Description

One dark night in the Chozha Empire, General Vijayarajendra Moovendha Velaan sets out on a royal mission— to secretly transport to safety the famed statue of the Chalukya city of Kalyani.  But the general never makes it to his destination. No one knows what happened to him, or the treasures he carried; if he was even alive. No one knows…
A few years later, AD 1137. Poornan, the orphaned grandson of the missing general, is under the care of his uncle, Aarukulam Udaya Kulothunga Velaan — his life is anything but sweet. But soon enough suspense abounds. Why was that mysterious young man, Arulmozhi, asking Poornan strange questions about his family?  Why does the maid Sarasamma want the boy to spy on his uncle and aunt?  What were his uncle and aunt really up to?  Will Poornan find out what really happened all those years ago on that fateful night…?