Kumaraswamy Pulavar

Chunnakam Kumaraswamy Pulavar (Tamil: சுன்னாகம் குமாரசாமிப்புலவர்) was a well known Sri Lankan Tamil scholar and poet from Maylani village in Chunnakam township in Jaffna peninsula in the British held Ceylon now known as Sri Lanka. He lived from 1854 to 1922. He along with other activists were instrumental in the revival of native traditions in Sri Lanka that had been long dormant during the previous 400 years of colonial rule by various European powers.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 18, 1854
Birth nameKumaraswamy
Birth place
Sri Lanka , Jaffna District , Chunnakam
Nationality
Sri Lanka
Religion
Hindu
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1922
Place of death
Sri Lanka , Jaffna
Education
Tamil language
Known for
Hindu

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  1. http://www.tamilnation.org/hundredtamils/pandithamanikanapathipillai.htm