 The poem was dedicated to king Prahattan from north India, and to teach him principles of Tamil poetry.It has significant details about clothing, jewelry, mountain farmers guarding their crops from elephants and other wildlife, weapons chieftains carried, musical instruments, warrior god Murugan, priests making their evening devotions, and other cultural information about ancient Tamil Nadu.The poem presents courtship practices of the ancient era, yet also describes the ethical questions and "possible wicked rumors" the maiden – and later the man – worries about as she begins and continues her premarital love affair.