School army of only one Pandya king

Pandiyan Empire's Only Emperor's Cemetery If you follow the Novel Ponniyin Selvan The person portrayed as the father of Nandhini I have already heard about this place, do you remember? "NELLU....PATHIN ORU" Hello every one. 

My name is Karna Today I am going to begin with a philosophy If there is a birth then ultimately there will be a death That is the rule of nature which can not be changed many people are buried and many are cremated but only few are seeded Today, popular and important leaders when they die, they ware buried and the mausoleums are being built Ok, Let us leave the leaders of today and go back 800 years in time go back 800 years in time Who might had been the great leaders of those times? Definitely the Kings What will people do if they die what was the practice in Pandiyan Empire At Chozha and Chera empires? Let us explore everything see this video fully you will be awestruck The Pandiyan Empire's only Royal Cemetery is this A very interesting video, see this fully Come let us proceed to the video Ok, Where I am sitting now? if you see At Pandiyan teritory, in a place which came under erstwhile Kamarajar District Yes I am at Virudhunagar District Where at Virudhunagar District? At Virudhunagar District in a place near Thiruchuzhi In a beautiful village called Pallimadam Pallimadam, what is here brother? 

I am in Palli Madam It was called Pallipadai on those days Pallipadai Many would have knew this term and many may not Pallipadai means In olden days, that is 800 years back if a King dies They will be buried and a Shiva temple will be built over their cemetery on their memory to ensure that their legacy survives until the life of sun and moon A shiva temple will be built over their cemetery That is called a PALLIPADAI, we knew many such temples which were built for Chozha Kings which are at many places, for instance the cemetery of Vanavan Maadevi There is one for Athitha Chozha A place is identified as the burial site of Rajaraja Chozha but there is no solid evidence in history to prove that There are many such temples in Chozha empire but the Pandya King's temple are not there except this one temple in the Pandiyan Territory I am sitting in that temple at Virudhunagar District's Pallimadam Village which is near Thiruchuzhi 

It is the Pandiyan Empire's only Royal Cemetery, a Shiva Temple Ok, When it was built? During 9th century A.D, that is 1200 years ago from now We have to go beyond 1200 years to know the complete history When the Kalapirar empire declined That is, earlier during the Sangam Period Pandiyas ruled us After that came the Kalapirar dynasty which is considered as a dark age in the history of Tamil Nadu The person who put an end to their rule was A mighty Pandiya King named Kadungon, He was the founder of Medival Pandiya Dynasty And the last ruler of the Dynasty is Veerapandiyan Veerapandiyan? 

many would have knew him The Veerapandiyan who beheaded the Chozha is his titular name, to be precise He was killed by the Chozhas later That is the King Veerapandiyan beheaded a Chozha King and in turn he was beheaded by a Chozha Prince he was, Prince Athithakarikalan who beheaded Veerapandiyan and he got the title "Veerapandiyan Thalai Konda Koppara Kesari" to be precise still if you follow the Ponniyin Selvan Novel Veerapandiyan is the person portrayed as Nandhini's Lover Ok then, is this Veerapandiyan's Cemetery? No, then whose this cemetery? 

if you see, it was his brother, Veerapandiyan's Brother Sundarapandiyan's Cemetery Sundarapandian, his brother died and Veerapandiyan built this on his memory Ok, Let us see this temple now It is spread over a large area Many people are not coming here, But Poojas are being done here If you see on the entrance an incomplete Wall like structure and if you look carefully It was built with brick initially If you see when this temple was reconstructed What are all the inscriptions here, I will tell you one by one on the go Initially it is built with brick and then with two layers of granite a pillar like structure is present and if we proceed in A fine and beautiful temple is there a sacrifice pedestal with fine works after that there is a Nandhi which is minutely sculpted which is fine enough such that it's tongue posture is clearly visible A small Nandhi Mandapam,

