The minor princes and those equally distinguished as minor princes were given the title Ariyar. There was also a tradition of saying only their own town and adding it as Araiyar.
In those days, princes were not those who were born with the title of 'king' and lived in palace comforts. The valiant soldiers who stand at the forefront of the battlefield and are willing to fight can sustain their statehood for a long time. So everyone will have fought on many battlefields with fame and wounds. Today, all of them were ruling within the boundaries of the old Sundarachola Emperor's rule. Some also served as high-ranking government officials in the Chola Empire.
Vallavariya must have been justified in seeing all such important figures of the Chola Empire in one place. However, he was not satisfied.
"Why are so many people gathered here?" The thought often occurred to him. Some restless doubts appeared in his mind.
With such confusion in his mind, Vallavarayan went to sleep in a separate place that Kandamara had prepared for him. As there were many guests, Vallavarayan got to sleep in an open hall in the upper floor of the Ammaperum mansion.
“You are very tired; So lie down and sleep peacefully. After taking care of the other guests, I will come and lie down next to you" said Kandhamaran and left.
As soon as he lay down, Vandiyadeva's eyes rolled. Very soon Goddess Nidira possessed him. But what's the point? Mind is one thing, which even Goddess Nidra cannot control. Even though the body is still and the eyes are closed, the thoughts that are buried deep in the mind evolve into dreams. Many events and experiences that are meaningless, irrelevant to knowledge, and experience occur in that dream world.
A fox howling was heard from somewhere far away. A fox, ten foxes, a hundred foxes, howled in unison! They came closer and closer to Vandiyathevan while howling. In the darkness, the foxes' eyes flashed like tiny sparks of fire and approached him. Vandiyathevan saw that he could run to the other side and escape. In the other direction he saw, ten, a hundred, a thousand dogs came running and barking in one herd. The eyes of those hounds flashed like heat traps.
Vandiyadeva trembled thinking what would be his fate if he was caught between foxes and hounds. Fortunately, a temple was visible opposite. He rushed into the open temple and slammed the door. Looking back, it turned out to be Kali temple. A priest emerged from behind the statue of Kalimata, who was gaping open. In his hand was a terrible scythe. "Did you come? Come!" Saying that, the priest came closer, closer, closer.