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Very Interesting Thread Virarajendra!

Silappathikaaram states during their love life Kovalan described the physical features of Kannaki in comparison to the attributes of "Hindu Gods" namely God Siva, God Aarumugan (Murugan), Indiran, and Manmathan. That's odd...y not Ambal, or some other divine Goddess known for her beauty? I know Shiva, Aarumugan, Indiran, and Manmathan are all described to be Mesmerizing and to process the highest form of beauty etc, but then again, a woman's beauty, can also never be compared to a mans.

Kannaki’s terrible anger never abated even after these incidences and becoming more furious and squeezing her breasts cursed the Mathurai to be caught in fire for the grave injustice done to her innocent husband. Very miraculously the royal palace and other buildings in the city of Mathurai caught fire immediately and went ablaze. The people of Mathurai shuddered in fear and felt that Kannaki was of a supreme incarnation with godly nature. The great tragedy that befell Paandiya Nadu took place in the third week of the month of July as per Silappathikaarem. Very Dramatic, I can only imagine how Dynamic this part must've been in the original silapathigaram.

From Tamil literature we note the Roman Ships came to Chera Port Musiri with gold ad returned with pepper which grew in great abundance in Chera country and which the Greeks and Romans treasured very much. Silappathikaaram states Roman traders lived in tall residential buildings sky high in the Chola capital the Kaviripoompattinam, and the Paandiyan king employed Roman soldiers as city entrance guards.

The presence of the Roman - Traders and the regiment of Roman mercineries at the Port of Musiri in Chera country to safeguard their interests was so great that they erected a temple in honour of their Roman emperor of this period the Augustus Ceasor (B.C.27-A.D.14) at this seaport city of Musiri. Wow! that's interesting.

Cheran Chenguttuvan decided it to be of high esteem for emperer of his calibre to bring the stone required for the carving of the Kannaki statue at this proposed temple only from Himalayas instead of from a hilly region within Chera country.

The Chenguttuvan went on an big expedition to the north crossed Ganges river with the assistnce provided by the Sathavahana king Gautamiputra Sathakarni {Nootruvar Kannar} (A.D.78-102), but met the resistance thereafter of the other kings in the north headed by kings Kanakan and Visayan. He waged war with them captured Kanakan and Visayan and proceeded to Himalayas cut out the stone required bathed same in holy Ganges river and made the two captive kings to carry same on their heads and came back to the Chera country. People were so ****** up back then!