well, looking at the discussions like the one on uthama sola , to kalki it seems like a habit but then kalki not only did this in ps. where uthama was created out of a flower boy. in sivakamiyin selvan he made the pallava king ( a known hindu baiter) into a shiva baktha. whom do i beleive appar or kalki? appar says katrunai puutiyor kadalil paaychinum natrunaiyaavathu namachivaayame as an affront to the pallava king who tied him to a rock and cast him into the seas. in order to make the main king of his novel a good man in the eyes of the public kalki has changed the charecter of the pallava.
Dear all... >>>>>>>>in order to make the main king of his novel a good man in the eyes of the public kalki has changed the charecter of the pallava.>>>>>
Huh??? Good God, no. As far as I know, Kalki hasn't 'changed' anything to make it appear as though Mahendra was 'good'. He truly was an exceptional ruler. He followed the samana tradition in the beginning, true - but he also had a change of heart, witnessing Appar's staunch bhakthi. My 2 cents.
appar paid a visit to kanchi enroute to kalahsthi o n his ultimate journey to himalayas. it must have been in the time of narasimha palavan. for appar outlived mahendra.
but he seems to have stayed away from the jain dominated pallava and pandya lands for quite some time in the middle. even tried to dissuade sambanthar from going into madurai
for which sambanthar sings the veyuru thozhi pangan.
Dear Venkat think Mahedra Varman was a converted Saivaite during the SS storyline because Paranjothi comes to Kanchi to join his Mutt... appar himself is present during Sivakamis second aranmgettram and wishes her and Narasaimhar...
Dear sri not only sivakami's second dance but kalki keeps coming back to appars stay in kanchi even in parthiban kanavu. that must be 20 years later( narasimhan has married and has a daughter by then) i will check it up again but i remember sekilar is very vocal about the levels of torture that appar had to endure, elephants, lime kiln and finaly a trip to davy jone's locker. and then with t he stone pillar appar lands in cudalore and spends most of his time in the lands between pandyas and pallavas.( both of whom are jains)
mahendra turning a new leaf is also mentioned in other texts where the king goes to thiruvathigai and falls at the saints feet.
mahendra's grandson rajasimhan is a confirmed shaivaite. where he builds the kailasanathar temple. the incident of pusalar and the temple in the mind happens then.
but then sri, the era was in cruel times.
people freely persecuted the followers of other faiths.
pandya nedumaran( brother in law of narasimhan) freely killed hindus at the instigation of the jains and once converted to hinduism started impaling thousands of jains on stakes. other than lowering the population of his country he got his wife and himself a place arupathi moovar.
> > mahendra's grandson rajasimhan is a confirmed shaivaite. where he > builds the kailasanathar temple. the incident of pusalar and the > temple in the mind happens then.
Rajasimha was not Mahendras Grandson. Mahendras grandson is Mahendra II. Then is Prameshwara I and then Rajasimha. So Rajasimha is Mahendra I's great great grandson.