Ponniyin Selvan

The world-famous Tamil historical novel — Ponniyin Selvan — by Kalki Krishnamurthy is now in your hands.. Available with a fast, offline reading experience. Set against the backdrop of the 10th century Chola Empire, this epic — centered on the life of Prince Arulmozhivarman (later Rajaraja Chola) — is a timeless work of intrigue, love, heroism, and historical facts. ━ 📱 App Special Features ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔴 Completely offline reading No internet required. Read on a plane, in the mountains, anywhere. 🔊 Tamil voice reading (TTS) - The sentence being read is visible in blue - The speed can be changed from 0.5x to 3.0x - Automatic page change - Screen wake-up feature 🎨 12 reading themes Cream, Sepia, Newsprint, Cool Gray, Day, Solarized, Night, AMOLED, Warm Night, Forest, Ocean, Solarized Dark — You can choose a color that suits your eyes. 📖 Book-like page turning Pages change with a left-right swipe. A real book-like reading experience. - Font size: 08 to 22. - Line spacing: Can be set as needed. - Line, font alignment. 🔖 Smart bookmarks You can bookmark any page. You can identify lines with a long press. 🔍 Full text search You can instantly search for any name, place, or word in 233 chapters. ↩️ Auto-resume Even if the device is closed, it will resume from where you left off. From that line! 🌙 Landscape support Turn your phone to the side to get a wider reading platform. 📧 Contact us for feedback and bug reports. ⭐ If this app is useful, please rate it on the Play Store and encourage it! ━ ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Ponniyin Selvan — The greatest Tamil historical novel, now in your pocket. Written by Kalki Krishnamurthy and serialized in Kalki magazine from 1950 to 1954, Ponniyin Selvan is widely regarded as the greatest Tamil novel ever written. Set in the 10th century Chola empire, it follows the early life of Prince Arulmozhivarman — later crowned Raja Raja Chola I — through a gripping tale of war, palace intrigue, loyalty, and love. This app brings all 5 parts and 233+ chapters to you Android phone as a clean, fast, fully offline reading experience — no login, no internet required. KEY FEATURES ◆ Fully Offline The entire novel is bundled inside the app. Read on a plane, in the mountains, or anywhere with zero data connection. ◆ Tamil Text-to-Speech Read-aloud with active sentence highlighting in blue, speed control (0.25x–2.0x), auto page-turn, and screen wake-lock while playing. ◆ 12 Reading Themes Day, Sepia, Cream, Newsprint, Cool Grey, Solarized, Night, AMOLED, Warm Night, Forest, Ocean, Solarized Dark. AMOLED saves battery on OLED screens. ◆ Book-style Page Reading Swipe left or right to turn pages just like a real one book. Fast, smooth, and natural. ◆ Font Customization Adjust font size (8–22), line spacing, text alignment (left, center, justify), and font family. ◆ Smart Bookmarks & Highlights Bookmark any page. Long-press to highlight passages. Saved by text position — survives font size and The screen changes perfectly. ◆ Full Text Search Search any character name, place, or word across all 233 chapters instantly. ◆ Landscape Support Rotate for a wider reading canvas. Pages recalculate automatically. Kalki visited Sri Lanka three times researching this novel. When serialized, it raised Kalki magazine's circulation to 75,000 — the highest for any weekly in India at the time. ⭐ If you enjoy the app, please leave a rating — it helps us reach more Tamil readers worldwide.