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Manual lymphatic drainage massage. Sivakamiyin Sabadham is a historical Tamil novel set in 7th century South India written by Kalki in 1944. Kalki Krishnamurthy, recipient of India's highest literary honour - the Sahitya Akademi Award. Believed by some to be one of the first historical novels in Tamil it was originally serialized in the weekly Kalki magazine for about 12 years. This was later published as a Sivakamiyin Sabadham is a historical Tamil novel set in 7th century South India written by Kalki in 1944. Kalki Krishnamurthy, recipient of India's highest literary honour - the Sahitya Akademi Award. Believed by some to be one of the first historical novels in Tamil it was originally serialized in the weekly Kalki magazine for about 12 years. This was later published as a novel.
Along with Ponniyin Selvan, this is widely regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written in Tamil Set in 7th century south India against the backdrop of various historical events and figures. The novel created widespread interest in Tamil history when it was being published in the 1940s. Honour, love and friendship form important themes that run through the course of the novel that would be tough to point out who the real hero of the novel is. Mahendravarman I, the Pallava emperor plays an important role in the first half of the story while his son Narasimhavarman comes into his own as the novel progresses.
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The plot revolves around the historical events of the Chalukya king Pulakesi II playing a siege of Kanchi and Narasimhavarman avenging this by attacking Vatapi the capital of the Chalukyas. The novel is divided into four volumes. 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 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 had happened by his fascinating narrating of the story. I could visualize the scenes, characters ofcourse every instants delivered in the book and hailed by the surprise almost in every page. Immediately I bought his other books, ponniyin selvan and sivagamiyin sabatham they are astounded then I switched to similar kind of novels and grew frantic in reading.
I always believe 'A good book can change your life'. I don't want to review these three books (Parthiban Kanavu, Sivagamiyin Sabatham and Ponniyin Selvan)because these three books are such an extraordinary and exceptionally written in Tamil. When your rating is in 2 decimal places, you know you have thought a lot about the book. Kalki's this masterpiece should be essential blueprint for writing historical fiction. And the addiction it created for the reader (or listener in my case) is the stuff of drugs.The Pallava dynasty has accomplished so much that you are not sure why they are not given their due credit in the Indian history.
The story traces Mahendravaraman and later his son Narasimhavaraman's rule centered around 4.25 stars. When your rating is in 2 decimal places, you know you have thought a lot about the book. Kalki's this masterpiece should be essential blueprint for writing historical fiction.
And the addiction it created for the reader (or listener in my case) is the stuff of drugs.The Pallava dynasty has accomplished so much that you are not sure why they are not given their due credit in the Indian history. The story traces Mahendravaraman and later his son Narasimhavaraman's rule centered around the battles with Pulikesi II. At the pivot of the battle is Sivagami, the gifted bharatanatyam dancer - daughter of Aayanar, the chief sculptor of Mamallapuram and the love of Narasimhavarman. The villanous Naganandi who is the Buddha Bikshu, spy and evil personified. And we also meet Paranjothi, the youth whom fate destines to be the commander of the Pallava army and friend of Narasimhavarman.Mahendravaraman wants to dedicate his life for arts and sculpture and does not beleive in war.
He is also a brilliant war strategist who uses cunning and wily to protect his capital of Kanchi. Books 1-3 focus around the all consuming love between Narasimhavarman and Sivagami, Paranjothi's adventure and Mahendravaraman's strategy to protect his kingdom. Book 4 diverges a bit to finish the saga with Narasimhavaraman coming into his own.The tamil is mesmeric and the audiobook makes it more magical with background music and explanation for Tirunavukarasar songs was so beautiful. The songs dissection of Navukarasar's compositions and it's interpretation through bharatanatyam are absoulte bliss.Sivagamiyin Sabatham is a saga of imperfect people. No ideal characters distilled of goodness. And the imperfections make them memorable. Narasimhavarman is short tempered, Sivagami wavering, Aayanar selfish, Mahndravaraman controling.
Amidst all this, the 4th book, I felt seemed to change the basic characters a bit, especially Pulikesi and Naganandi. And that apart, the book ends in the only manner possible.Special mention for the audio book.
I would gladly gift it to people I love! Sivakamiyin Sabadham is a historical Tamil novel set in 7th century South India written by Kalki. This is widely regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written in Tamil Set in 7th century south India against the backdrop of various historical events and figures. Mahendravarman I, the Pallava emperor plays an important role in the first half of the story while his son Narasimhavarman comes into his own as the novel progresses. The plot revolves around the historical events of the Chalukya ki Sivakamiyin Sabadham is a historical Tamil novel set in 7th century South India written by Kalki. This is widely regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written in Tamil Set in 7th century south India against the backdrop of various historical events and figures.
Mahendravarman I, the Pallava emperor plays an important role in the first half of the story while his son Narasimhavarman comes into his own as the novel progresses. The plot revolves around the historical events of the Chalukya king Pulakesi II playing a siege of Kanchi and Narasimhavarman avenging this by attacking Vatapi the capital of the Chalukyas.
