Daughter of the murdered Chidambaram Pillai and a central victim of familial betrayal. After escaping partition violence, she is forced into a marriage with her treacherous uncle Ponnambalam. She temporarily evades consummation by pretending to be haunted. Following an assault, she is discovered dead alongside her attacker, triggering the protagonist's framing and imprisonment.
Leela is Nataraj's maternal aunt, connected through shared family trauma.
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