Kambar (poet)

Having heard of this talented bard, Kulothunga summoned him to his court and honoured him with the title Kavi Chakravarty (The Emperor of Poets).

[2][full citation needed] Kambar flourished in Therazhundur, a village in the culturally rich Mayiladuthurai district in the modern state of Tamil Nadu in South India.

[citation needed] Kambar spent his last days in Nattarasankottai (known for Kannathal temple) near to Sivagangai town and his tomb is situated there.

In Hinduism, Rama is the seventh incarnation of Vishnu, one of the Trimurti (the Hindu holy trinity which includes Brahma and Shiva).

[7][full citation needed] Kamba Ramayana is not a verbal translation of the Sanskrit epic by Valmiki, but a retelling of the story of Rama.

A depiction of poet Kambar
Kamba Ramyanam Mandapam at The Ranganathasamy Temple, Srirangam , the place where Kambar is believed to have first recited the epic
Statue of Kambar at Chennai