Everybody
knows that the famous ancient epic “Chilappathikaram” was written by Ilango Adi,
brother of the king Chenkuttuva whose capital was Chenkintoor alias Chengannur
of Chera kingdom. Ilango Adi was one among the Muthuraja communities because; the
word” Adi “was the sub title of king Mutharayars.
The following
reference about the temple Vijayala Choleeswaram proves that the Chera kings
were Muthurajas.
The temple
Vijayala Choleeswaram was built by a Mutharayar king Ilango Adi Arayan/Ilango
Adi Mutharayar alias Chathambuthi. This is inferred from an inscription under
one of the Dwara- Palakas.
“The
inscription says that the temple was originally built by one sembudi also
called Ilango Adi Arayan, and that is suffered damage by heavy rains and the
same was repaired and rebuilt by one Mallan-Viduman/ Mallan- Vithuman Mutharaya
king also called Tennavan Tamil Adi Arayan in 886 AD.”
More over
The king Chenkuttuva had been admired as “Pani Thurai Parathava” by Paranar in
his book “Pathittu Pathu”. Pani Thurai Parathava means that “The fisherman of
cold sea port”.
Parathavar
was the ancestors of Pandya kings and they were closely related with the
emperors of Chera, Chola Dynasties and they had also matrimonial alliance too.
During the
reign of Chenkuttuva, (sangham period) the caste system had been existed. Hence
The Chilappathikaram would not have been written by Ilango Adi if Kannaki was
not the same clan. It clearly indicates that Chilapathikaram was sponsored by
Mutharayar kings when they were Jain/Buddist rulers.
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