பொன்னியின் செல்வன் [Ponniyin Selvan]

Its my all time favorite. I have read this book about 15 times and would read it even more times in my life I have read this putting myself in the place of 1. வந்தியத்தேவன்2. பூங்குழலி3. குந்தவை4. ஆழ்வார்க்கடியான்5. அருள்மொழிவர்மன்6. நந்தினிand moreThe characters I like the most is 1. வந்தியத்தேவன்2. பூங்குழலி3. கர� [...]

தமிழின் மிக சிறந்த வரலாற்று நாவல்களில் மிகவும் முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்தது. இந்த புத்தகம் படித்த பிறகு தஞ்சாவூர் மற்றும் இலங்கை போய் ஒரு முறை சுற்றி பார்க்க வேண்டும் என்று கட்டாயம் அனைவ� [...]

Ponniyin SelvanKalkiDone with Ponniyin Selvan! I would say, I have been living a life with the kings, the princes, the warriors and the other characters of Ponniyin Selvan from the day I started reading the novel. The novel narrates the story of the Chozhas and their beautiful lives in the 11th century.Kalki is the main reason I loved the book. The novel is complete in all aspects. It has history- centering around the real historical characters and incidents, romance, bravery and what not? Most [...]

Ponniyin Selvan is a Tamil historical fiction novel written by Kalki based on real events. It narrates the story of Arulmozhivarman (later crowned as Rajaraja Chola I), one of the kings of the Chola Dynasty during the 10th and 11th centuries. This historic novel serialised for a period of three and a half years. The story is based in the 11th century Tamil empire of the legendary Cholas (Chozhas), with the great Raja Raja Chola being one of the characters. Other characters are interspersed into [...]

கல்கி ஒவ்வொரு முறையும் தஞ்சையைப்பற்றி வர்ணிக்கும் பொழுதெல்லாம்கண் முன்னே நான் சுற்றிய இடங்கள் தோன்றும்.முதல் அத்தியாயம் , ஆடி பெருக்குடன் துவங்கும்.நான் சிறு வயதில் ஆடிப்பெருக்கிற்� [...]

This book is just amazing. It has everything in it. It gives one hell of a roller coaster ride where you can come across art, history, philosophy and more. You will end up loving all the characters whether its protagonist or antagonist. Kalki's words and use of language is just mind blowing. I wonder how he had such an amazing knowledge about history, literature, psychology etc This is my first book that I read in my Tamil Language and I am very much happy about it.

ஆதி அந்தமில்லாத கால வெள்ளத்தில் கற்பனை ஓடத்தில் ஏறி நம்முடன் சிறிது நேரம் பிரயாணம் செய்யுமாறு நேயர்களை அழைக்கிறோம்.When I read this first line and subsequently a chapter of this epic in Tamizh, I immediately realised how lame I had been to read the English translation. The greatness of the Tamizh [...]

Lot of information about the activities of various kings came from inscriptions like these as well as copper plates like the Anbil one. The Thiruvalangadu copper plates state, “The Chozha people were very keen that after Sundara Chozhan, Arulmozhi Varman should ascend the throne and rule their country. But Arulmozhi Varman respected the right of his Uncle Uttama Chozhan, the son of his father’s younger brother, Kandaradithan, to the throne and crowned him King”.This was my first Indian his [...]

Excellent First read it to understand the plot. Sencond time, for deeper plot understandingThird time, read it completely with narrations of even silliest things. Fourth time and subsequent times, to answer your doubts and for the happiness that this book provides you. How did the author taught me about Chola a branch of chola dynasty? How did the author tell that there is no good or bad. There are only views and actions based on views ? I would have read many novels and will read many more. Ho [...]

Good At the end of every chapter,there is a suspense.

I am not even a worthy person to write a review about the greatest historical novel I have ever read in both tamizh and english put together. For those who are curious to know the premise, it is basically about the life of a great chola(kingdom in south india circa. 1000 AD) king 'Raja Raja Chola' before he ascended the throne. It is narrated by a Vandhiya thevan who is also one of the protagonist. The story takes place during the time of political instability in the chola kingdom or to put it p [...]

Many thanks to Kalki for bringing me the habit of reading books!!. When I was pursuing my Master's degree at Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, it was happened to read Kalki's "PARTHIBAN KANAVU" (thanks for my room-mate a good reader then), ofcourse I started the novel by 7.10 pm as a short time pass until the dinner 7.30 pm. But I was trapped by his writing and I lost my dinner that night and finally put down the book after 12.00. I never thought of reading a full book before, but it [...]

One of the best books in Tamil literature. When I am about to buy this book, I had a hesitation, Can I go ahead and buy because of the obvious fear, will I be able to read 1500 or more pages of this book? will I ever complete? But, after I started reading, I was happy for my decision to buy this book. The very first page drawn me and as with each page, I am more and more excited to know whats next. To my surprise, I completed the book over a weekend.The story of ancient Tamil kings and the polit [...]

