Introduction
Early Chera king praised in the Padirruppattu for feeding both armies at the Mahabharata war in a later legendary claim; historically one of the earliest attested Chera rulers
Family
- Children: Imayavaramban Nedunjeral Adan, Palyanai Sel Kezhu Kuttuvan
Textual Notes
Note: Later Tamil tradition credits him with feeding both the Kaurava and Pandava armies during the Mahabharata war, an anachronistic legendary claim (the historical Chera king predates the epic's setting by centuries); recorded here as attested tradition, not as a literal historical event.
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.