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List of Scholars who are ethnic Tamil (not scholars that specialize in Tamil studies, for which see Category:Dravidologists) Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "Scholars from Tamil Nadu" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
This is the list of the scientists from Tamil Origin or Tamil Nadu. A P J Abdul Kalam. C. V. Raman; Kailasavadivoo Sivan; Mylswamy Annadurai; V. S. R. Elagu V. Elaguppillai
Arumuka Navalar (1822–1879), pioneer of Tamil prose; champion of Hinduism from Jaffna, Sri Lanka; Siva prakasar, Saiva Siddantha, scholar, wrote 32 books in Tamil (Nanneri, Thiruchendur ula) Maraimalai Adigal, scholar and activist; U. V. Swaminatha Iyer (1855–1942) Paventhar Bharathidasan, poet, also known as "Puratchi Kavignar"
K. Sivathamby - emeritus professor of University of Jaffna; prominent Tamil scholar, sociologist and author of books; X. Thaninayagam - scholar, author and historian; Valentine Joseph - was a Sri Lankan Tamil mathematician, noted for his contributions to education
The Kural remains the most reviewed work of the Tamil literature, with almost every scholar down the ages having written commentaries on it.Of the several hundred commentaries written on the didactic work over the centuries, the commentaries written by a group of ten medieval scholars are considered to have high literary value.
Agathiyar (), Chairman of first Tamil Sangam, at Madurai in the Pandiya kingdom.Statue of Agastya in the Tamil Thai (Mother Tamil) temple in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India. The Tamil Sangams (Tamil: சங்கம் caṅkam, Old Tamil 𑀘𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀫𑁆, from Sanskrit saṅgha) were three legendary gatherings of Tamil scholars and poets that, according to traditional Tamil accounts ...
Subrahmanya Sastri was a voracious reader, versatile writer and an erudite scholar. Apart from his mastery over Sanskrit, Tamil and English, he also studied German, French, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Subrahmanya Sastri, who was known for his simplicity, taught Tirukkural to a manual scavenger during his retired life at Tiruvaiyaru.