நொய்யல் நாவல் விவரிக்கும் பெரும் பஞ்சமும் உணவு பற்றாக்குறையும்: The great famine and food shortage described in the novel Noyyal

Abstract

Many novels have been written against the backdrop of the great famine that occurred in Tamil Nadu in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Devi Bharathi's novel Noyyal also mentions the great famine in its storyline. Set on the banks of the Noyyal, the main river flowing through the Kongu region, this novel, although full of myths and folk beliefs, meticulously records the famine that struck the region during the British rule and the lives of the people of that time. The purpose of this article is to examine the famine situation described in this novel, the food shortage, and how the people survived the famine.

Keywords

• DevibharathiThe great famine and food shortage described in the novel Noyyal