In bangalore we ( myself and my friends ( who became fans of chola kingdom after seeing big temple in thanjavur) and when i told them the story of ponniyin selvan) and we started to collect the information and books regarding the chola kingdom, in the mean while need ur help regarding some books names as no where we can find the same in Bangalore and we dont get that much of info abt the new book releases in tamil nadu, last month we went to salem and searched for tamil historical books for more than 2 hrs and finally found an shop and saw some collections, So we believe chennai is the place for the same so have planned to visit there by 6th june ( am sorry i cannot attend 19th progam as i have to attend my friends marriage in thanjavur).
1. Karikalaperuvalathan - We read yavana rani book, and pls advise if there is any more book avbl.
2. Vijayala cholan - We read mohana silai, Pls advise if there is any more book abl.
3. Adithiya karikalan ( son of Vijayala cholan) - We read chozha naatin sorriyan and chola ilavarasan kanavu, Pls advise if there is any more book avbl.
4. Raja raja cholan - We read ponniyin selvan, kaveri maindhan, raja kesari, raja rajan sabatham, pls advise if there is any more book avbl.
5. Kulothunga Cholan - We read kadal pura, and kulothungan sabatham, Pls advise if there is any more book avbl
a cholan, Pls advise if thre is any book avbl regarding this king.
7. Did any one had a chance to read the Sarithira kadhaighal all 4 parts by Gouthama Neelambaran, i just got part 4 and read the book chozha vengai and it was really good. Does all the other 3 parts have the stories of any chozha kingdom too?
8. I read Rajakesari book by Mr. Gokul Seshadri, Pls advise his book Paisasam is about which kingdom? and which king? Bcoz came to know from friends that it is an excellent novel,
I know that i had asked lot of questions, and it would be really annoying for the members.
So am asking for everyones forgiveness and requesting all to kindly give their replies as i dont have any other source in bangalore.
All of your questions are very relevant in our group - so pl feel free to ask more and more questions!
Our member Sundar is the best person to advise you on some of the historic novels you have asked for. Pl consider reading 'The Cholas' by Nilakanta sastri (Madras univ pub).
Reg my book Paisaasam (Thanks for the complements by the way) - it is available in Palaniappa Brothers. (address below). It happens in pandiyan kingdom but it does not involve any king. It portrays the lives of common people in a small village in Pandinadu and a curious indecent involving 'ghosts' from the past!
Palaniappa Bros No 25 Peters Road Royapettah Chennai Ph 28132863
Thanx for the clarification, and i had made a note of the same to buy the book by Neelakanta Shasthrighal, I hope Mr. Sundar would revert back once he is free.
Please contact me 9382313749. I had a collection of 525 historical novels. In case if you have a time, please plan for a visit to Chennai. You can see all the books in one shot.
Dear Sir, That was great! How did you manage to get all the books and read! Truly inspiring... Thank you very much! In your list, I have read only 4 of them :-((((( RgdsVardhini
Since this is a public forum open to all, request you to remove personal details like phone numbers to avoid problems. You can communicate those details through private mails.
Dear members All of us should be very thankful to sundarji for his excellent efforts/ servicein collecting various inforamtion about historical novels and willing to share with others even by giving his personnel phone number, not considering the difficulty in attending the calls. Hats off sundar ji. Many dont know the real service he is doing. A great service sundear ji. Easunum, Easunidam serntha Kalki ponRa sariththira naalval aasiriyarkaLum thankalai enRum vaazththuvaarkaL.
Thank you for your wishes sir. Like you, Anusha, Thivagar, Gokul, Vishvak and SPS encouragement, I hope I will collect more books. I have not added your new book in this list. Once released, I will add the same.
Collection of books - It is a painful experience. Most of the novels are out of stock. I am collecting through Private Lending Libraries and directly approaching the writers. Also preserving the books is next important task and expensive.
Interesting novels - Mostly Kovi, Jegasipiyan, RV, Vikraman, Anusha, Vishvak, Mukilan, Akilan, Na.Pa, Thivagar and Gokuls novels are good and interesting to read apart from Kalki.
Appreciate your enthusiasm but as Mouli said there are many other forms of misuse happening and since our messages are now published on the net it will reach Internet without restriction. You might receive nonsense sms and you cannot stop them at all.
Putting your no within files section is not an issue (access restricted).
> Thanks for your input. My phone no is already in the files folder.
Hi Sunder, I would like to know the nature of these novels. Are these pure fiction or pure history? My interest is more in pure history with facts and proofs, so I would like to know the nature of these novels. -Saurabh
Yes, we do have a problem as for a new books are concerned. But for old books "Bangalore Tamil Sangam" has a very good collection. They had a very good library (note the past-tense).
When we were studying (that was quite some years back) our college St.Joseph's Arts and Science College was the source of Tamil books. The library had all tamil books you could name.
You can still walk into Bangalore Tamil Sangam enrole as a library member, and look for all the books you want.
Thanks for your mail. In fact all historical novels are based on some Truth / findings. It may be 5% to 10% history collected by copper plate / Historical PHD white papers etc. Then the writer collect all the information. It is not easy job to write a historical novel. Very very painful and expensive too. It will take minimum period of even one year to collect the information. So it is not a pure history.
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