Speaking about Mathuranthaka - we should make a clear cut distinction between historical Mathuranthaka Uttama Chozha and the Senthan amudhan -turned-mathuranthaka of PS. Senthan amudhan is a fictional character - personification of soft hearted men of great character and ideals. He is also human and down to earth - he says he will prefer poonguzhali over sivabhakthi loka :-). But I'm not here to discuss Senthan amudhan in detail. My interest is with Mathuranthaka Uttama Chola - as history portrys him and the facts that go with or contradict what is said in PS about that guy. First and foremost point of interest (this, I've mentioned in another mail as well) - is that initially senthan amudhan was not intented to be converted to Mathuranthaka by Kalki. The reasons for this sudden change of mind on Kalki's side - in itself - is a point of great debade. But I'll not go into it. All I'd like to say here is the exact incident as portrayed by Kalki's son Mr.Rajendran : One day Kalki was doing Yogasana - every day morning he had the habit of doing that. (Remember that Yogacharya Sundaram's widely acclaimed series on Yoga featured as a series in Kalki - in those days.) And it was boy Rajendran's duty - every day - to count numbers for his father when he was doing Sirasasanam - a posture of standing upside down ! On the given day - after recovering from asana posture - Kalki suddenly asked the boy : Senthan Amudhanaye Raja Aaki vittal enna ? (Why not make Sendhan Amudhan a king ?) Of course, Kalki should have thought about this afterwords also - before coming to a conclusion. But in my own humble opinion, the historical mathuranthaka looks more like the earlier mathuranthaka than the pious Senthan amudhan ! Any evidences ? Well, I have more than one ! (...To be continued :-))