''Ulā'' () relays a '' puṟam'' concept using '' akam'' imagery. By the Middle Ages, the strict separation between ''akam'' and ''puṟam'' was no longer observed.

Chola The Chola dynasty was a Tamil thalassocratic 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 to the 3rd century BCE d ...

poet Ottakoothar wrote three Ula poems namely, Koluthunga Cholan Ulla, ''Vikkiramacolanula'' and

Rajarajan Cholan Ulla Rajaraja I (947 CE – 1014 CE), born Arunmozhi Varman or Arulmozhi Varman and often described as Raja Raja the Great or Raja Raja Chozhan was a Chola emperor who reigned from 985 CE to 1014 CE. He was the most powerful Tamil king in South ...

which come from a genre merging ''akam'' and ''puṟam'' called ''ulā''. They describe the royal procession of the king through the streets observed by women. Despite their different ages and social estates, all of them experience love sickness brought on by the King's magnificence. Using the females' gaze as a device, reader are meant to cast themselves in their place.

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