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Raja Desingu of Gingee
A Rajput prince from Bundelkhand named Tej Singh came to Gingee in Tamil Nadu and became a local hero named Raja Desingu. His story is still told in local ballads and street performances like Therukoothu and Poi-Kal-Kuthirai, and even the Burra-Katha tradition of Andhra. It was even made into a Tamil biopic in the 1960s, featuring MGR. Who was Raja Desingu?
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1. Poster for Raja Desingu
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2. Poi-Kal-Kudhirai
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3. Poi-Kal-Kudhirai attam performer
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4. Orchha Fort and Bridge
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5. Aurangzeb’s Durbar
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6. Mughal Empire, 1707
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7. Nawab Saadatullah Khan
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Komentáře

  • @pwinze3536
    @pwinze3536 Před hodinou

    Tippu sultan may his soul rest in peace 🕊️ Was the first freedom fighter of india ❤

  • @SomeshSingh.
    @SomeshSingh. Před 4 hodinami

    Qutub Minar was built by brutally destroying 27 Jain temples and few Hindu temples by Mleccha Islamic invãders !

  • @navinkumarpk86
    @navinkumarpk86 Před 12 hodinami

    Thousands of Indians travelled to the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and even China in centuries past. Someone needs to identify when and why this ridiculous custom came into being.

  • @dr.s.k.jainmrs.vinodjain8764

    Doubtful that the invaders built it. Like all other pre existing structures it was usurped by them.

  • @shamdoundyakhed5314
    @shamdoundyakhed5314 Před 15 hodinami

    ❤❤❤

  • @CalmSoul.514
    @CalmSoul.514 Před dnem

    Proud of Tamil Nadu and Tamil culture They have preserved their heritage very well

  • @waltherrathenau7716

    I don't believe the fact that till 8 century kings had no knowledge of building temples by placing stones one over the other. They were doing that from times unknown

    • @tharun541
      @tharun541 Před 21 hodinou

      I heard in the Tamil community, bricks,mortar were used to build temples during Sangam times. Stone was not seen as auspicious since 1. they were used as memory stone for the dead (called as Nadukal) and 2. Stones were used in Buddhist and Jain temples. So, stone was unacceptable by Tamil Hindus at that time. It was only during the later period, Pallavas revolutionised by introducing stones as the main material for temples by introducing cave temples and monolithic structures. This was done because temples made with stone withstand extreme weather conditions like floods. Later they started building structured temples, so they don't have to build temples at the stone source and can raise them to whatever height you want.

  • @ansuthomas9332
    @ansuthomas9332 Před dnem

    Truly incredible..

  • @thestormbreaker6221

    A small correction is that the kushans didn't belonged to any indo greek dynasties . They were belonged to yuzhies ( A tribe which used to reside in Xiognu region of modern china ) but they later migrated towards central asia and then they reached india .

  • @swedhamurugesh
    @swedhamurugesh Před dnem

    Wow ,wonderful information 😮

  • @Aanandlahar
    @Aanandlahar Před 2 dny

    Thanks but Alexander the great idiot in 1600s?

  • @anuragchand
    @anuragchand Před 2 dny

    We have bhirrana in haryana having remains from 8000 bc and now just to please someone's regional aspiration, one says Tamil is the oldest civilization 😂

  • @veryfastcar100
    @veryfastcar100 Před 3 dny

    What an amazing description of an Apostle’s outreach.

  • @prashanthj807
    @prashanthj807 Před 3 dny

    Looks like a propoganda video

  • @navinkumarpk86
    @navinkumarpk86 Před 3 dny

    What about the Muslim and Christian communities?

  • @basamnath2883
    @basamnath2883 Před 3 dny

    I went to college in Tamil Nadu. Great culture.

  • @hardeeprajput6564
    @hardeeprajput6564 Před 3 dny

    As a Maratha we will always be debt of Tamil people for saving and king and keeping his legacy Sabhasad bakhar alive.

  • @utpalkhardenavis2889

    Don't we need proof of large no. of people living in an organized manner, using modern tools for that time to call it as a civilization? A few examples of skeletons don't suffice.

  • @srik88
    @srik88 Před 3 dny

    Great channel & content, keep up the great work 👍🏾

  • @KSHdsktp
    @KSHdsktp Před 3 dny

    It feels kinda funny to see that people just forget the history even if their civilization or race exist continuously on the same land.

  • @sganesh88
    @sganesh88 Před 3 dny

    Great video. Please do more like this. Maybe some long duration podcast interviews on site?

  • @yogeshlokhande1336
    @yogeshlokhande1336 Před 3 dny

    In school time, I dislike history subject because it was difficult to remember & boring. But Discovery channel made it easy & interesting.

