# Maraimalai Adigal

> Maraimalai Adigal was a Tamil Saivite writer, orator and father of the Tanittamil Iyakkam movement. He authored more than 100 books, including works on original poems and dramas and notable research works on Tamil literature and Saivism. He founded a Saivite institution called Podhunilaik Kazhagam. He was an exponent of the Tanittamil Iyakkam movement and is considered to be the father of Tamil linguistic purism. He advocated the use of Tamil devoid of Sanskrit words and changed his birth name Vedhachalam to Maraimalai.

*Tamil Saivite scholar, writer and leader of the Pure Tamil movement*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1876-07-15
- **Died:** 1950-09-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

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## Sources
- [Maraimalai Adigal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraimalai_Adigal)
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- [Мараймалай Адігал](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB)
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