The book, that really made my cheeks wet - many times for which I'm happy too.Its not often you find a book that makes you deep involved with itself so much that it makes you forget your food and curse your body when it wants to take even a short break. I really went through this horryfying experience of continued reading for straight 18 hours, took a short nap and then started back again. Such is the narration that you hardly feel you are in this world. It's not a simple task to extract water from air - such is the author's ability to build a 6 volume book just out of a single line - "The construction of Brihadeeswara Temple". I simply still cant digest the fact that the story-line is very simple but ran for thousands of pages. Even if it were for a person who would have stayed besides Raja Raja - he would never have written such volumes about the great King's daily experience during the temple's construction. And many a times, you would surely earn why couldn't you have lived (probably yes) during the King's era. That would make you sob many a times for having missed a "greater-than-life" opportunity. It's not about the King itself rather its about the society and people as a whole that will moist your eyes. Such a wonderful journey was the reading of this book.Simply put, you can't read this book - you have to EXPERIENCE it...... ஆறு பகுதிகள். தஞ்சை பெரிய கோவிலையும் அதை சிறப்பாக கட்டி முடித்த இராஜராஜ சோழனையும் பற்றியது. அவ்வளவு பெரிய கோவிலை எப்படி கட்டியிருப்பார்கள்? கட்டும் போது என்னென்ன இடற்பாடுகள் ஏற்பட்டிருக்கும்? அந்த பிரச்சினைகளை எப்படி சமாளித்திருப்பார்கள்? கட்டுமானத்திற்கு தேவையான பொருட்களும், கோவில் கட்ட, சிலை செதுக்க ஆட்களும் எப்படி கிடைத்திருப்பார்கள்? என்பதை பற்றியெல்லாம் தெளிவாக எழுதியுள்ளார்.
What do You think about Udayaar (2000)?
Its all about Raja Raja Cholan's quest to built Brahadisvara Temple.A sequel to Ponniyan Selvan.
—lallase
