The story of the most popular Chozha Ruler

The plot is based on the five volume  Historical Novel Ponniyin Selvan originally written by “Kalki Krishnamurthi” (between 1950 -1954) as one of the most popular and perhaps one of the largest Historical Work in Tamil Literature which later has been reproduced in several formats and media.

Ponniyin Selvan traces the story of the early days of the great Chozha King, Raja Raja Chozhan 1 (947 – 1014 CE) as the young Prince “Arulmozhi Varman”.

Kalki in his own unique way has portrayed the events of history during the Chozha Dynasty, considered as major, salient or main events, into a sensational and interesting literary novel in simple yet most enchanting way.

The 10 main characters that are displayed in our Golu as clay dolls with a backdrop depicting the Tanjore Big Temple Tower, Fort and the Palace Throne; definitely not the actual but with the intention to provide a resemblance of the original with the view to weave together the main theme of the story through these idols.

The dolls are from Giri traders, Chennai.