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| name = Kalingattuparani<br />
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| author = [[Jayamkondar]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
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| genre = [[Epic poetry]]<br />
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'''Kalingattuparani''' ({{lang-ta|கலிங்கத்துப்பரணி}}) is a 12th-century [[Tamil language|Tamil]] poem and a war song by [[Jayamkondar]], celebrating the victory of [[Kulottunga Chola I]] over the Kalinga king, Anantavarman Chodaganga in the [[Chola invasion of Kalinga (1110)|Chola-Kalinga war]].<ref>''Sri Varadarajaswami Temple, Kanchi: A Study of Its History, Art and Architecture'', page 13</ref><ref>''Tamil studies, Volume 1'', page 65</ref> [[Parani (Tamil literature genre)|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 (historical region)|Kalinga]] under the command of [[Karunakara Tondaiman]]<ref>http://www.tamilvu.org/library/nationalized/scholars/pdf/literature/chayang_kond_taar_kaling_kattupparand_i.pdf</ref> where a thousand elephants are slain.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARDu0gimueg</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=October 2021|reason=YouTube isn’t an ideal source to use.}} It gives a vivid and a graphic description of battle scenes. It is hailed as one of the master-pieces of [[Tamil language|Tamil]] literature with its majestic style and diction.<ref>''Temples of Kr̥ṣṇa in South India: history, art, and traditions in Tamilnāḍu'', page 77</ref> Jayakondar, 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. Next he proceeds to talk about his queens and how one day the king wanted to move his capital to [[Kanchi]]. Finally, he touches on the circumstances which led to the Kalinga war.<br />
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