Kotravai Magal / கொற்றவை மகள்

Readers who have read Ponniyin Selvan Novel are still left with many questions, including who is Nandini's father? Who killed Aditya Karikalan? It includes many questions such as, Kalki himself said that future writers will answer all these questions. It is on that basis that the author of this book, Ranadheeran Prasanna, has tried to answer it in Kotravai Magal novel.Even though Ponnyin Selvan Novel is a historical fiction, Amarar Kalki had set some historical events in the later Chola Empire with many historical characters. After Vijayalaya Chola and his son Aditya Chola II succeeded him as the first Parantaka Chola, Kandaradith, Arinjaya Chola, Parantaka Chola II and Madhurandaka Chola graced the Chola throne. Only the history of Madhuranthaka Chola, the great Chola, can be known through copper plates and inscriptions. After the mysterious death of Aditya Karikalan, there is confusion in choosing the king for the next title in the Chola country.It was this historical mystery that Kalki chose as the plot for his Ponnyin Selvan historical novel. Similarly, this Kotravai Magal novel also travels as a game of thrones around the murder case of Aditya Chola II. Beginning with the murder of the Chola prince Aditya Karikalar in 971 AD, the novel tells the story of the power struggle surrounding the Chola Empire and the political intrigues to seize the throne with many twists and turns.