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It revolves around the family feud in the Pandya dynasty, Sinhalese army's entry into Pandya Nadu at the request of one side, the alleged atrocities of the Sinhalese army and the war between Sinhalese and Chola armies ending with the defeat of the former. Kannimadam is set in the later part of the 12th century during the reign of Second Rajathi Raja Cholan. 11th century Chozha Empire.Įastern Chozhan army commander's love story set in the back drop of assassination of Ilanchetchenni and his son Karikala Chozhan's struggle to get back his kingdom.

This caused criticism from the legal heirs of Sundara Ramasami and Kannadasan. In 2009, The Tamil Nadu Government announced its intention to nationalise Sandilyan's works (along with those of 28 other authors) and provide compensation to his legal heirs. Kamil Zvelebil once called him as the "fourth most popular Tamil Writer". As of 2009, many of them still remain in print, four decades after being first published. His historical novels were published in book form by Vanadhi Padhippagam and became best sellers. After leaving Kumudam, he unsuccessfully ran a weekly magazine called Kamalam.

He was one of the very few Tamil writers to get a monthly salary from Kumudam for his novels. Sandilyan's most famous novels were serialised in Kumudam, a weekly Tamil magazine and was instrumental in increasing the circulation to a greater extent. Paalaivanathu pushpam and Sandha deepam were his earliest historical novels. He also started publishing in other magazines like Amudhasurabi. One of his first works was a self-published political novel called Balathkaaram. After his stint at the Hindustan Times he returned to work at Sudesamithran and started writing full-length novels.