parthiban kanavu is a novel of wonder.the cholas are the most powerful dynasty in tamil nadu during the ancient period.the main characters mentioned in this novel are parthiban,arulmozhi devi,vikraman,valli,ponnan,narasimmavarmar,kunthavi,mahendran,marappa boopathi,veerabathra aachari.

in this novel the cholas were a very small kingdon who paid tax to the pallavas.the king parthiban dreamt to become an indipendent kingdom.he fought for it and died in the battlefield

after his death his wife arulmozhi devi  had fallen in depression with her only son vikraman.vikraman was a small boy but he knows all things happened to this father. he grew as an young boy .he wish to hoist the tiger flag where pallavas flag hoisted.marappa boopathi was the ex-bishop at uraiyur.but now he is helping to the pallavas.the soldiers of pallavas arrested vikraman and ponnan,who helped vikraman.at that time veerabathra aachari ,the grandfather of valli died to save his prince vikraman.the soldiers caught vikraman and going to handle him to narasimmavarman,the emperor of pallava dynasty.he was very loyal in his judgement.on the way at kancheepuram the soldiers tied vikraman with iron chain.there he saw kunthavi,the daughter of  narasimmavarman,the princess of pallavas.both of them starring each other.they  had fallen in love with each other on their first meet

kunthavi felt afraid that how did her father going to punish him.but narasimmavarmar sent him to shenbaga theevu.there he rulled as an independent king.but the deep thought of kunthavi made him to come back again after three years,he came at is the costume of an jewellary sailor.he saw his beloved there.she identified him .he left the place .he wish ti see his mom arulmozhi devi.but she was caught by kaala bairavan…finally she escaped.after that cholas had becomed an independent kingdom.and narasimmavarmar let vikraman to marry kunthavi.this is the best art of amarar kalki.this novel is full of mystry,suspense,and unimaginable love…..it is an continuous of sivagamiyin sabatham.narasimmavarmar had am secret love.her name is sivagami.this novel is famous for distance love…..it is also filled with humour.kalki wrote this novel in a easily understandable manner that everyone can easily read.he is one of the famous writter.he wrote is best part as ponniyin selvan.his novels are based on true history having some fictional characters.the cholas had done the visuals of parthiban after three hundred years .in the time of raja raja cholan.the power of cholas has spreaded in a wider area.they became more powerful than pallavas.tha pallavas were famous for theri sculptures at mamallapuram