Question
Why were the temples destructed by the invaders?
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Answer
- Kings built temples to demonstrate their devotion to God and their power and wealth.
- When they attacked one another's kingdoms, they often targeted these buildings.
- In the early ninth century when the Pandyan king Shrimara Shrivallabha invaded Sri Lanka and defeated the king, Sena I (831-851) it is believed that he removed all the valuables…. the statue of the Buddha made entirely of gold in the Jewel Palace…. and the golden images in the various monasteries.
- The blow to the pride of the Sinhalese ruler had to be avenged. The next Sinhalese ruler, Sena II, ordered his general to invade Madurai, the capital of the Pandyas.
- His expedition made a special effort to find and restore the gold statue of the Buddha.
- In the same way in the early eleventh century, when the Chola King Rajendra I built a Shiva temple in his capital he filled it with prized statues which he seized from defeated rulers.
- A Sun-pedestal from the Chalukvas.
- A Ganesha statue and several statues of Durga.
- A Nandi statue from the eastern Chalukyas.
- An image of Bhairava (a form of Shiva) and Bhairavi from the Kalingas of Orissa.
- A Kali statue from the Palas of Bengal.
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