This anthology of twenty-three short stories in Tamil is a work of fiction, written with very vivid details of the social fabric of Jaffna man’s yesteryears. It details descriptions and the historical background of most of the villages and towns of Jaffna District. This anthology serves as a historical record of the Jaffna peninsula, where one time, the Jaffna Kingdom existed in Sri Lanka before the Portuguese invaded. Stories reflect the customs, manners, superstitious beliefs, and social life of the Jaffna Tamils, who live there from ancient times. Jaffna
Tamils have ancient traditional practices that are not seen in any other parts of the world, because of their secluded way of life and strictly following the footsteps of their ancestors. It is very evident in the Tamil they speak and the traditions they follow. Many Tamil scholars from Tamil Nadu have commented on the purity of the language they speak.