12-27-2008, 08:03 PM
It is "said" that a Pandayan King put 8000 Jaina monks to death - by impaling them. The King was a Jain. But his wife and his ministers were Hindus. The Queen and her Ministere invites Jannasambandar (a Hindu) to the Kingdom. After some "miracles" and debates he converts the King back to Hinduism. After this the King is "supposed" to have impaled the Jaina monks.
KAN considers this as a legend and does not admit this as History. Another tamil writer considers that people have mistook the word "ennayaram" to be eigth thousand, whereas it is actually a place.
But several folks do not consider this to be a legend.
What is the ruling of the members here? Would you say since there is a painting on this subject, it can be assumed there is some truth to the story. Or would you say the entire thing is a fiction? Or there is some truth, but the number 8000 is hugely exaggerated?
The north west wall: http://web.mac.com/mvbhaskar/Naayakaa/No..._Wall.html
The actual picture in discussion: http://web.mac.com/mvbhaskar/Naayakaa/Digi...ace_Part_6.html
KAN considers this as a legend and does not admit this as History. Another tamil writer considers that people have mistook the word "ennayaram" to be eigth thousand, whereas it is actually a place.
But several folks do not consider this to be a legend.
What is the ruling of the members here? Would you say since there is a painting on this subject, it can be assumed there is some truth to the story. Or would you say the entire thing is a fiction? Or there is some truth, but the number 8000 is hugely exaggerated?
The north west wall: http://web.mac.com/mvbhaskar/Naayakaa/No..._Wall.html
The actual picture in discussion: http://web.mac.com/mvbhaskar/Naayakaa/Digi...ace_Part_6.html