Kadiyalur Uruttirangannanar (3rd/4th century AD) was a Tamil poet of the Sangam period. He is credited with the composition of the Paṭṭiṉappālai and the Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai

Perumpanarruppatai

Perumpanarruppatai, is a Tamil poetic work in the Pathinenmaelkanakku anthology of Tamil literature, belonging to the Sangam period corresponding to between 100 BCE – 100 CE. Perumpanarruppatai contains 500 lines of poetry in the Achiriyappa meter. The poems were written by the poet Kadiyalur...

in the Pattuppāṭṭu anthology and song 167 of the Akanaṉūṟu

Akananuru

Akananuru , a classical Tamil poetic work, is the seventh book in the Sangam literature anthology Ettuthokai. It contains 400 Akam poems dealing with matters of love and separation...

and 352 of the Kuṟuntokai

Kuruntokai

Kuruntokai ,a classical Tamil poetic work, is the second book of Ettuthokai, a Sangam literature anthology. Kuruntokai contains poems dealing with matters of love and separation content matter and were written by numerous authors. Nachinarkiniyar, a Tamil scholar living during the sixth or the ...

. According to P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar

P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar

P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar was an Indian historian, linguist and educationist regarded as one of the greatest Dravidologists of the 20th century.- Academic career :...

, he lived between the late 3rd and early 4th centuries AD and was a contemporary of the king of Kanchipuram Ilandiraiyan

Ilandiraiyan

Ilandiraiyan was a Tamil chieftain who ruled over Kanchipuram during the Sangam period. According to P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar, Ilandiraiyan belonged to the Pallava Dynasty and was a contemporary of the Early Chola king Karikala.- Life :...

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Biography

Uruttirangannanar was born in a Brahmin

Tamil Brahmin

Tamil Brahmins are Tamil-speaking Brahmins from Tamil Nadu who have settled in other South Indian states like Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka...

 family in the village of Kadiyalur in the present-day Vellore district

Vellore District

Vellore district is one of the 32 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. Vellore City is the headquarters of this district. It had a population of 3,477,317 as of 2001. It is 37.62% urbanised...

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