Introduction
A wealthy sea-merchant/ship-owner of Puhar named as Kannagi's father in the Silappatikaram; the exact spelling of his name varies across editions and retellings, so it is recorded here with that variation flagged rather than as a single settled spelling
Family
- Children: Kannagi
This article records a figure from Sangam-era and early medieval Tamil literature and dynastic tradition — the Chera, Chola, Pandya and Pallava royal lines, the legendary Kadai Ezhu Vallalgal patrons, and the Silappatikaram/Manimekalai epic cycle. Chronology and genealogy in this corpus are drawn from praise-poetry and literary narrative rather than administrative record, and are recorded here as attested textual tradition rather than settled history; the Pallava kings in particular postdate the classical Sangam corpus by several centuries, as noted in their individual entries.