tamil - tamil epic ponniyin selvan - main characters

Tamil epic Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki was first translated to english by C.V. Karthik Narayanan.

Parthiban Kanavu and Sivakamiyin sabadam are some of the other works of Kalki.

People who can read tamil should never ever miss this book.

The main characters in the story are :
Kandaradithar - the late emperor
Sembianmadevi - his wife and dowager queen
Madurantaka Thevar - their son
Paranthaka Sundara Chozhar - the ailing emperor
Vanamadevi - his wife
Aditha Karikalar - their eldest son
Arul mozhi varman - their second son
Ponniyin Selvan - the other name for Raja Raja Cholan
Kundavai - their daughter
Aniruddha Brahmarayar - the prime minister
Chinna Pazhuvettarayar - Commander of Tanjavur fort.
Periya pazhuvettarayar - Treasury keeper and the lord of Pazhuvur
Nandini Devi - his wife
Sambuvarayan - lord of Kadambur
Kandan Maran - his son
Manimekalai - his daughter
Ravidasan, Soman Sambhavan, Idumbankari and Devaralan - Pandiyar Conspirators
Vandiyathevan - a warrior of an impoverished Vana clan and the beloved of Kundavai
Parthibendran - friend of Adita Karikalar
Tirumalai - a vaishnavite spy of the prime minister and Kudandai Astrologer
Sendan Amudan - keepers of the garden
Vani - his mother
Poonkuzhali - boat girl
Mandakini - a lady from Ilangai

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