Author Amish Tripathi has, over the years, carved a niche for himself as India’s foremost storyteller of mytho-historical fiction. From The Immortals of Meluha to Legend of Suheldev, his works have celebrated India’s civilisational depth, cultural pride, and spiritual ethos. With The Chola Tigers: Avengers of Somnath, he once again ventures into the realm where history meets imagination, delivering a rousing tale of vengeance, unity, and dharma that rekindles the embers of forgotten valour.

Set in the aftermath of the infamous 1025 CE plunder of the Somnath Temple by Mahmud of Ghazni, The Chola Tigers imagines what might have happened if Bharat had chosen to strike back. It begins with the devastation of the sacred Shiva Linga at Somnath lies shattered, thousands have been slain, and the land of Bharat bleeds under humiliation. Yet, amidst this ruin, five individuals make an oath to avenge, to restore, and to reclaim.

Among these avengers is a Tamil warrior, a Gujarati merchant named Someshwar, a devotee of Lord Ayyappa, a scholar-emperor from Malwa, and none other than the mighty Emperor Rajendra Chola himself, the sovereign whose empire stretched from the Ganga to the distant shores of the South China Sea. Their mission: to travel from the sunlit grandeur of Gangaikonda Cholapuram to the bloodstained court of Ghazni and to retrieve what was stolen, not merely the Somnath Linga, but the pride of an entire civilisation.

Amish’s narrative is taut, cinematic, and infused with passion. His pen turns every setting into a vivid panorama from the shimmering temples of the Chola capital to the biting chill of the Afghan........

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