Tungabhadrar Tire by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay

"Tungabhadrar Tire" is a novel written by the renowned Bengali author Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. The novel is set against the backdrop of the historical and cultural landscape of India, particularly focusing on the region around the Tungabhadra River in southern India.

Bidyunmala, the princess of Kalinga, is on her way for a marriage of political convenience with Devaraya, the king of Vijaynagar, when a mysterious young man called Arjunvarma makes his appearance in her life and becomes part of her entourage.

While preparing to wed the beautiful Bidyunmala, Devaraya is threatened by a treacherous brother within and enemies preparing for war without; worse still, Bidyunmala seems to be in love with Arjunvarma, a man Devaraya has come to trust. And so begins Saradindu Bandyopadhyay's classic tale of intrigue, love and war, set on the banks of the river Tungabhadra in fourteenth-century India