Annamalai Reddiyar
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Annamalai Reddiyar (1865–1891) was a Tamil poet. He was born in Chennikulam, Sankarankoil taluk, Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. Although his mother tongue was Telugu, he was a great exponent of Tamil poetry.
He learnt poetry from Nellai Ramasamy Kavirayar.
He wrote the Kavadi Sindhu about Murugan (also known as Karthikeya, son of Shiva).He formed one special method of singing named Sindhu Ilakkiyam, the same we can see in some of bharathiyar songs.He died at he age of 26 due to illness.Vilathikulam has a Higher secondary school in name of Annamalai Reddiyar[1].
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