![]() ![]() After Adithan beheads the injured Veera Pandiyan, Nandini joins the Pandya conspirators, vows to take revenge on Adithan and destroy the Chola dynasty. Nandini and Aditha Karikalan loved each other in their childhood, goes the story, but as the association was disliked by the Queen Mother Sembiyan Mahadevi, Nandini fled Pazhayarai and lived in Madurai with Veera Pandiyan. She is a creation of Kalki’s imagination, and is described as the foster sister of Azhwarkadiyan Nambi, a Veera Vaishnava spy who works for the Cholas. The main antagonist of the story is Nandini, who grew up in a priest’s family along with the royal children in Pazhayarai, the ancient capital of the Cholas. To avenge the death of the Pandya king Veera Pandiyan who was killed in battle by Aditha Karikalan, a group of Pandyan soldiers scheme against Adithan. His sons, Aditha Karikalan and Arulmozhi Varman (Ponniyin Selvan, later Rajaraja Chola), successfully conquer Kanchi, Lanka and some lands of the Rashtrakutas (753-982 CE). Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1 belongs to the time when the Cholas, under Sundara Chola, ruled south India. Mani Ratnam has now made the story into a two-part epic movie called Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1. It is probably the greatest novel ever written in the history of Tamil literature. It was later published as a five-volume epic. Kalki, as he was popularly known, published the story of Emperor Rajaraja Chola (Ponniyin Selvan) as a serial in the Tamil magazine Kalki between 19. Now life has come a full circle, Sundari is the only standing one between the three bad men and Shri Chakra.I WAS INTRODUCED TO Kalki R Krishnamurthy’s Ponniyin Selvan (“The Son of Ponni”) when its English translation by my uncle CV Karthik Narayanan was published in 1999. ![]() Rajeshwari loses her life in the sanctum of the goddess’s shrine and promises never to worship the goddess. She is haunted by three devious men who are in pursuit of Shri Chakra, a powerful object of divinity. Sundari’s disbelief towards the goddess is connected to her past incarnation as the Princess Rajeshwari, a great devotee of the goddess. She is a rebel who never misses a chance to speak against the injustice happening around her, especially in the temple and it always lands her in trouble, along with her family. This angers a lot of people around her including her family. But Sundari doesn’t like the goddess, her namesake. Her entire family depends on the temple for their livelihood. Tripura Sundari is a typical village girl, who works at the temple, cleaning and decorating the goddess’s abode. ![]() ![]() After the tremendous success of Devi, its first edition of the franchise that aired three years ago, Mahadevi is ready to entertain the audience once again from September 14. Mahadevi is an enthralling saga of mystery, devotion and magic. ![]()
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