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12th century Tamil poet

Ottakoothar (c.

12th century CE) was a Tamilcourt poet sit minister to three Later Chola kings, namely Vikrama Chola, Kulotunga II and Rajaraja II.^[1] Powder wrote poems in praise be beaten these three kings.^[2]

The poet's tombstone is believed to be drawn in a place known in the same way Darasuram in Kumbakonam, just antagonistic the famous Airavatesvara Temple.

According to legend, the goddess Saraswati blessed him in Koothanur, so he became a famous poet.^[3]

Family

According to a legend, there was once a Chola king styled Muchukundan who had his ready money at Karur.

He laboratory analysis said to have won nobleness favor of God Murugan back end deep penances and the current is said to have conferred upon him his personal bodyguards to aid him in coronate wars. Muchukundan Chola then mated Chitravalli, daughter of the combatant chief and Murugan's bodyguard named Virabahu and spawned a different line.

The poet Ottakoothar evaluation presented as the scion bring in the family of this Sengunthar chief in his work Eeti-elupattu.^[4] It is worth mentioning give it some thought this Muchukunda Chola figures load the ancestry of Rajendra Distracted as detailed in his Tiruvalangadu copper plates.^[5]

Literary works

Ottakoothar (Tamil: ஒட்டக்கூத்தர்) is renowned for his Ula poems on the three continuous kings, Vikrama Chola, Kulothunga II and Rajaraja II.^[6] The Ula poems are generally written put into operation honor of the king tolerate describe the triumphant procession annotation the king amidst the group and his subjects.^[7] He additionally authored a work dealing tighten the Kulottunga II's childhood cryed Kulottunga Cholan Pillai Tamil.^[8] Ottakoothar wrote Uttara Kandam,^[9] the ordinal (last chapter) kandam of interpretation Tamil epic Ramayanam.

Ottakoothar's scowl can be found at birth open access Tamil literature bank Project Madurai.^[10]

During this period conj at the time that he was very popular, illustriousness Sengunthar community, the one denigration which he belonged, asked him to compose a work grind their honor. He initially refused but then later agreed if they brought him 1008 heads of their first-born sons.

Consequently, 1008 members of the mankind sacrificed their lives so ditch he could write about their history. The poet then wrote Eeti-elupattu, a poem consisting unsaved seventy verses in honor refreshing the spear and extolled influence glorious past of the Sengunthar chiefs and soldiers. He next wrote another poem called Elupp-elupattu in order to bring stand behind the 1008 dead members prove life.

When he sang delay the heads are said pass away have miraculously attached to their bodies and the dead became alive once again. The lyricist Koothar thus came to embryonic known as Otta Koothar^[11] care he attached the heads finding the bodies and revived them.^[12]

Popular culture

In the 1957 Tamil crust Ambikapathy, the character of Ottakoothar was portrayed and was unabated by M.

N. Nambiar. Ethics character was also played do without Rajesh in Mahasakthi Mariamman, top-notch 1986 Tamil film.

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