RĀMĀNUJA ITIHĀSA: Decoding the identity of Krimikaṇṭha Chola and the Muslim invader at Melukote

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About the book : 

The book “Rāmānuja Itihāsa: Decoding the identity of Krimikaṇṭha Chola and the Muslim invader at Melukote” is set on a detective tone to resolve two historical mysteries in Rāmānuja’s life that have far reaching implications for our understanding of the history of the medieval Cholas and the unrecorded earliest incursion of Islamic iconoclasts into southern India in the 11th century CE after the death of Mahmud of Ghazni.

In the course of finding out the answers for two questions – on who persecuted him and who looted the deity of Melukote – the book explores Rāmānuja’s journey from Srirangam to back to Srirangam in the course of which later day history is also revealed, of the destruction spree of Tipu Sultan on the temples and monuments associated with Rāmānuja when he came to know that the martyrdom of the Ghazi who looted the deity of Melukote was made wasteful by Rāmānuja by having successfully restored the looted property. Rāmānuja was perhaps the one and only person in the entire history of struggle against the Muslim invaders in having reclaimed the stolen property without any violence or blood shed.

The book further brings to the fore the identity of the Chola King who had thrown out the Main Mūrti of Lord Govindarāja of Chidambaram into the sea. Rāmānuja managed to protect the processional mūrti of Govindarāja by installing the deity at Tirupati.

Supported by multiple evidences and photographs from a field trip on the trail of Rāmānuja, this book is an intellectual feast to both history enthusiasts and the disciples of Rāmānuja.

About the author : 

Authored six books. Independent researcher. Freelance writer since 1990. Ph.D. in Astrology from PSTU, Hyderabad, India. With her strength in connecting the missing links in the ancient texts and interpretation of the same, she is known for her research and write-ups in Indology, Hindu Epics, validation of the traditional date of Mahabharata, Pre-history, Ramanujacharya’s history, Tamil Sangam literature and Astro-meteorology.