
It may be hard to beleive Sivaram but I came across this authentic incident.
an old man called "mayandi" in alwarpet corner used to have a puncture shop. his direct great grand father was a king of a major state in tamil nadu. he never told me that but somebody who knew him in the fifties confirmed it.