Novel Chulunthee uncovers the hidden human history of Navidar clan, a traditional craftsman, and their medical contributions based on ethnographic data. Also, it has recorded the characteristics of various castes like Kudumbar, Kallar, Nayak, Asari, Mutharaiyar, Chettiar, Vannar, Gowda and Idiyar. The novel also mentions the period of Vaetuvakula king who ruled over Pantrimalai (Kodaikanal, Palani, Vedasandur area) with Kanniwadi as their headquarters. After a long war, the small kingdoms under the Pandya kingdom came under the Vijayanagara Empire. It is from here that the plot of Chukunthee continues. In the Nayaka administration, the king followed him in the hierarchy of power, the king of Madurai, Chokanatha Nayak, (1662-1682), one of the generals in the reign of Appayanayakar's son Chinnakatiriyappa Nayak, captured Kanniwadi and became the king of the palace. The training ground of Madurai king’s artillery, cavalry and infantry was located in Kanniwadi and so the history of Madurai Nayakkars centres around Kanniwadi