 there is a fish symbol in the beam This temple was repaired and while doing repair works many pillars were changed A Nandhi, after that we can proceed to get the dharshan of Lord Shiva There is an inscription in the way up There are many inscriptions in this temple and to be specific there are 16 inscriptions of Pandyas and there are many inscriptions of later periods too There is an inscription here and it belongs to The Pandiyan Era What does it say? If you see, "KURANDI THIRUKKATTAN PALLI" From a Jain school at KURANDI THIRUKKATTAN PALLI the stones are sourced to built this temple Is the matter in this inscription, KURANDI KURANDI, Have we heard this name before we have heard this earlier, do you remember Samanar Hills, Madurai Samanar Hills VENBUNAATTU KURANDI THIRUKAATTAN PALLI KANAKANANDHI PADARA ABINANTHI PADARA AVAR MAANAKKAR ARIMANDALAP PADAARAR ABINANTHI PADAARAR SEIVITHA THIRUMENI an inscription I have posted a video before a year Can you see? what is it? read can you read it? What is mentioned here is VENBUNAATTU KURANDI THIRUKAATTAN PALLI KANAKANANDHI PADARA ABINANTHI PADARA AVAR MAANAKKAR ARIMANDALAP PADAARAR ABINANTHI PADAARAR SEIVITHA THIRUMENI is written here if you see the meaning for this inscription The students from Thirukaattan Palli had helped to carve this bas-relief is the meaning of that statement Venbunaadu is the town of Aruppukottai today, and Kurandi is the Samanar hill mentioned here from that Samanar hill only The stones for this temple are sourced, the entrance, the cement structure is of recent times This is a stone temple on those days and is submerged over the years lets pray lord shiva If we proceed after the Nandhi Mandapam There is a sanctum of Lord Shiva, and a separate one for his consort There are many Mandapas here like the Sanctum, Artha Mandapa and Maha Mandapa You can not find many sculptures here either in the inside or outer walls But it has the touch of simple and elegant Pandiyan Era Architecture We have come in, There is a sculpture of Nataraj inside after that, there is a Nandhi This Nandhi too has a Mandapa and after that there is another small Nandhi Lord Shiva The place were Sundara Pandiyan was seeded A king who lived 1100 years ago was seeded here After worshipping the Lord Shiva There is a sanctum for mother goddess The name of the goddess here is Sornavalli Amman I told you there are many inscriptions here which belong to Veerapandiyan and even a 17th century inscription mentioning the repair works done At the Lord Shiva's Sanctum at the steps There is an inscription mentioning the name Thirumalai Nayakar See here there are many inscriptions which are misplaced because there should be a sentence above this and after this but there is only one found here and it is painted too For example see this carefully NELLU...NELLU PATHIN ORU It mentions about a paddy donation but it is not clear, we can understand, only if the next one too is present All the inscriptions are misplaced and hence they are not conveying clear meaning But it is consoling that the ASI had already recorded all these inscriptions earlier Ok, what does it say It belongs to the era of Veerapandiyan What they are trying to say is MOOVENDHA VELAN ALIAS ARANGAM POOTHI KIZHAVAN ARULALI AND AFTER THAT THATCHAN ULAGAN AND PULIYUR MARAN AFTER THAT We can see many villages named Puliyur in the delta region PULIYURIN MAARAN ALIAS SOZHANTHAGA PALLAVARAYAN All the above people had donated sheep for lighting the lamps in the temple At the same time, the Devaradiyars of this temple donated sheep to the temple, and their names KAAVITHI KANAIPETRAL, NITHIPETRAL AND NAKAN KULANGAVILAI mentioned here too During 10th Century A.D this temple was built, but even after that it was retrofitted during later Pandiya rulers During the era of Later Pandiyas There is a person called SONATHA NAMBI that is, A person named Sonatha Nambi had donated a door frame during the retrofitting work says the inscription the works carried out during the 17th century is also mentioned here, but the inscriptions are misplaced the information I told were taken from archeology department If we come in, the same modest and elegant style this is the sanctum of Amman opposite to the Amman's Sanctum also there is a small Nandhi and there are Naga Lord on either side There are two Pillaiyars here I have told you the name of the Goddess is Sornavalli Amman This is the Sanctum of goddess This temple is situated near Tiruchuzhi at a village called Pallimadam Near by, just behind this temple there is a river called Gundar, the next river to Tamirabharani which says about our history Ok what is the old name of this place SUNDARA PANDIYA ESWARAM and the name of Lord Shiva now is KALAINATHA SAMY, and it is Kalainatha Swamy Temple When it was built by the Pandya King It was called THIRUCHUZHIYAL PALLIPADAI, and the name of lord is SUNDARA PANDIYA ESWARATHU MAHADEVAR Even now this place is called as Thiruchuzhi THIRUCHUZIYAL PALLIPADAI SUNDARA PANDIYA ESWARATHU MAHATHEVAR is the name of Lord Shiva Ok, at present the temple is under whose authority? It is not ASI or TNHRCE, it is under the control of Ramanathapuram Samasthanam They are maintaining this temple now and there are not many footfalls here but the pooja is being done everyday after 04:30 PM is consoling that the pooja is being done for Lord Shiva The temple is really beautiful indeed It is a place for worship as a temple and a place of Pandiya King's history Thus Pallimadam which is called Pallipadai is the combinational place of history and divinity It is at Viruthunagar district Ok, any how it is a cemetery, 

if you ask me It is our tradition to worship our ancestors ancestral worship even today in many of your houses you might have seen your ancestors being worshipped, it is our culture and tradition practiced for a long time This is the plce were our Pandiyan King is seeded Do come here and see Let me give the google map in description Share this video to many because many should know this place and many should come and see here Our next generation will know the history only if it is shared Share this to many It is a wonderful place, Pallimadam near Thiruchuzhi at Viruthunagar district Do come here and see, see you in the next video in a similar historical place Stay tumed...thank you