02-10-2005, 09:23 AM
I have read the Silapadhigaram in school (especially) the chapter in which Kannagi throws her anklet (silambu).
Kovalan comes to Madurai to sell Kannagi's silambu. At the same time, the Pandyan's queen loses her silambu (which looks identical to the one that Kovalan has) and a search is on for it. When Kovalan comes to the King with the silambu, the king thinks that Kovalan had stolen it and sentences him to death. When Kannagi hears about her husband's demise, comes to the king and asks him what his queen's silambu is filled with. He says its pearls. Kannagi then asks the king to bring the one siezed from kovalan and forcibly throws it to the ground. It breaks and some navarathanams(or something different) spills out. The king commits suicide for being wrong and Kannagi burns the whole city of Madurai to the ground using her power of chastity. She is then pacified when she reaches chera nadu (kerala).
Kovalan comes to Madurai to sell Kannagi's silambu. At the same time, the Pandyan's queen loses her silambu (which looks identical to the one that Kovalan has) and a search is on for it. When Kovalan comes to the King with the silambu, the king thinks that Kovalan had stolen it and sentences him to death. When Kannagi hears about her husband's demise, comes to the king and asks him what his queen's silambu is filled with. He says its pearls. Kannagi then asks the king to bring the one siezed from kovalan and forcibly throws it to the ground. It breaks and some navarathanams(or something different) spills out. The king commits suicide for being wrong and Kannagi burns the whole city of Madurai to the ground using her power of chastity. She is then pacified when she reaches chera nadu (kerala).