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'''Keerandhaiyar''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: கீரந்தையார்) was a poet of the [[Sangam period]], to whom a sole verse of the [[Sangam literature]] has been attributed, in addition to verse 19 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]].<ref name="Vedanayagam_Urai">{{cite book
 | last = Vedanayagam
 | first = Rama
 | author-link =
 | title = திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum]
 | publisher = Manimekalai Prasuram
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 | edition = 1
 | date = 2017
 | location = Chennai
 | pages = 31–32
 | language = Tamil
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==Biography==
Keerandhaiyar is believed to have belonged to the [[Brahmin]] caste of the Keerar tribe, who changed their occupation from yagna to [[performing arts]]. These people primarily spoke [[Sanskrit]] but have adapted themselves to the [[Tamil culture]] and language. He belonged to the [[Aryan race]] who had come down south and settled down in the [[Tamil Land|Tamil land]] since [[Ancient India|antiquity]]. There were about 24 poets of the Sangam era who belonged to this tribe, including [[Nakkirar I]] and [[Kanakkaayanar]].<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2">{{cite book
 | last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.)
 | first = S. 
 | author-link =
 | title = குறுந்தொகை, பரிபாடல், கலித்தொகை [Kurunthogai, Paripadal, Kalitthogai]
 | publisher = Saradha Pathippagam
 | series = Sanga Ilakkiyam
 | volume = 2
 | edition = 1
 | date = August 2012
 | location = Chennai
 | pages = 240–242 (Book II)
 | language = Tamil
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==Contribution to the Sangam literature==
Keerandhaiyar has written a sole Sangam verse, namely, verse 2 of [[Paripaadal]] praising [[Lord Vishnu]], besides verse 19 of the [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]] in praise of [[Valluvar]].<ref name="SangaIlakkiyam_2"/>

==See also==
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* [[Sangam literature]]
* [[List of Sangam poets]]
* [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]]

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