Jayamkondar was the poet laureate of
Kulottunga Chola I
Kulottunga I (;1025 CE - 1122 CE) also spelt Kulothunga (), was a Chola Emperor who reigned from 1070 CE to 1122 CE succeeding his cousin Athirajendra Chola. He also served as the Eastern Chalukya king from 1061 CE to 1118 CE, succeeding his f ...
. He is renowned for the poem ''
Kalingattu parani'', in which he describes the Chola-Kalinga war and celebrates the victory of the
Chola
The Chola dynasty was a Tamils, Tamil thalassocratic Tamil Dynasties, empire of southern India and one of the longest-ruling dynasties in the history of the world. The earliest datable references to the Chola are from inscriptions dated ...
king.
[Studies in Tamil Literature and History by V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar]
See also
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Karunakara Thondaiman
Karunakara Tondaiman was a general of Chola Emperor Kulottunga I. He is renowned for leading the Chola invasion of Kalinga during the reign of Kulottunga I and is the hero of Jayamkondar's poem '' Kalinkkattuparani'' In the ''Parani'' poem he ...
References
Tamil poets
Year of birth unknown
Chola dynasty
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