Padikasu Pulavar

Padikasu Pulavar is a Tamil poet who had lived during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was a native of Kalandai in Thondaimandalam. He was famous for authoring Thondaimandala Sadhakam,^[1] a poetic collection written in praise of Thondaimandala Vellalars or agriculturists. He had also authored Thandalaiyar Sadhakam. He was a court poet of Raghunatha Kilavan, first Sethupathi of Ramnad. The poet was a contemporary of Kalamega Pulavar.^[2] Ramalinga Swamigal had written a fine commentary on the invocatory song of the book, Thondamandala Sathagam, which contains one hundred songs, sung by the great poet Padikasu Pulavar.^[3]

References

1. A Primer of Tamil Literature by M. S. Purnalingam Pillai Page No. 176
2. The Tamil Plutach: containing a summary account of the lives of the poets by Simon Casie Chitty Page No. 63
3. Life of St. Ramalingar by P. Mutharasu Page 39