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It goes by several similar names, such as Madanakamarajan Kathai in Tamil and Madana Kamaraju Kathalu in Telugu. [1] [2] It collects stories told in South India, some of which are also found in Sri Lanka. [3] [4] [5] The frame story, like that of the Arabian Nights, involves the narration of stories to gain time. The prince Madanakāmarāja ...
Thuppariyum Sambu is a detective short-story series in Tamil, written by Indian writer Devan in the early 20th century. [1] The novel's protagonist is Sambu, a not-very-intelligent bank clerk in middle age, who solves difficult crime puzzles out of serendipity but is quick to explain as well as take credit.
Perumal Murugan was born in 1966 to a family of farmers who had small land holdings near Thiruchengodu, a town in Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu.His father, a farmer, supplemented the family's income by running a soda shop in a cinema theatre in Thiruchengode. [5]
Nakkīraṉãr, sometimes spelled Nakkirar or Nakkiranar, was a post-Sangam era Tamil poet. [1] [2] He is credited with the devotional poem to the Hindu god Murugan in the Pattuppāṭṭu anthology, titled Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai.
Pudhumaipithan was the first Tamil writer to successfully use a dialect of Tamil other than that of Chennai or Tanjore. Most of his characters spoke the Tirunelveli dialect. His stories were set either in Madras or in Tirunelveli, the two places where he spent considerable portions of his life. His writing style had a mixture of colloquial and ...
Mowni was the pen name of Tamil fiction writer S. Mani Iyer (1907–1985). Born at Semmangudi, Mowni, was one of the most significant writers of short stories in the first wave of the Tamil Renaissance. He received his high school education in Kumbakonam and lived there for fourteen years after marrying.
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Kadal Pura (Tamil: கடல் புறா, lit. Sea Pigeon) is a Tamil language historical novel written by Sandilyan. The story is based on the ancient Tamil Chola dynasty. It was named after the fictional ship built by the Chola Commander Karunakara Tondaiman, who later became King Tondaiman.