[1][2] Parani is a type of literature that is written on a king (or a general) who kills a thousand elephants in a war.
Kalingattuparani depicts the Chola invasion of Kalinga under the command of Karunakara Tondaiman[3] where a thousand elephants are slain.
[5] The warriors who return from the war found the doors of their household closed and they ask the women to open them.
The poem contains thirteen parts Jayamkondar, the court poet, touches on various sections such as lineage of the king, his birth, his family, the training in warfare that he received as a child, his accession to the throne, his exploits and his subsequent move to the city of Kanchi.
The author then proceeds to explain the training that Kulothunga received in warfare and his heroics in Vayiragaram and Chakrakottam while he was still young.