Chennai, July 23 -- A pillar of victory erected by the great emperor Rajendra Chola to commemorate his successful military expedition of the Gangetic plains, lying in ruins in Ariyalur district, will be restored to its pristine glory and enhance irrigation, Chief Minister MK Stalin announced on Wednesday.
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to participate in the 1000th birth anniversary of the monarch, whose rule extended up to the Gangetic plains in the north to present-day Indonesia in the far east, at Gangaikonda Cholapuram, lying 250 km south of Chennai, and release a commemorative coin on July 27, the ruling DMK can't allow saffron appropriation of the valiant Tamil king.
The birth anniversary of Rajendra-I, son of emperor Raj...