Is Ponniyin Selvan a real story?
Ponniyin selvan is not a fake story it is a fictional story based on the historical facts.
What is the story of Ponniyin Selvan?
The book, Ponniyin Selvan or ‘Ponni’s darling son’, is about the Chozha reign during 900-950 AD. The plot revolves on the power struggle and conspiracies around the ruling King Sundara Chozhan and his sons Aditya Karikalan and Arulmozhivarman (later known as the famous Raja Raja Chozhan).
Who is the hero of Ponniyin Selvan novel?
Arulmozhivarman alias Raja Raja Chola-I alias Ponniyin Selvan: One of the two protagonists of the story after whom the novel was named. The youngest son of Sundara Chola. He was raised in Pazhayarai by Periya Piratti and Ilaya Piratti.
Who is Nandini in Ponniyin Selvan?
Nandhini is a villianees in Ponniyin Selvan novel. She is potrayed as a most beautiful women in the whole novel. She came to take revenge Adhitya Karikalan for the death of her lover.
How long will it take to read Ponniyin Selvan?
1.5 YEARS. No one would take this much time as I did. It’s not because am slow at Reading.
Who was the last Chola king?
Rajendra Chola III
-Rajendra Chola III was the last ruler of the Chola Dynasty. He ruled between the period 1246 to 1279 AD. Rajendra took effective control of the dynasty and came to the throne and defeated his brother. The civil war between the two brothers came to an end after Rajendra III killed his brother, Rajarara III.
What is Project Madurai?
Project Madurai is an open and voluntary initiative to collect and publish free electronic editions of ancient tamil literary classics. This means either typing-in or scanning old books and archiving the text in one of the most readily accessible formats (“ETEXTS”) for use on all popular computer platforms.
What is the meaning of Ponniyin Selvan?
[Note: Ponniyin Selvan means “Beloved of the Ponni”. Ponni is the ancient Tamil name for River Cauvery. Prince Arulmozli Varma was popularly known as “Ponniyin Selvan” or “Beloved of the Cauvery”.]
Where can I read Project Madurai etexts?
Distributed through the World Wide Web servers , anyone located anywhere may download a copy for personal use or read what we publish on the internet, free of charge. Since its launch in 1998, Project Madurai etexts are released in Tamil script form as per TSCII (Tamil Script Code for Information Interchange) encoding.
Are there any projects to publish ancient Tamil literature in electronic form?
There are many projects currently active world-wide that attempts to put in electronic form ancient literary works. Project Madurai is an open and voluntary initiative to collect and publish free electronic editions of ancient tamil literary classics.