there is a small village enroute to thirunelveli from madurai its name is Gangaikondan is this is any way connected to Chozas or Pandyas.
i personally feel that more importance is given by the Schlors towards the northern part of tamil nadu. i think there is lot to be left explored in the southern parts of tamilnadu i am not having any proper evidence but i hered that only 45 inscriptions have been read by the epigraphist in madurai meenakshi temple complex. plz correct me in this regard if i am wrong
Actually the most glorious history of Tamilnadu started from Uraiyur, moved to Puhar, Tiruvarur, Pazhayarai, Thanjavur and ended in Gangaigonda Cholapuram.
When Parthiban dreamt(6th century) of downing Lion flag and putting tiger flag high in Uraiyur(then Trichy) rockfort it became true in 9th century when Cholas ended Pallavas history.
So from 9th century to 14th century the whole Tamil political and her great empire dominantly taken place in Uraiyur-Thanjavur-Pazhayarai-Gangaigonda Cholapuram.
There was no bias towards southern Tamilnadu but historians gave importance to the Chola history because of its richness. The Cholas put Tamil in zenith.
We call Thanjai Tharani always. Its not exaggerated. During Rajaraja Cholan and Rajendra Cholan the world politial center was there. So Thanjai Tharani called after centuries.
Basically, I feel that the Cholas, Thanjai and its belt are given such importance or rather hailed like anything because, that was the last Tamil kingdom which flourished like anything. Correct me if I am wrong, after the cholas, RR and RJ, no great emperor ruled Tamil Nadu and slowly the power center shifted to Vijayanagara empire and later to the Marathas..(am I right in saying this) So people tend to remember only the recent happenings and since cholas were the last greats in TN, they are hailed and Tanjai is also hailed.
Parthiban was a fictitious character. So we cant take him into account. Prior to Cholas, Pallavas were at their peak, I would say better than Cholas, becuase they were forerunner of many things. RR is hailed because he left lots of proofs in form of Kalvettus. Tamil is said to have flourished in Pandya reign. Sangam valartha Pandiyargal, and Madurai was the center of Tamil development. The whole of Tiruvilayadar Puram, one of the important purnams of Saivaites, happens in Pandya kindom, and this shows that how blessed was Pandya Kindom earlier.
As I said, Humans tend to remember only the recent happenings.So we remember and hail the cholas. Dont think that I am against the cholas. While talking about history, we should give due importance to everyone who contributed.
I remember the incident when we, the PS members first met at Marina, Gandhi Statue,last December. During the course of the discussion, I said, the Pandyas were much greater earlier, because Tiruvilayadal puranam happened there, Tamil Sangam was in madurai etc and why dont we discuss anything other than RR. You know what, as soon as I said this, Kamal and Shankaran asked me, "are you from Madurai"? I said I am from North Arcot.Even today I laugh at this question. Because we, in the sense PS group, are so much blindfolder and biased to some extent that we cant think of anyone else greater than RR or the cholas. Its a general (mis)conception that Madurai people are biased towards Pandiyas, Tanjai people are biased to Cholas etc. My point is due importance should be given to whoever it is, if they have contributed to the history and the kingdom.
Agree with Satish. I think the main reason the Pandyas don't get much attention is the lack of "historical" evidence. ThiruviLayaadal Puranam is fine but it is not exactly verifiable history. Which is one reason that the Pandyas lag behind the Cholas in getting accolades from us :)
I am sorry that mistakenly taken Parthiban was a real time Chola king due to I had the habit of taking Kalki's character were real.
Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas were great rulers of Tamilnadu. Especially Pandyas contribution to Tamil language was great.
People adored Nedunchezhiyan for his valour and his work for language.
Recently I was travelling through "Kovil Venni" near Tiruvarur which was "Venni Paranthalai" were Karikal Cholan at the age of 19 defeated Cheras, Pandyas and 100 chieftains all at once. I couldn't imagine how many died but I got chilled by his valour victory. Karikal Cholan's Puhar city, Kallanai dam were put him and Tamil together zenith.
Its natural tendency to discuss and take something from great history the way Kalki got famed by PS.
PS will give enormous energy to its reader. Its gave me 100 times energetic in troubled times than before I was in comfort. Such a marvellous epic.
Long live Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas history. Long live PS. Long live Kalki's fame. Long live PS group.
If glorious in sense of architecture, then cholas/pallavas definitely. But literature-wise and for ancientness, both come only after pandiya kings (Pandiya kings are mentioned in Vyasa's mahabharata, right?).
dear sathish you were rightin saying that cholas were the greatest tamil kings the pandyas were not temple builders or great conquerors even the much hailed sundarapandiyan only recaptured madurai from the cholas . The present temple at madurai was largely built by the latter nayakars so history has almost forgotten them shyam