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| February 28, 2010 | S Korean delegation pays homage to their royal ancestor in Faizabad | | Faizabad: A 50-member South Korean delegation recently visited the monument dedicated to Queen Heo Hwang-Ok, their royal
ancestor, and paid homage to her at Faizabad city in Uttar Pradesh. Artistes from
India and Korea took part in cultural activities to celebrate the ninth anniversary
of this memorial. Two thousand years ago, Heo Hwang-Ok, a 16-year old princess
from Ayodhya sailed to the Kaya kingdom which is now known as Kimhae city in
Korea and married the ruler of the place, King Kim Suro, founder of the ancient
Korean kingdom of Karack. "Heo Hwang-Ok, she is our traditional girl. In 48 CE,
she married one of our Kings, King Suro. She was one of his wives, and she came to
Korea from India," said Kim Jung Kil, former Minister of Justice, Korea. According
to the legend, Heo's parents had dreamt of King Suro that he had not yet found a
Queen. So her parents told her to go to the King, and marry him. She was the first
queen of Geumgwan Gaya, and is considered an ancestor by several Korean
lineages. It is believed that Queen Heo's descendants number more than six-million,
including the former South Korean President - Kim Dae Jung. A memorial was built
in 2001 in Faizabad, to pay homage to the Queen. Since then every year Queen
Heo's descendants come to India to pay homage to their royal ancestor. "Since I was
excited, I went for Busan Asian Games in Korea I came to know that an Indian
princess was married to a King of Korea. I went to Gimhae and I was welcomed
heartily there. I prayed at King's and Queen's tomb," said Brigadier N B Singh,
Director General, Sports Council and Advisor for Commonwealth Games at
Edinburgh. Archaeologists discovered a stone with two fish kissing each other, a
symbol of the Gaya kingdom that is unique to the Mishra royal family in Ayodhya.
The Koreans regard Mishra as the descendent of Hwang-Ok because his family, like
the Kaya royal family, has two fishes as the insignia.
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