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The Great Tamil Scholar Dr.U.V.Swamynatha Iyer's Birth Place. Dr.Iyer popularly known as "Tamil Thaththa Uu.Ve. Sa" (Grandfather of Tamil Litterature) has toiled day and night,braving his old age in 70's and 80's, for several decades in travelling nook and corner of Tamilnadu in collecting palm leave manuscripts ( Olai Chuvadigal) of many Classical Works of Tamil poets and publishing them. But for this doyen of Tamil language,very many classical works of Tamil including the 5 Great Epics such as Silappathikaram,Manimekali etc.would have been extinct or known only by name.
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Coordinates:   10°55'53"N   79°17'17"E
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