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9. Their emotional appeal Akilan?s ?Kayalvizhi? can be a gripping saga set in the Pandiya kingdom background. His other novels include ?Vengayin Maindhan?, ?Kanni Maadam? and ?Vettri Thirunagar.? ?Vengayin Mainthan? has won the Sahitya Academy Award in 1963. ?Vettri Thirunagar? depicts the life of Viswanatha Nayaka of Vijaya Nagar who had been the founder of the Nayakas. He played a major role in integrating the country. After completing the story, the married women wait for the moon to come and so that they can open their fast. The fast is really a tough one and the women keeping it for the first time, needs to be motivated by their husbands, so that they can fast for the whole day. The husband pleases his wife with special gifts, which makes her day special and brings smiles on her face. After the moonrise, the bride performs a prayer, with karwa thali, and water and then prays for the successful closure of her fast. Then she is fed water and sweets by her husband, by which the bride breaks her fast and eats a lavish dinner. These days, many unmarried girls, also fast for their, would be husbands and pray for their longer lives.