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NATION | Development & Heritage

India’s inspiration

Economic and Strategic

Progress of the Chola era

In the golden age of Indian history, the Chola
emperors had threaded the country into cultural
unity. To promote those cultural values, the central
government is organising programmes like Kashi-
Tamil Sangamam and Saurashtra-Tamil Sangamam.
On July 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed
the Aadi Thiruvathirai Mahotsav at Gangaikonda
Cholapuram temple in Tamil Nadu…

PM Modi said that the economic and strategic progress that
India has reached in the Chola era is still the inspiration for
the country. Rajaraja Chola had created a powerful navy,
and Rajendra Chola had strengthened it further. Historians
consider the Chola period as one of the golden ages of
India. The Chola empire carried forward India’s democratic
traditions. In the coming times, grand statues of Rajaraja
Chola and his son, the eminent ruler Rajendra Chola I, will
be installed in Tamil Nadu.
PM Modi said the special celebration also
commemorates the completion of 1,000 years of Rajendra
Chola-I’s legendary sea expedition to Southeast Asia and
the beginning of the construction of the iconic
To become a
developed nation, Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple, a magnificent example
of Chola architecture. Rajendra Chola-I (AD 1014-1044)
India should was one of the most powerful rulers in history. Under his
prioritise unity, leadership, the Chola empire extended its influence across
strengthen its South and Southeast Asia. PM Modi said today global
navy and defence discussions often focus on water management and
forces, seek new ecological conservation, but India’s ancestors understood
opportunities, and the importance of these issues much earlier. While many
protect its core kings are remembered for acquiring gold, silver, or livestock
values. The country from other regions, Rajendra Chola is known for bringing
is moving ahead, the holy Ganga water. He brought Ganga water from
inspired by this North India and established it in the South. PM Modi
vision. mentioned the phrase “गङ्गाा जलमयम् जयस्तम्बम्” and said that
- Narendra Modi, water was released here in Chola Ganga Yeri, Chola Ganga
Prime Minister Lake, which is today known as Ponneri Lake.

ernment of India, under the leadership of PM Modi, is time, a government has come up with a big scheme
continuously giving top priority to the policies related for the fishing communities in coastal areas. Through
to development here. In the last eleven years, Tamil the Blue Revolution, the government is expanding the
Nadu has had 11 new medical colleges. For the first coastal economy while ensuring inclusive growth. n

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