NEW DELHI: Top Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday participated within the party of the delivery anniversary of Chola emperor Rajendra Chola I with the Aadi Thiruvathirai Pageant at Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli.All through the two-day discuss with to Tamil Nadu, the Top Minister presented prayers on the Chola-era Lord Brihadeeswara temple amid chants of Vedic and Saivite Thirumurai.PM Modi introduced a ‘kalasam’ (steel pot) with conventional decorations which is assumed to include water from River Ganga.Clad in veshti (dhoti), white blouse and angavasthram worn across the neck, the high minsiter circumambulated the interior hall of the temple, part of the good dwelling Chola temples, a UNESCO heritage web page. He additionally presented prayers via engaging in a “deeparathanai.”The PM additionally visited an exhibition organised via the Archaeological Survey of India on Chola Shaivism and structure.Previous within the day, PM Modi additionally held a roadshow in Gangaikonda Cholapuram after his arrival.All through the roadshow, the high minister stood at the working board of his automobile and waved on the individuals who covered up on all sides of the street.Gangaikonda Cholapuram was once the ‘victory town’ built via Rajendra Chola following his victorious maritime expedition to South East Asia about 1,000 years in the past.Top Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow right here on Sunday quickly after his arrival to preside over a serve as to mark the delivery anniversary of the long-lasting Chola king Rajendra Chola-I.
Who was once Rajendra Chola-I?
This particular party commemorates 1,000 years of Rajendra Chola’s mythical maritime expedition to South East Asia and the graduation of the development of the Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple, an impressive instance of Chola structure.Rajendra Chola I (1014–1044 CE) stands a few of the maximum tough and visionary rulers in Indian historical past. Underneath his reign, the Chola Empire prolonged its affect throughout South and Southeast Asia. Following his triumphant army campaigns, he established Gangaikonda Cholapuram because the imperial capital. The grand temple he constructed there was an emblem of Shaiva devotion, architectural brilliance, and administrative excellence, serving as a non secular and cultural hub for over 250 years.Rajendra’s territories incorporated coastal Burma, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, and the Maldives, and he conquered the kings of Srivijaya (Sumatra, Java, and Malaya in South East Asia) and the Pegu islands along with his fleet of ships. He defeated Mahipala, the Pala king of Bengal and Bihar.