THALAIPPU commences towards NORTH EAST (WATER! rv!) flows to Veeranam - branches out towards Puhar - cauvery via Mayuram - Kollidam - Seerkazhi - Puhar - Kadamugam - Sea. Kalki describes this in detail.
dear sps where could the pier/ quay - thonithurai that maran, vanthiya thevan, idumban kari and alwarkadiyan meet in the early chapters be? must be a couple of hours horse ride from kadambur according to the story. for maran sends off vd.
noticed one thing .after this scene the two best friends are never even on speaking terms till the last pages of book 5