“Listen, there is even more to what he has to say. He claims that you met this young spy outside the Thanjavur gates when you were travelling here. He also says that you must have given him the ring then. He claims that the spy also came into this very palace and met you surreptitiously here. Or, he says, the ring must have gotten to him through that other magician who keeps frequenting this palace.”
“If there is a big calamity that befalls the Chozha kingdom, it would be because of only two ladies.”
Kundavai exclaimed, “One lady is me; who is the other one?”
“The Pazhuvoor Queen, Nandini.”
He turned towards Nandini and hissed, “I hear that Princess Kundavai is planning to come to our palace. And I hear that it was you who invited her. Why does she have to come here? Have you forgotten how she insulted you earlier?”
Mysore Throne. pic src: deccan chronicle The Periya Pazhuvettarayar knew that there was a lot of gossip around him wedding a girl half his age.
Twin temples at Keezhaiyur built by the Pazhuvettarayar feudal lords. (img src: wikipedia) It was way past midnight when the Periya Pazhuvettarayar returned back to
pic src: express.co.uk The people of Thanjavur had a special respect for the two Pazhuvettarayars. After all, it was because of the two of them,
Painting on the Thanjavur temple walls (src: flickr:asienman) He heard the Chinna Pazhuvettarayar and his entourage approaching the palace. An idea struck him. He moved
Paintings inside the Thanjavur Big Temple. Src: IndiaTravelPictures The Commander led the young man back to the main hall where he had first met him.
image src: shutterstock After hearing all this, Vandhiyathevan decided that he would need to hear all of this discussion. He had to clear his confusions.