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The NCERT incorporated the Sengol into its newly released Class 9 Social Science textbook, citing it as a historic symbol marking the transfer of power to Jawaharlal Nehru on the eve of Independence in 1947.
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What It Is
TodayNABARD Grade A 2026: what the 2025 cut-offs changed, and the 90-day planRegister free →- A ceremonial gold-plated silver sceptre rooted in ancient Tamil statecraft
- Historically presented at the coronation of monarchs, as an emblem of righteous rulership, judicial impartiality and adherence to dharma
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Historical Background
- Chola legacy — the tradition originated over a millennium ago under the Imperial Cholas, where the high priest or royal guru handed the sceptre to a newly crowned sovereign, symbolising that temporal authority is subordinate to ethical law
- 1947 — commissioned by the Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam, a centuries-old non-Brahmin Saivite mutt in Tamil Nadu, and crafted by Madras jewellers Vummidi Bangaru Chetty; the five-foot sceptre was presented to Jawaharlal Nehru in August 1947
- Modern installation — preserved for decades at the Allahabad Museum, consecrated by pontiffs of Tamil Nadu Adheenams, and installed beside the Lok Sabha Speaker’s chair in the new Parliament building in May 2023
