Ponniyin Selvan 9

 Why are these footmen chasing away the people? "And why are people hurrying away?" he asked, one after the other. "Thambi! Do you not know? There is a flag flying in the middle of those sailboats. "See what is embossed on it!" said the elder. It seems like a palm tree. "It is a palm tree!" "Don't you know that the palm tree flag belongs to the Lord of Pazluvoor?" "Is it the great warrior, Lord Pazluvoor, who is coming?" asked Vandiya Devan in a startled voice. "It must be so." "Who else could raise the palm tree flag and come?" said the elderly man. Vandiya Devan's eyes opened wide with immeasurable surprise as he looked towards the boats. Vallavarayan Vandiya Devan had heard much about Lord Pazluvoor. But who would not have heard about them? The names of the brothers—the Elder Lord Pazluvoor and the Younger Lord Pazluvoor—were renowned from Lanka in the south to the Kalinga Kingdom in the north. Pazluvoor, situated on the northern banks of the Cauvery near the city of Uraiyoor, was their capital. The Pazluvoor family had achieved heroic fame since the reign of Vijayala Chozla. They had a lot of give and take with the royal family of the Chozlas. Because of this and also because of their nobility, bravery, and fame, the Pazluvoor clan had all the distinguishing characteristics of a royal family. They also had the right to carry their own pennant.