Sembiyan Mahadevi, a 10th-century Chola queen, reshaped Hinduism through temple patronage and art. Her vision turned Nataraja ...

In a way, the Chola empire was actually made by its queens. There’s this truly extraordinary woman in the late 10th century called Sembiyan Mahadevi and she picks up the icon of the god Nataraja ...

A History of the Chola Empire’, the historian Anirudh Kanisetti documents the rise and fall of the Chola royal women, be it ...

A dynasty that introduced the sengol — a sceptre symbolising power that was recently in the spotlight — established ...

One of the most distinguishing features of the Chola Empire was their comfort with diversity. Instead of replacing existing ...

Kanisetti discusses with Ashwitha the role of Sembiyan Mahadevi in building Chola Empire, whether it really had a Navy ...

At every temple in South India, the aarti for the deity is performed by burning a piece of camphor on a platter. Who knew ...

And therefore, a polity like the Chola empire - that was so extraordinary ... very concerted fashion because of this remarkable Chola queen called Sembian Mahadevi, who is a devotee of Nataraja ...

Raja Raja Chola was the emperor who made the ... and learning that made his reign a golden age for the Mughal Empire. Rani Durgavati was a very bold queen who ruled central India.

By the standards of the medieval world, Chola queens were also remarkably prominent, serving as the dynasty's public face. Travelling to Tamil villages and rebuilding small, old mud-brick shrines ...