One of my most favorite books. Read all the 6 volumes about 3 times and I still cant get enough of it. I live in USA and whenever I miss my days in Pudukkottai(thats where I started reading this) I start reading a couple of pages from this. The characters are so well justified and every character is unique. My favorite is vandhiyathevan :-)

Best book I have ever read. All tamils please read this book atleast once

இலவசமாக் பொன்னியின் செல்வனை பதிவிறக்கம் செய்ய dropbox/s/tdhazvuhghiWelcome to Ponnyin Selvan Group/group/show/1The best Tamil Historical novel about Chola dynasty. Most of the story based on Archaeological findings, Ancient Tamil poems, Stone and brone inscriptions, the great Thanjai Periya kovil (Temple) built by the Great Raja Rajan Chola,and folks.No one can beat the story telling and presentation of this novel. [...]

For the first 10 to 20 pages, i wondered why everybody likes this book. but after that, i gone mad about this ,I never felt like closing the book. i suggested to all of my friends. Basically i am from thanjavur (where the story belongs to), felt like how did i missed this till the time?

A spectacular novel on medieval cholas. I can now understand what that hype was all about. This is one of the best historical fiction that I have ever read, the other best being 'Sivakamiyin Sabatham' by the same legend. The characters here are strong, dynamic and have an ulterior motive. One even sympathizes with the anatagonist, Nandhini. Sometimes I even suffer from Stockholm syndrome wishing good ending for her. Such is her beauty, charisma and brains. The characters on the other end of the [...]

I am seriously out of words to describe this EPIC of a novel by the GREAT Amarar Kalki!! But if there's one word to describe this book, it would be "BRAMMAANDAM"!!! This novel would make its readers want to travel to all the places mentioned in it. I'm so proud to be a Thamizhian!!Reading this book took me to a whole new world where I saw myself with the characters of this book.My favourite charcters from this book are:1. Vanthiyathevan2. Kundhavai3. Poonguzhali4. Oomai Rani5. Arulmozhi Varman6. [...]

The famous book among Tamil people and it is a good read too. I got craze in this story because of my college friends, we used to call ourselves the characters from the book and play small drama at hostels. But was not knowing why this story is important.en I started to read this book after graduation when I got a break before post-graduate admission. Wow!! it is because of this book, I got interested to know more about Tamil history, the joy of reading no one can express it in words. There is T [...]

The ultimate journey of history - that's how this book should be termed. From the boring lectures and yawns of classrooms, Kalki - the author developed a "class apart" for history with his own style of narration and vivid exemplifications. Leave aside the story about Raja Raja, after whom the book is named - its the fascinating experience that the author has brought right in front of our faces while reading this book. Anyone is certain to experience the "historic age path" when they read this bo [...]

Easily the best book i have ever read so far. The way the author takes you through the 2000 pages is simply stunning. Practically glues you to the book. addictive, rich in characterization. The fact that this was actually a 1950 weekly magazine's serial that ran successfully for 3 years is overwhelming. I would have died out of anxiety to experience this epic novel in a weekly basis. Thanks to the awesome compilation, i am alive to tell the tale ! Man, there should have been a 'my best book' tag [...]

It took me months to wake myself out of Thanjai, Ilangai and basically out of the Ponniyin Selvan world. It was Fantasy as never experienced before. The characters are still alive even years after reading this master-piece. Thibika Shanmugam's illustrations brought the whole Chozhan dynasty to life. Poonkuzhali is one awesome lady and she has earned my admiration through out the novel. LOVED HER!!

One of the best novels which i read. Amazing description of the characters and perfect plot of the story.Arul Mozhi varman will wander around our mind and heart even after we completed this Epic. Not only him, Vanthiya thevan and many other characters will also capture some good quantity of flesh from our heart.One of the very few novels which i have planned to read it again.

Here we go!Finished reading this finally.Everybody in my family had already read it.The book lived to the hype it had created in me and made me realize the true genius of Kalki.If you ever want to name a book as "page turner",it is this one.A pure historical fictionMy sister had read this one more than 4 times when she was 18.Now I see why!

Ponniyin selvan is one of the finest historical fiction in tamil,you can't shelve this book in one genre has loads of everything - historical facts,romance,action,comedy,thrillerny of them tried this novel to cinema but could'nt,thats shows the scale of this masterpieceA MUST READ!!!!!

Unbelievable novel. A masterpiece. Makes you want to go back by centuries and live in the Chola era. A rare gem of a novel. Must-read!!

I am an amateur reader. Ponniyin Selvan is the first Tamil novel I‘ve ever read. Initially, while holding 2400 page novel, I doubt whether I could finish reading this book or not, and finally I do finished reading it. Author Kalki has meticulously mixed the great history of Chola kingdom with an interesting fictional plot, which makes us involuntarily turn pages. The story happens during medieval Chola period, under the rule of Sundara Cholan. It is a perfect mix of politics, romance, and hist [...]

This would be my first review of a book in my whole life time. This is the first time i read a book contains more than 500 pages.When I started this book I regretted most of the time thinking about what I have been doing my whole life without reading this book.First thing is I was totally into it. The way they the author described the characters and the way story moves rapidly into our heart Wow no words describe that feel. It explains the culture of cholas and about their friends and foe's. The [...]

I was amazed by his spectacular command over the Tamil language and his imaginations. His way of describing scenes would make us to feel as if it is happening just infront of our eyes. He had strained his muscles to make sure that he had not altered the untold history, thereby not making any hypothesis for certain incidents like Aditha Karikalan's murder.After finishing this book, we can feel that we have developed an affinity towards the language "Tamil", the Chola dynasty and the legacy left b [...]