Arunmozhivarman Stories

Oru Ilavarisanai Oru Ilavarasiai Kaladhipathu Thappillaiye? Cover by @malanimanjiraja22

trans: Empress Rajaraja Chola, before he was called that, was named Arulmozhivarman. Before she came to be known as Lokamahadevi, the queen of all worlds, her name was Bhagyalakshmi. Perarasi is the story of a girl who became one, and the love story lost to time of two souls whose names, those which history knew them by, were never their own, only one of many things each had lost yet had brought them together. In which a kovilil paadum pen (girl who sings at a temple) and a pattatthu ilavarasar (crown prince) are unaware that the mistakes they make by loving each other have been made many times before, and the outcomes have never been happy. Except this time, their marriage is arranged and, in some ways, unwanted. (have taken some historical liberty [especially w/ names]; more closely based on the events and aftermaths of Ponniyin Selvan, the literary magnum opus!)

Tharagai, an archaeologist bound by an unseen thread to the Chola past, finds herself drawn into history-quite literally. A forgotten artifact, a whisper of fate, and in the blink of an eye, she stands before Arulmozhi Varman, the prince she has loved across lifetimes. As destiny unravels, war looms, and secrets of the past beckon, Tharagai must choose-embrace the love written in time or fade into history's shadows once more. A tale of love, longing, and a destiny that refuses to be forgotten