If you like K pop then this may be good news! Indians have a cool connection with Korea! One of the Queens maybe from Ayodhya!
Surreal!
Do you know what is the word for mother and father in Korean?
Well, it is ‘amma’ and ‘appa!’ By the way the word for grass is ‘pul’ and do day is ‘nal!’ Rice is called ‘Sooru!’
Where have you heard these words before!?
Well, if you are a South Indian or more accurately Tamilian then it is deja vu!
These are the same words! Tamilians also use the same words! In fact we were watching this Korean/English series called the Kim’s convenience and we were pleasantly surprised when we heard these words!
In his latest Novel called the Ayodhya Alliance by Ashwin Sanghi there is a mention of a queen or a princess who came from Ayodhya!
The queen was Heo Hwang-ok also known as Empress Boju was a legendary queen mentioned in Samguk yusa, a 13th-century Korean chronicle. According to Samguk Yusa, she became the wife of King Suro of Geumgwan Gaya at the age of 16, after having arrived by boat from a distant kingdom called “Ayuta”!
The India-South Korea connection revolves around the legend of Queen Heo Hwang-ok who is also known as Princess Suriratna! The legend is the she is said to have traveled from the ancient Indian city of Ayodhya to Korea in the 1st century CE to marry King Suro, the founder of the Karak Dynasty of Geumgwan Gaya!
This story, forms the basis for strong cultural and historical ties between the two nations, symbolized by a dedicated memorial park in Ayodhya and shared cultural heritage between millions of descendants in South Korea!
She married King Suro at the age of 16, and together they founded the Geumgwan Gaya kingdom in what is now Gimhae, South Korea! Many Koreans claim genealogical ties to Queen Heo, viewing Ayodhya as their ancestral home!
In fact there are ongoing efforts to develop Ayodhya and Gimhae as sister cities! Morover a memorial park dedicated to Queen Heo Hwang-ok was inaugurated in Ayodhya in 2001 and has been expanded and upgraded since!
As far as the lineage goes; more than six million present-day Koreans, especially from Gimhae Kim, Gimhae Heo and Incheon Yi clans, trace their lineage to the legendary queen as the direct descendants of her 12 children with King Suro! Now SURO sounds like Sriram! Just saying!
Just saying in words or a short song is also the trademark of the wedding singer aka Adam Sandler!
Now stop listening to K Pop and instead listen to your POP and sleep!
Shubh ratri!
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