Madurantakam || 1798 లో బ్రిటిష్ కలెక్టర్ ని రక్షించిన శ్రీ రాముడు || HG Maha Vishnu Dasa

Madurantakam || 1798 లో బ్రిటిష్ కలెక్టర్ ని రక్షించిన శ్రీ రాముడు || HG Maha Vishnu Dasa

British Collector who saw Lord Rama

During British rule, Colonel Lionel Blaze was the collector of Chengalpattu District near Chennai. Madurantakam, a nearby town has a huge lake. Every year the monsoon rains filled the lake and many a time it overflew or its banks breached. During his collectorship between 1795 and 1799, Col. Blaze camped there to oversee the repairing of the banks.

When he saw big granite pillars in the famous ancient Rama temple he told that they could be used for strengthening the banks of the lake. The priests objected to the proposal saying that Rama would protect the town. But the collector insisted that if God could protect the lake why was it breached several times. But he wanted to wait and see what happens in the next few days’ rains.

The lake was full to the brim. A worried collector was supervising the banks at the dead of night. Suddenly he saw a flash of light and there stood two people with bows and arrows walking on the banks of the lake. The rain also stopped and nothing untoward happened. The collector knew that it was Lord Rama and his brother Lakshmana who were guarding the lake.


He had seen those pictures in the local temple. Collector Blaze’s name is in the inscription in the temple and the temple was renamed as Eri Katha Ramar in Tamil meaning ‘Rama who saved the Lake’ temple. It is on record that Col. Blaze along with Robert Clive had donated jewelry to the temples in that area including Kancheepuram.
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