In search of imprints of Buddhism: Ayiraveli Ayilur
Dr B Jambulingam Having came to know that there was a Buddha in Ayiraveli Ayilur I had been there and saw the Buddha. After more than a decade on the basis of information received from a TV crew stating that there was a Buddha near Musiri I went there and saw the same Buddha. JUNE 1999 Now, over to first trip. On the margins of the seminar held under the auspices of Tamil Nadu Archaeological Society held at Pondicherry, I had the chance of meeting - among man y scholars and friends - Mr C.Santhalingam of Tamil Nadu State Archaeology who informed me about a prevalence of Buddha statue at Ayiraveli Ayilur in Trichy District of Tamil Nadu, which I noted in my diary and eagerly waited for a suitable time to go over there to get the glimpse of it. That was the time when I was very particular to get information on the Buddha statues found in the Chola country and record them so as to document them in my Ph.D.thesis entitled "Buddhism in Chola country. ...