Historical Novels: Ponniyin Selvan vs Kadal Pura

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There is no doubt that PS is more popular than KP among us. The reason is PS talks about everliving greatest king of the Tamils Rajaraja Cholan. But Karunakara Thondaiman is not an unknown character in the history of Tamils. He himself was a pallava king (Sitrarasan) served the Chola dynasty under Anabaaya Cholan. The great Tamil parani poetry Kalingathu parani says what happened in the war between Cholas and kalingas (present Orissa). Jayangodaar praises directly the great of Anabaaya chola chakravarthy but saying the greatness of the war, he portrays how tough Karunakaran was against the Tamils enemy. Anabaaya Cholan is a great grandson of the great Rajaraja Cholan. Chandilyan might have felt Karunakara Thondaiman should be portrayed properly for his war against kalingas and how loyal and close he was to his king and friend Anabaaya Cholan.