text: who killed aaditya karikalan, the brother of raja raja chozha? the most exhaustive book regarding the cholas that i've read is the ponniyin selvan but the author does not even hint who killed aaditya....please let me know if u have an answer to this unsolved mystery there are varied versions as to how aditya karikalan died.  according to balakumaran in udaiyar, he was killed by the 'aapath uthavies' ie body guards of king veerapandian who had been earlier killed by aditya karikalan  kalki, in ponniyin selvan does not give the exact details of the cause of death. however he seems to suggest that aditya karikalan committed suicide.  akilan, a leading tamil novelist gives another version in his novel 'vengaiyin mainthen' (son of tiger)