-Hi chola geneology gets tougher and tougher to decipher by the day and varalaaru.com is talking about pazhuvur geneology.
the switching of the royal heir was a concept that dumas mastered. and kalki was an avid reader of dumas. this along with the info of sembian madevi honouring an image of amarabhujangan(even if it was somebody different)must have triggered off the episode in his mind. but one thing. U T H A MA WHEN ANAGRAMMED( MIXED ) reads AMUTHA. so right from the start he had decided on the flower boy becomes the king story line.
I have read that Kalki kept extensive hand notes and detailed breakup of chapters with references. It will be very useful if such information is still available and accessible. Even though Kalki passed away after writing a few chapters of Amaradhara, his daughter was able to complete the novel with the help of the notes left by him. He also visited the places (including Srilanka) he used in his novels. He might have received additional inputs - may be even from the local people.
It is not a bad idea to collate all the reference material used by Kalki, Balakumaran, Akilan and others. This may be stored in the Files section for use by members.
Study of Indology has been well supported and funded by many universities. Tamil is not so lucky. Millions of man and scholar hours are needed to collect hard evidence, study existing evidence and propose viable theories.
A loose remark about drunk and gold hungry poets has generated lot of hot air, as the recently reported speech by Vairamuthu about inebriated poets. (Kalki magazine was a lead player in this episode) We can now move on.
> the switching of the royal heir was a concept that dumas mastered. > and kalki was an avid reader of dumas. this along with the info of
Dear venkat
Dr Poovannan's Phd thesis "Kalkiyin varalaatru naavalgal - oru aivu" provides rare gilmpses on how he wrote the novel. HE REFERRED ALL THE NOTES OF KALKI WITH THE ACTUAL HISTORY BOOKS HE USED.
In all probability it could have happened like this:
- Kalki first read Cholas in which KAN straight away accused uttama for aditya's murder. This left lasting impression in kalki's mind and hence the character old mathuranthakan. At this point of time he had no intention of making senthan a major character. If you read the initial chapters and the introduction of senthan amudhan you have no clue about what he is going to become..
- The Book "Pirkaalach chozhar sariththiram" came out as the novel was in progress. This book was used page by page by kalki. Here sadasiva pandarathar arguued that KAN was wrong in accusing uttama. Kalki should have been in a fix. But he was a powerful writer who could twist things in a convincing manner
His son rajendran recollects: "...One day kalki was doing sirasaasana and suddenly he got up and said - why not make senthan a raaja?"
Thus the decision to make uttama a pious man was a sudden decision of kalki. If you analyse the events leading to uttama's accession they look slightly confusing. kalki was still powerful enough to convince the readers and nobody made big noise.
Isn't in the first part itself Sundara will tell that the only obstacle is Sembian Madevi??? May be making Senthan an afterthought, but Kalki has sowed the seed of mystery in the first book itself!!!
hi some subtle points kalki had used.he used them as building blocks later but for these sendhan would have been another minor charecter like pinakapani
sendhan constantly sings pommarmeniane the devaram song of his maternal grand mothers house
potrayal of maduranthaka as effeminate
also punkuzhzli wanting to marry only an emperor.
but we could all look for clues in the first book itself
but whenever kali made these dramatic changes he got stuck. here it was smooth
once kalki portrays a scene where malayaman tell his grandson ak about the celebrations on his birthday. how all his uncles and granpas attended and how the acquired wealth of 3 generations were spent. but somewhere earlier we are told tht a sip wrecked sundara is brought back to be crowned ater all those ahead of him in the line to the throne have died suddenly. so how come they were all there in the wdding? venketesh
In ch.22 vol 2, Senthan Amudan is met by Kundavai and Vanati in th eprison. He does not want to be released when Kundavai offers to do so; the reason he offers -" Please don't. The man in the next cell is willing to reveal a secret - where the crown and jwellery of the Pandya king is hidden. Please keep me here till I learn this secret."
Now, Karuthiruman, the prisoner, who knew about the switched children, does not talk about the second secret. Either he did not reveal all his cards, or did not know that the other prisoner was royal. Or Kalki had not made up his mind about Sendan Amuthan.
Sampath
>At this point of time he had > no intention of making senthan a major character. If you read the > initial chapters and the introduction of senthan amudhan you have no > clue about what he is going to become.. >
If a prisoner know about Pandya kings hidden treasure, i do not think he would be kept in peace even in a jail.
Karuthiruman refer's that he had been imprisoned at the order of Anbil bramarayar, so if he was being held in secret it should have been for some other secret he knew which Bramaryar was also aware. I also think from the start Kalki portrayed Uttama as a lesser mortal rather than a heir a ferocious clan. I guess Kalki would have decided that Uttama was not Sambien's son from the start, but may be undecided whom to replace as Uttama and later may be decided on Senthan.
the clues to the thoughts in a writer's mind come often from the naming of the charecters. kalki had a freedom in only a few.
amuthan, nanthini, pungkuzhali,mandakini, kandamaran sambuvarayan the rest were historical charecters thrust on him
kanda suriya sambuvarayan was a chieftan with temple building of thiruvakkarai. name comes closest to kandamaran. pungkuzhali is the name of a goddess in a temple close to manalmedu amuthan and uthama must have been linked. nandini's meaning we can reach but we need kalki's notes.
In case, you would want to store such informatioin electronically, I would suggest that we have our own source, trusting yahoogroups to keep all your files safe is not a good idea.