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Annamalai Reddiyar

Annamalai Reddiyar

Indian poet

Annamalai Reddiyar or Reddiar (1865–1891) was a Tamil poet and composer.

Born in Sennikulam, Sankarankoil taluk, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, he studied Tamil under Ramaswami Pulavar and U. V. Swaminatha Iyer and was later patronised by the zamindar of Uttrumalai.[1]

He is particularly remembered for his Kavadi Chindu, a genre of songs chanted by devotees of Lord Murugan while performing Kavadi Attam.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    S. Ramanathan (1982). Glimpses of Indian music. Sundeep. p. 5–6.
  2. [2]
    Ganga Ram Garg (1992). Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World. Concept Publishing Company. p. 496. ISBN 9788170223757.
  3. [3]
    T. Saravanan (25 October 2013). "Dancing tunes". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 August 2017.


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