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Pallavar ja Simhavi u ruled from V.N. 1102 to 1127 and made his empire strong and follower of Jainism.
In V.N. 1127, Mahendra Varman-I ascended to the throne of Pallava dynasty. He was endowed with all round skills, an efficient ruler, poet and a musician. Like his father, he was also keen to extend his empire. He therefore extended his empire in the north upto river K and beyond.
Destroyer of the supreme influence of Jainism in south was a aiva monk Tiruappara who was his (Mahendra Varman-I) contemporary as well as his teacher. Under the influence of his teacher Tiruappara, Mahendra Varman-I left Jain congregation and became a follower of aiva religion.
Another aiva great monk J nasambandhara, who was a contemporary of Tiruappara influenced Pāndya ruler Sundara of Madurai by his miracle producing skills. Sundara also gave up Jainism and became a follower of
aiva religion. Three other names of Sundara P dya are mentioned in the literature, namely, Nedum ra, Kuna Pāņdya and Kubja Pāņdya.
Like Pallavar ja Mahendra Varman-I and Sundara Pāņdya were contemporaries, similarly great aiva monks J nasambandhara and Tiruappara were also their contemporaries. Tiruappara and J nasambandhara are both considered as the fountains of aiva revolution in Tamilnadu and both Pallava ruler Mahendra Varman-I and Sundara Pāndya as the rulers who established aiva religion in south. The period of Mahendra Varman-I rule is estimated as V.N. 1127-1157 (or Vikram 657-687) which appears to be definite also.
Tiru J nasambandhara made Sundara Pāņdya his profound devotee and under his direction had 5000 Jain monks crushed in the oil mill. Similarly Tiruappara made K mc ruler, Mahendra Varman-I as his profound disciple and forcefully converted Jains to aiva religion. Before becoming a aiva saint, Tiruappara was not only a leading Jain monk but was the head of a group of monks in P talipurama. After converting to
aiva religion, he proved to be the biggest destroyer of Jainism.
Till the first half of Vikram 7th century, Jainism was the main, most popular and powerful religion of Tamilnadu. However, during the rule of K mc Pallava ruler Mahendra Varman-I and Pāņdya of Madurai,
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