Other characters are interspersed into the story seamlessly and the action moves at a furious pace with bits of historical facts here and there to enable the reader understand the characters.Never miss Kalki's historical novels and it would make you for sure to read it once again. If you are even remotely interested in the genre of historical fiction, just pick up this book and let Kalki do all his magic. He takes you through the beautiful streets of Kanchipuram, magnificence of Vatapi, serenity of Thiruchengattankudi of that time when Pallavas and Chalukyas ruled.
It varies from dance to art, spying to war and each part of the entire novel gives the thrilling moment to read on. The rich visual imagery that Kalki presents would make you want to time travel and explore our glorious past. Kalki is such a classic writer that he forces you to emote along with the characters.Each volume ends with a cliffhanger, making you rush to the next.
War, palace intrigue, description of nature, culture, religion, all are part of the script. The author gives you vivid description of the ancient Tamil nation, politics and culture. Most of the times I felt as if I was living among the characters.Even the last book is a page turner due to the unexpected turn of events. For a novel of this size, there are many characters like spies, warriors, disguise and Buddhists, and since the novel is this big, we get to know each of them very well. The book is full of mystery, drama, thriller, conspiracy and romance.I can't stop pondering over the fact that today we have such popular novels like lord of the rings, harry potter and game of thrones and amazing on screen adaptations of these too. I imagine how grand it would be if someone got Kalki's writings on screen.
Such an enchanting story entwined with real history would be a delight to see on screen!If you can read Tamil then don’t miss this book. If you can’t read Tamil then at least read a translation. This historical tamil novel by Kalki Krishnamoorthy is based on incidents in Tamilnadu that took place during 7th century AD. Among many historical and fictional characters, Thirunaavukkarasar, a religious head of famous saiva traditions, who has written thousands of poems in praise of Lord Siva in Devaram, also is featured in this novel.The historical characters in this novel are Mahendra Pallava, his son the great Narasimha Pallava, his army commander Paranjyoti, who later becomes a famed s This historical tamil novel by Kalki Krishnamoorthy is based on incidents in Tamilnadu that took place during 7th century AD. Among many historical and fictional characters, Thirunaavukkarasar, a religious head of famous saiva traditions, who has written thousands of poems in praise of Lord Siva in Devaram, also is featured in this novel.The historical characters in this novel are Mahendra Pallava, his son the great Narasimha Pallava, his army commander Paranjyoti, who later becomes a famed shiva devotee called Siruthondar, Pulikesi II of Badami and others. The main fictitious character is the heroine of this novel, Sivakami, named as the daughter of sculptor-general of Mahendra varman, who carved most of the famous stone sculptures at Mamallapuram.The real situation in this novel is the war waged by Pulikesin II against Pallava kingdom of Kanchi during Mahendravarman's reign and the devastating destructions done by the Chalukya king and the revenge taken by Mahendra's son Narasimha Varman with the aid of his able commander Paranjyoti who burnt the city of Badami to ashes. In the end the commander takes away a statue of Vigneswara from Badami and establishes it in his native village of Thiruchengattangudi.The story line tells that Narasimha varma was in love with Sivakami, who was taken a prisoner by Pulikesin after the war.
On this she takes an oath that Narasimha should take revenge on Pulikesi for his misdeeds and only after that, she will re-enter Pallava kingdom. Though this was done by Narasimha, he could not marry her due to the political situation that prevailed then.
Thus, this famous novel ends as historic tragedy. Never have I thought I would complete such a big novel. I completely fell in love with tamil language. For this I bow to the great author Kalki.
I am excited to see that he has written more. Going for Parthiban Kanavu.The book is true beauty synonymous to ajanta cave paintings and its beautiful sculptures. The best character is Mahendravarma Pallavan. He truly is Vichitra veerar. He talks and acts accordingly. Sometimes I felt like whistling & clapping for his rajathanthiram Never have I thought I would complete such a big novel. I completely fell in love with tamil language.
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For this I bow to the great author Kalki. I am excited to see that he has written more.
Going for Parthiban Kanavu.The book is true beauty synonymous to ajanta cave paintings and its beautiful sculptures. The best character is Mahendravarma Pallavan. He truly is Vichitra veerar. He talks and acts accordingly. Sometimes I felt like whistling & clapping for his rajathanthiram.
NarasimhaVarma Pallavan, Paranjothi, Sivakami, Nagananthi, Pulikesi, Satrugan & Gundotharan, Aayanar will remain with me for ages to come. Super awesome. I cannot do justice to this masterpiece with my review.such exceptional and extraordinary plot.Kalki takes you to the pallava and chalukya dynasty, the era of espionage and strategic excellence.sivagamiyin sapadham starts off as a historical fiction but takes you through an emotional ride and an unexpected end. I have always wondered how kalki excelled at weaving fictional characters with history.kalki's modus operandi is brilliant.he takes us through various characters and happenings,everyth I cannot do justice to this masterpiece with my review.such exceptional and extraordinary plot.Kalki takes you to the pallava and chalukya dynasty, the era of espionage and strategic excellence.sivagamiyin sapadham starts off as a historical fiction but takes you through an emotional ride and an unexpected end.
