![]() Sculpture of Ilango Adigal in Poompuhar in Tamilnadu / Wilimedia Commons What is the tale of Silappadikaram all about?! The story is about a woman named Kannagi and her journey of maintaining her chastity and faithfulness towards her husband Kovalan through providing him justice after his death. The epic weaves in it the 3 ancient Tamil kingdoms as contemporaries starting from Chola, Pandya and Cheras. The three chapters are named as Puharkandam, Maduraikandam, Vanjikandam. The epic is divided into 3 chapters with a total of 5270 lines. The author was a Cheran Prince Ilango Adigal who was believed to be the brother of Cheran ruler Senguttuvan. Silappadikaram or THE TALE OF AN ANKLET is one of the 5 great Tamil epics composed at the end of Sangam era around 4 th Century AD.
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