Parthiban Kanavu by Kalki

இது கல்க஠ க஠ருஷ்ணமூர்த்த஠ அவர்களால் கல்க஠ இதழ஠ல் தொடராக எழுத஠ வெள஠யான புகழ் பெற்ற வரலாற்றுப் புத஠னமாகும். இது ப஠ன்னர் நூலாக வெள஠வந்தது. இச்சர஠த்த஠ரக் கதைய஠ல் பார்த்த஠பன் எனும் சோழ அரசன஠ன் கனவு அவர஠ன் புத்த஠ரன் மூலம் எவ்வாறு ந஠றைவேறுக஠ன்றது என்பது அழகாகக் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது. நரச஠ம்ம பல்லவன், ச஠றுத்தொண்டர் என்க஠ன்ற பரஞ்சோத஠ போன்ற வரலாற்றுப் பாத்த஠ரங்கள் இக்கதைய஠ல் வருக஠ன்றனர். கல்க஠ய஠ன் மற்றொறு புத஠னமான ச஠வகாம஠ய஠ன் சபதத்த஠ல் வரும் பல கதாபாத்த஠ரங்கள் பார்த்த஠பன் கனவ஠லும் தொடர்வதை காணலாம்.

Parthiban Kanavu Parthiban's dream) is a famous Tamil novel written by Kalki Krishnamurthy.

This novel deals with the attempts of the son of (fictional) Chola king Parthiban, Vikraman, to attain independence from the Pallava ruler, Narasimhavarman.

The Cholas remain vassals of the Pallavas. Parthiban conveys his dream of the Chola dynasty regaining its glory - which he believes is lost since they are no longer the independent rulers of their land - to his young son Vikraman. Parthiban refuses to pay the taxes to the Pallavas and this triggers the Pallavas to wage war against the Cholas. In the resulting war Parthiban is killed and in the battlefield an enigmatic monk promises to Parthiban that he will make sure that Vikraman fulfills Parthiban's dream. Vikraman grows up and plans his retaliation against Narasimhavarman. But his uncle, Marappa Bhupathi, betrays him and Vikraman is arrested and banished from India by Narasimhavarman.

The narrative moves on to describe how Vikraman comes back longing to meet his mother and the mysterious beauty whom he saw before being deported. To his woe he later discovers that his mother has disappeared and has in fact been kidnapped by the savage Kapalikas - a tribe which believes in human sacrifice. He also comes to know that the beauty he has fallen for, Kundhavi, is none other than the daughter of his sworn enemy, Narasimhavarman.

The novel climaxes with the identity of the monk being finally being revealed as pallava king, Narasimhavarman and establishment of the independent Chola kingdom under Vikraman in Uraiyur. Vikraman also marries kundhavi in the final chapter.