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Why would Pallavas would keep a Chola king's statue in the temple they have built ?. "Ekambareshwarar Temple" in Kanchipuram was built by Pallava Kings which still has his statue of Karikala Cholan in the entrance or "mandapam" in Tamil. The buddhist monk "Bodhidharman" hailed from the same city of Kanchipuram, who then later went to China and has been called as the founder of Shaolin Temple. Chola kings have made every efforts for the growth of varmakkalai and their names too had "varman" which means an exponent in varmakkalai. Ancient method of varmakkalai training involved practicing by punching and kicking in the wood, which made his leg to look like that. Many say that he was named as karikalan because of the fire accident which charred his leg. "Kari" means elephant and "kaalan" means slayer. His name can be translated as "the man with charred leg" or "slayer of elephants". "Karikala Cholan, who is said to be from the period of Sangam Literature approximately 180 A.D is one of the great exponent in Varmakkalai. Though varmakkalai was founded in Pandiya kingdom and slowly disappeared here, it was developed by Chola kings and then this art went to Sri-Lanka, China, Cambodia, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand and other foreign countries. Your post will be available to the audience once it’s approved.Jatavarman Pandiyan (or) Sadaiyavarman a Pandiya king who learnt varmakkalai was a very brave and ambitious warrior king who has won several wars. If you want to share some exciting thing to the world, then create an account and share your post. The information provided is just for knowledge purpose an the readers are requested to find a master to learn this skill.ĭo comment and let me know your suggestions.
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Much martial art has evolved from Varma Kalai like Jiu-Jitsu, kung fu, muay Thai. The art which these people use is called Varma Kalai.
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Most of us might have seen fights in movies where average people knock down large opponents with a single blow to a vital point.