# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/parithimar-kalaignar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:43:58.729Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/parithimar-kalaignar"
name: "Parithimar Kalaignar"
slug: "parithimar-kalaignar"
description: "Vilacheri Govinda Suryanarayana Sastri, better known by his pen name, Parithimar Kalaignar, a Professor of Tamil at the Madras Christian College, was the first person to campaign for the recognition of Tamil as a classical language."
tagline: "Tamil scholar, writer and early advocate for Tamil as a classical language (1870–1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Parithimaar_kalaignar.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1870-08-11"
deathDate: "1903-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.545357333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parithimar_Kalaignar"
    title: "Parithimar Kalaignar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parithimar_Kalaignar"
    title: "Parithimar Kalaignar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%9E%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "பரிதிமாற் கலைஞர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%9E%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14472136"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump