The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram had killed one hundred tigers. Tigers dominated his life since birth. Therefore, he was known as the Tiger King. The astrologers had predicted that he would be the Champion of Champions but the tiger would be the cause of his death. As soon as he took the reins of his throne, at the age of twenty,he killed a tiger. The astrologer warned him to be careful from the hundredth tiger. In ten years he killed seventy tigers and his native forest became extinct with tigers.

The Maharaja married a royal girl from a state with a large tiger population. Whenever he visited his father-in-law’s kingdom, he would kill five or six tigers every time. The place became extinct with tigers when he had killed ninety nine tigers. The Diwan arranged for the hundredth tiger. The king fired at it but failed to kill it. It only fainted. The king thought that he had killed it. Later, the hunter killed it.

The king purchased a wooded tiger to offer to his son as birthday present. Its sliver pierced the Maharaja’s right hand. It is ironical that infection spread and the king died. Thus the prediction came true.