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The Tamil king who fed both armies

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A Tamil king claims to have catered Kurukshetra.

Early Tamil poems (Purananuru verse 2) praise Uthiyan Cheralathan for unlimited rice, said to feed both rival Mahabharata armies or to offer rice to ancestors, earning him the title Perum Chottu. Pandyas and Cholas claim the same. Scholars call the literal claim unhistorical. Verse 2 also mentions a hundred men in golden garlands dying at the hands of the five.

Who: Uthiyan Cheralathan, Kauravas, Pandavas

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Terukkuttu: Draupadi's vow, Alli and Aravan on Tamil stages same-story-other-version

Places: Kuzhumur (possibly Kerala)

Where this comes from

• regional-literary · Wikipedia: Uthiyan Cheralathan Purananuru 2

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