Kundrakudi Adigal

Kundrakudi Adigal
Kundrakudi Adigal
Born
Aranganathan

(1925-07-11)11 July 1925
Naduthittu, Tanjore District,
Madras Presidency, British India
(now Mayiladuthurai district,
Tamil Nadu, India)
Died15 April 1995(1995-04-15) (aged 69)
Parents

Srinivasa Pillai Aranganathan (11 July 1925 – 15 April 1995), popularly known as Kundrakudi Adigal was a Saivite ascetic, Tamil orator, and writer from Tamil Nadu, India. He has written many books about Saivism and Tamil Literature.

Early life

He was born Aranganathan on 11 July 1925 in Naduthittu (a village in present-day Mayiladuthurai district to Srinivasa Pillai and Sornathammal. He had two elder brother and one elder sister.[1]

Religious work

In 1945 he joined Dharumapuram Mutt.[2] Here he learned saivism, Tamil Literature. Later he joined Kundrakudi Thiruvannamalai Mutt. On 16 June 1952 he was appointed as 45th pointiff of the mutt.[3] He introduced many reforms in the mutt such as abolishing caste-based admission in the mutt.[4]

His statue installed posthumously at the mutt is garlanded on his birthday by the government of Tamil Nadu as a government function.[5]

Writings

The books written by him was nationalised by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1990.[6]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "குன்றக்குடி அடிகளார்". TAMIL HERITAGE FOUNDATION. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ "The atheist and the saint". The Hindu. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. ^ ValaiTamil. "குன்றக்குடி அடிகள்". ValaiTamil. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  4. ^ admin. "பெரியாரும் குன்றக்குடி அடிகளாரும்: 2 துருவங்களின் ஒன்றிணைந்த மனிதநேய பயணம்!". heronewsonline.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. ^ "குன்றக்குடி அடிகள் 94வது பிறந்த நாள்" (PDF). 17 July 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  6. ^ "தமிழ் வளர்ச்சி, அறநிலையங்கள் (ம) செய்தித்துறையால் வழங்கப்பட்ட நாட்டுடைமையாக்கப்பட்ட தமிழறிஞர்களின் நூல்கள்". www.tamilvu.org. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  7. ^ "விருது பெற்றோர் பட்டியல் – தமிழ் வளர்ச்சித் துறை". Retrieved 11 April 2021.