Kamban's Ramavataram: the Tamil Ramayana that names its patron every 1,000 verses

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A Tamil epic with only six books: someone else wrote its seventh.

Kambar wrote the Ramavataram (Kamba Ramayanam), dated in the page to the 12th century CE, under the patronage of Sadayappa Vallal. As thanks he names the patron once in every thousand verses. It has six kandams (113 padalams, about 10,569 verses); the seventh was added by Ottakoothar. Kamban stresses surrender to Rama as Vishnu, and the Sundara Kandam is treated as the most auspicious part.

Who: Kamban, Sadayappa Vallal, Rama

Bound to

Ahalya in Kampan: she knew, and could not let go located-at

Places: Tiruvennainallur, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu

Where this comes from

regional-literary · Wikipedia: Kambaramayanam

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