Madanakamaraja Katha is a collection of South Indian folktales. It goes by several similar names, such as Madanakamarajan Kathai in Tamil and Madana Kamaraju Kathalu in Telugu. It collects stories told in South India, some of which are also found in Sri Lanka. The Tamil text was published in 1848 and 1855 and translated by S. M. Natesa Sastri as "Dravidian Nights" in 1886. The translation contains twelve stories in all. Although it was important as a collection of folktales, it did not have much effect on Tamil literary culture. The 1941 film Madanakamarajan was broadly based on this work.