{"id":373052,"date":"2026-10-01T16:24:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T10:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=373052"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:24:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T10:54:47","slug":"sengol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sengol\/","title":{"rendered":"Sengol"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The new NCERT Class 9 Social Science textbook mentions the Sengol as a cultural marker of rulership and good governance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Sengol<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Sengol is a <strong>sacred sceptre<\/strong> linked to <strong>righteous governance<\/strong> and the <strong>cultural traditions of ancient Tamil civilisation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Naming:<\/strong> The term Sengol is <strong>derived from the Tamil word \u201cSemmai\u201d, meaning \u201crighteousness\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> The tradition of using the Sengol as a symbol of righteous governance began more than a <strong>thousand years ago during the Chola dynasty.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Symbol of Authority:<\/strong> Emperors carried the Sengol during ceremonial occasions <strong>to represent their authority.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Succession:<\/strong> The Chola tradition <strong>involved handing over the Sengol from one king to another as a mark of succession and legitimacy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Religious Blessing:<\/strong> A <strong>high priest or guru traditionally blessed the new king<\/strong> and <strong>conferred the Sengol.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Symbol of Independence:<\/strong>\u00a0 In <strong>1947<\/strong>, it was used in a ceremony to <strong>symbolize the transfer of power from the British to the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The act <strong>signified the beginning of self-governance<\/strong> and the <strong>transfer of power to the people of India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Post-Independence:<\/strong> After the ceremony, the <strong>Sengol was kept at the Anand Bhavan Museum (Allahabad Museum) for over seven decades<\/strong> before being relocated to New Delhi.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Parliamentary Installation:<\/strong> On <strong>May 28, 2023, the Sengol was formally installed<\/strong> in a dedicated glass enclosure <strong>near the Speaker\u2019s chair<\/strong> during the inauguration of the new Parliament building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Making and Sanctification: <\/strong>The <strong>Sengol presented during the 1947 independence<\/strong> ceremony was <strong>handcrafted by Vummidi Bangaru Chetty<\/strong> and <strong>sanctified by the seers of the Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The new NCERT Class 9 Social Science textbook mentions the Sengol as a cultural marker of rulership and good governance. About Sengol The Sengol is a sacred sceptre linked to righteous governance and the cultural traditions of ancient Tamil civilisation. Naming: The term Sengol is derived from the Tamil word \u201cSemmai\u201d, meaning \u201crighteousness\u201d. Origin:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sengol\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sengol<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-373052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}