Kumaraswamy Pulavar

Poet, Author

1854 – 1922

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Who was Kumaraswamy Pulavar?

Chunnakam Kumaraswamy Pulavar 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.

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Born
Jan 18, 1854
Chunnakam
Also known as
  • Kumaraswany Pulavar
Religion
  • Hinduism
Nationality
  • Sri Lanka
Profession
Died
Mar 23, 1922
Jaffna

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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