Tamil Pride And Chola Kings: Vikram Explains The Connection – FilmyVoice

Recalling the fantastic deeds of the nice Chola kings who dominated Tamil Nadu within the ninth century, actor Vikram mentioned that the benevolent and considerate acts of the nice kings who dominated Tamil land was one in every of the reason why the favored Tamil phrase, ‘Tamilan Endru Sollada, Thalai Nimrnirndhu Nillada’ (Say you a Tamilian, Maintain your head excessive) existed.

Collaborating within the audio and trailer launch occasion of director Mani Ratnam’s eagerly awaited ‘Ponniyin Selvan: 1’, wherein he performs crown prince, Aditya Karikala Cholan, Vikram mentioned: “You’d have used the phrase ‘Tamilan Endru Sollada, Thalai nimrnirndhu Nillada’ a number of occasions. You may need it as even your DPs on social media as properly. However there are a number of causes for that phrase to have been formulated.

“One of many a number of the reason why that got here into existence is the best way our ancestors lived on this very soil a number of 1000’s of years in the past. The best way they dominated. The small small issues that they did which made the whole world love them.

“This jogs my memory of a narrative. An aged lady was heard making a prayer to a deity in a temple that she would mild a lamp on the temple for 100 years if her prayers have been answered.

“The king of the land acquired to know of the prayer request of the girl and acquired her want fulfilled. He additionally acquired his minister to take the cash for lighting a lamp on the temple for 100 years from the girl, assuring her that he would appoint an individual to meet her promise.

“The king then requested the minister to search out the poorest man in his kingdom. When the poor man was purchased, the king requested him what he would want to meet the previous lady’s promise. The person is believed to have requested for 48 cows. When requested if that might be sufficient, the person is understood to have mentioned that the primary 12 months, he would have 48, the following 12 months, he would have 96 cows because the cows would multiply.

“The king is believed to have requested the minister to watch him. After two years, the minister was requested to take 48 cows from this man and provides it to the following poorest man within the kingdom. This isn’t a narrative. This occurred in Thanjavur and the person who did it was Raja Raja Cholan. The temple I’m talking about is the world well-known Brihadeeswarar temple.

“Raja Raja Cholan arrange a small banking system a 1000 years in the past to eradicate poverty.A At that time itself, that they had elections to pick out village elders. Free treatment was supplied 1,000 years in the past itself.

“That they had a separate water physique ministry to handle water assets,” Vikram mentioned and identified that this movie could be a narrative about that period.