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Kanni Maadam

Kanni Maadam- Book Review..


First of all, writing the pure Tamizh names to echo the same is really tough.. However here is my take..

I must appreciate the writer for writing it so lengthy. Even though in few places the description of the situation is dragging, but is not failing to impress neither it is hurts the story line..

The storyline, takes back to the world of king and war! Once upon a time, Tamilnadu was open to dangerous. Everyone wants to rule it because of the wealth or someone gave them space to stay!

The story revolves around Madurai and Nellai. During that time, the primary rulers were Pandiyas  (Madurai) and Cholas (Nellai). During the thayathi war, Parakrama pandya was killed by Kulasekhara Pandiya. Before dying, he sought help from Illangarapuran to fight with Kulasekaran. Illllangarapuran defeated Kulasekara Pandyan and made Veerapandiyan as king i.e Parakirama Pandya’s son. So it become like a joke i.e I am wearing a shirt but it is not mine.. or in same line, Rajiv Gandhi and Soniya Gandhi.  Hence, Veerapandiyan is not keen in kingdom/ Mostly, he preferred to spend time on anthapuram with Madhavi i.e Illangarapuran daughter -in-law.  Due to his ignorance on state affairs, Illangarapuram started taking advantage of Tamilian and wealth. He was slowly moving the wealth from Tamilnadu to Lanka.

People started hating Veera panidyan for his ignorance but still no one raised voice against him. They were few who wanted freedom from Lanka. The only person who could do that is Abharajithan , Veera pndiyan’s brother , highly skilled warrior and leader.

On the other side, Kulasekara Pandiya was waiting for his time to rule over again Madurai and get rid of Illangapuran.  Interestingly, to win over Illangarapuran, he needed additional support from Mazhavaraya!  Knowing that Kulasekara pandiyan wants to initate a war, Veerapandya required additional support from Mazhavarayan. Both parties needs to handshake with Mazhavarayan and whoever wins the deal would be ruling Madurai!   The way of handshaking is to get Kuzhali married to one of the king. In-short, whoever marries Kuzhali will be getting support of Mazhavarayan and his army!

Due to certain circumstances and to make the situation much more simple, Kuzhai gets herself kidnapped with the help of Adigalar and veera pandiya (Kulasekaran’s Son) and hide herself in Kanni Maadam.  Kannai Maadam was constructed in a such way that it cannot be broken that easily. With the serious of events , Abharajithan happen to protect the Kanni Maadam.  

Finally, story is how Illangarapuran is send out of Tamil nadul and who marries Kuzahali…

Climax is that Tamil nadu is free from Lanka and Abharajitha marries Kuzahali where both of them loses their position in kingdom and live a normal life in Kanni Maadam..


Saritha Subramanian




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