I have always wondered how kalki excelled at weaving fictional characters with history.kalki's modus operandi is brilliant.he takes us through various characters and happenings,everything looking like a mystery,but he reveals the secrets at an unexpected juncture. Who would not succumb to his style?!I'm sure I'd reread this epic and thanks to my mom for recommending such a beautiful work. I read an English translation of this novel by P.S.Sri, published by Sahitya Akademi in 2008 in hardcover. The quality of the publication sucks. First of all, the binding is poor and the pages come out even if you turn them once.
Then, some of the pages are not in order and are bound in random order. The translation itself is poor. It seems like a literal translation of Tamil idioms and metaphors into English with no regard for contextual explanation or changes to appropriate English phrases.
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Gr I read an English translation of this novel by P.S.Sri, published by Sahitya Akademi in 2008 in hardcover. The quality of the publication sucks. First of all, the binding is poor and the pages come out even if you turn them once. Then, some of the pages are not in order and are bound in random order. The translation itself is poor. It seems like a literal translation of Tamil idioms and metaphors into English with no regard for contextual explanation or changes to appropriate English phrases. Grammar mistakes abound.
A baby deer is called a 'deer calf' instead of a fawn. All this makes it look like someone with a minimal knowledge of english did the translating. There appears to have been no editing or proofreading whatsoever before publishing the book. Lots of spelling errors and botched sentences are seen. The word processor used to typeset the pages has substituted some uncommon words with words of it's own choice and no one has corrected these errors. For example, name of a character beginning with J has been replaced with Joanne.
What is someone called Joanne doing in a novel set in 7th century India? This happens because MS Word automatically detects unfamiliar words, takes them to be mistakes and replaces them with words from it's own dictionary. The publishers couldn't even bother to correct these elementary errors.In spite of all the above, I enjoyed the novel immensely; hence the four stars. Just stat away from this edition! One of the most beautiful books to show love as it happens(ed) in real life - that too from the perspective of either genders.
Be it the initial days when Narasimhavarman longs to express his love to Sivagami or the instances when Sivagami 'speaks' to the hero in her own dance style - each and every aspect is vividly portrayed. The best part is when Narasimhavarman gets to see Sivagami after his marriage - there can literally be no other way than Kalki's heart touching narration of both of their One of the most beautiful books to show love as it happens(ed) in real life - that too from the perspective of either genders. Be it the initial days when Narasimhavarman longs to express his love to Sivagami or the instances when Sivagami 'speaks' to the hero in her own dance style - each and every aspect is vividly portrayed.
The best part is when Narasimhavarman gets to see Sivagami after his marriage - there can literally be no other way than Kalki's heart touching narration of both of their 'love-pain'. I really doubt even if any actor in any cinema can bring out the same feeling as when we read it.The climax scene when Sivagami starts dancing again and Narasimhavarman drops a tear while watching the dance - is surely to bring a tear to any MAN reading it.after all, how many get married to their loved ones?? When I started to read second time of this novel I was transported back to Pallava empire.
All these days I was enchanted by the dance of Sivagami, I was awestruck by the talents of Mahendravarman, I was watching the destructions of the flood, I was watching the war between Narasimhavarman and Pulikesi, I panicked by the evil drama of Naganandhi. There is end to everything and my journey also ended.What a novel! Breathtaking narration mysterious plots, twists and thrilling story from one of the When I started to read second time of this novel I was transported back to Pallava empire. All these days I was enchanted by the dance of Sivagami, I was awestruck by the talents of Mahendravarman, I was watching the destructions of the flood, I was watching the war between Narasimhavarman and Pulikesi, I panicked by the evil drama of Naganandhi. There is end to everything and my journey also ended.What a novel! Breathtaking narration mysterious plots, twists and thrilling story from one of the greatest Tamil writer Kalki.More on the link given below.
It varies from dance to art, spying to war and each part of the entire novel gives the thrilling moment to read on. It takes you to the historical time period of Pallava dynasty who ruled 1500 years ago in southern parts of India.
It pulls you to see the cities Kanchi (Kanchipuram located in TamilNadu,India) and Vatapi (currently Badami located in Karnataka, India) of that time when Pallavas and Chalukyas ruled. Kalki is such a classic writer that he forces you to emote along with Mesmerizing!
It varies from dance to art, spying to war and each part of the entire novel gives the thrilling moment to read on. It takes you to the historical time period of Pallava dynasty who ruled 1500 years ago in southern parts of India. It pulls you to see the cities Kanchi (Kanchipuram located in TamilNadu,India) and Vatapi (currently Badami located in Karnataka, India) of that time when Pallavas and Chalukyas ruled. Kalki is such a classic writer that he forces you to emote along with the characters. Highly recommended.:).