Kundrakudi Adigal | |
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 Kundrakudi Adigal | |
| Born | Aranganathan (1925-07-11)11 July 1925 |
| Died | 15 April 1995(1995-04-15) (aged 69) |
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Srinivasa Pillai Aranganathan (11 July 1925 – 15 April 1995), popularly known asKundrakudi Adigal was aSaivite ascetic,Tamil orator, and writer fromTamil Nadu, India. He has written many books about Saivism and Tamil Literature.
He was born Aranganathan on 11 July 1925 in Naduthittu (a village in present-dayMayiladuthurai district to Srinivasa Pillai and Sornathammal. He had two elder brother and one elder sister.[1]
In 1945 he joined Dharumapuram Mutt.[2] Here he learned saivism, Tamil Literature. Later he joinedKundrakudiThiruvannamalai 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]
The books written by him was nationalised by theGovernment of Tamil Nadu in 1990.[6]