An illustrative painting of a man splashing in a river as other people watch from the rocky bank under a sunny sky.

Aattan Athi was an excellent water dancer. On a flood day in the Kaveri river basin called Kalar in the presence of the Chola king Karikalan, when the Kaveri water was flowing in a foam, he performed a water dance with the Kaveri. The day before, Adhimanthi came to see Attan Athi and did not see the leader and was sitting on a rock. When her friend saw her, she asked why she was sitting with a pale face and was upset that she did not see the leader. Why are you worried about this? Tomorrow, our king is going to dance in front of him. For that, he must have been rehearsing with Kaveri. We are going to see him tomorrow. She took him away. See more