  • @xavier9476
    @xavier9476 Před 4 dny

    Chera 🏹 Chola 🐅 Pandya 🎏 Pallava 🦁 Ay 🐘 The great Tamil Empires 🔥

  • @harishsingh6036
    @harishsingh6036 Před 4 dny

    Still descendents live in Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh..

  • @Perfectsound88
    @Perfectsound88 Před 4 dny

    Aurengazeb giving commander position.Do you have a proof, I strongly oppose such a ruthless invader ever appointed local commander and gave him Land OMG, are you from whitewashing community.

  • @WisdomPrevails369
    @WisdomPrevails369 Před 4 dny

    What number year is it in Hinduism??

  • @ractmo
    @ractmo Před 4 dny

    As an north Indian I find it very interesting that how diverse this country is. Here we are discussing about another ancient civilization that is growing parallelly with other Indian civilization. So coool

  • @siddharthshekhar909

    Very interesting video!

  • @ExpertMindCAclasses

    7:29 💯

  • @abominusrex3205
    @abominusrex3205 Před 6 dny

    It’s a very large fort. Actually made up of 2 separate forts. Takes a day to checkout every thing inside. Just like any other fort, it changed hands many times and hence you would find many cultural, religious influences inside.

  • @fullstackspiderman
    @fullstackspiderman Před 6 dny

    Tamil is the oldest language on earth, once spoken all over the world, till date more than 50,000 places around the world are in Tamil names.. ❤❤❤❤❤ Sivagalai artifacts proves Tamil is way older than dated by Keeladi..

  • @fullstackspiderman
    @fullstackspiderman Před 6 dny

    Tamil is the oldest language on earth, once spoken all over the world, till date more than 50,000 places around the world are in Tamil names.. ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @srirambalakrishnan1990

    I have visited the church in St thomas mount. Very peaceful. Mind will be at peace here.

  • @QED2222
    @QED2222 Před 6 dny

    Great content.

  • @kabilanmahi2380
    @kabilanmahi2380 Před 6 dny

    False

  • @newsjourney24
    @newsjourney24 Před 6 dny

    Interesting story ❤

  • @k.p.ramakrishnan5241

    Where did you get the story the original cask ets were divided into 84000 caskets.comparable to 16000 krishna, s wifes. No mention of one at the patna museum.also one shown at Baroda every 12 years or so. Another one collected from an unearthed bihar stupa by an british archeoligist with clear brahi inscription.

  • @earavichandran
    @earavichandran Před 6 dny

    Nicely narrated ❤❤

  • @Darth_manick
    @Darth_manick Před 6 dny

    Wow.. Such a gem of content u guys give

  • @chandra_has
    @chandra_has Před 6 dny

    Just history....no masala, no shouting and no jingoism

  • @RC-br1ps
    @RC-br1ps Před 6 dny

    Thank you.

  • @sirocco7151
    @sirocco7151 Před 6 dny

    Love these nuggets of history.

  • @gjayar
    @gjayar Před 6 dny

    Can you be a bit slower? Your diction is not the problem. But while listening to you, making sure that I read and understand the written explanations becomes a challenge… (for eg I had to rewind and read about the finial stone separately..) thank you for the wonderful series.

  • @gobimurugesan2411
    @gobimurugesan2411 Před 6 dny

    That Chola time dresses r nothing like shown in Ponniyin Selvan movie...lol

  • @hiskrupa
    @hiskrupa Před 6 dny

    Hi .. thanks for this enlightening presentation. I think you should change your messaging from “Christianity” (a western and somewhat misunderstood imperialist view) to Sri Yeshu Bhakti - devotees of Lord Jesus . And in your research add the preCE Jews who were living in western kerela - a big reason why Apostle Thomas may have come via the trade routes to prove to them from scriptures that Jesus is the expected Messiah - Maharaja. I think this will be more accurate and appeal to Indian audiences in intelligible ways.

  • @sree1010
    @sree1010 Před 7 dny

    You are making a myth a history. St. Thomas was just a story

  • @anirudhmc6890
    @anirudhmc6890 Před 7 dny

    Very nice information 😊👍

  • @vinsin328
    @vinsin328 Před 7 dny

    Tulsidas was under the Mughals and was more worried about promoting Brahmavad (cows) and saving Ram idols from the Mughals, not Hinduism. Jains collectively decided in the 13th century to become vegetarian and slowly commit suicide to finish Janinism on the orders of Ashadhara. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu also spread Brahmavad (cows) and Krishnanism, not Hinduism. He adopted ideas from Jainism and supported a Brahmanical diet called Satvic.

  • @tharun541
    @tharun541 Před 7 dny

    Make one video on Dharasuram Airavatheshwara Temple of Kumbakonam, Thanjavur. Exquisite sculptures with musical stairs

  • @tharun541
    @tharun541 Před 7 dny

    Excellent. Should bring more such videos focussing on temple architecture of Tamil Nadu and other south Indian states as well. Will be interesting to have videos on sculptures, history of Tamil kings etc