Social Work
Rajendra Chola was very pious and he converted many of the temples that were originally brick structures into stone shrines just like his mother. Here is an excerpt of his inscription(original in Tamil) from Kolar district in Karnataka:
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and having captured Sangirama Vijaiyattungapanma..etc.- According to the command of sri Rajendra Sola Deva, the general Uttama Sola Brahmamarayan alias Marayan Arumoli, son of Rajendra Sola Brahmamarayan alias Narkanna sri Krishnan Raman, of Keralantaka chaturvedimangalam..caused to be built what had formerly been built of brick in the temple of Pidariyar Kuvalalam in the Kuvalala nadu.. He also granted a perpetual lamp known by the name of Janavarkalpagam to be burned before the goddess for as long as the sun and the moon endure. |
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Kuvalala nadu was the name given to the area around Kolar region.
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