Kudavayil Balasubramanian

Kudavayil Balasubramanian is one of the leading archaeologists of Tamil Nadu. He is former curator and publication manager at Saraswathi Mahal Library located at Tanjore.^[1] He is accredited with discovering more than 100 inscriptions, coins, copper plates, sculptures and paintings which are now placed in museums and temples in the state.

Personal life

He was born in Kuduvayil (officially known as Kuduvasal) village in Tiruvarur district. He did his graduation in Zoology and in post graduation he switched to history because of the own interest in history.

Books

He has written number of books in Tamil about History especially about Tanjore big temple and Tiruvarur Big Temple. His noted works are

• Rajarajechcharam (Tamil: தஞ்சாவூர்-இராசராசேச்சரம்)^[2]
• Tiruvarur Temple (Tamil: திருவாரூர் திருக்கோயில்)
• Darasuram Iravatheswarar Temple (Tamil: தாராசுரம் ஐராவதீசுவரர் திருக்கோயில்-இராசராசேச்சரம்)^[3]
• Thanjavur (Tamil: தஞ்சாவூர்)^[4]
• Hisoty of Thanjavur Nayaks (Tamil: தஞ்சாவூர் நாயக்கர் வரலாறு)^[5]
• Nandhipuram, Pallava capital in Chola country (Tamil: நந்திபுரம்)
• Compilation of articles in archaeology and history(Tamil: கபிலக்கல்)
• Kudamuzha, a percussion instrument with five faces(Tamil: குடமுழா)
• Study of Gopura art (Tamil: கோபுரக்கலை மரபு)

References

1. "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mintamil/2qQHG-F0Z28/-vhL62QgCWUJ". groups.google.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27. External link in |title= (help)
2. "Voyage of discovery - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
3. . Dinamani.com - Dinamani http://www.dinamani.com/edition_trichy/tanjore/2013/11/14/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9/article1889444.ece - Dinamani Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 2013-11-14. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "thanjavur tamil book". discoverybookpalace.com. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
5. http://books.google.co.in/books/about/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%9E%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95.html?id=3ZmQpwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=thanjavur nayakkar varalaru tamil book|publisher=sarasvati mahal library

Lessons from the Past, The Hindu, July 17, 2010