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{{Infobox Hindu leader<br />
|name= Devaraya Swamigal<br />
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| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
|birth_date= {{circa|1857}}<br />
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|guru= Shree Thirisipuram Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai<br />
|philosophy= [[Kaumaram]]<br />
|honors= Tamil Poet<br />
|literary_works = ''[[Kanda Shasti Kavasam]]''<br />
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'''Devaraya Swamigal''' (born c. 1857){{cn|date=May 2020}} was a [[Tamils|Tamil]] devotee of [[Lord Muruga]]. He is best known for his composition of the Tamil hymn [[Kanda Shasti Kavasam]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Not much is known about Devaraya Swamigal. He was born in 1857 in an affluent family in [[Vallur]] in the then region of [[Tondaimandalam]]. His father Shree Veeraswami Pillai served as Dubash of Mysore under the British rule, owning properties in [[Bangalore]]. Devarayan began his career as an accountant.<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 October 2017|title=பால தேவராய சுவாமிகள் [Bala Devaraya Swamigal]|language=en-IN|work=தி இந்து, சூரசம்கார சிறப்பு மலர் (The Hindu—Tamil)}}</ref> Devaraya Swamigal's ardent inclination towards the [[Tamil language]] resulted in his learning the language under Shree Thirisipuram Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai, a pundit from [[Tiruchy]]. Soon he started writing poems, with his teacher editing and correcting them.<ref name="Nightingale_SSK"/><br />
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Devaraya Swamigal eventually wrote six hymns, popularly known as ''kavacham''s or ''kavasam''s (literally meaning "armour"), the most popular of which is the Kanda Shasti Kavacham. The other kavasams are Siva Kavacham, Shanmuga Kavacham, Shakthi Kavacham, and Narayana Kavacham.<ref>{{cite book | title=தமிழ் இலக்கிய வரலாறு, பன்னிரண்டாம் நூற்றாண்டு (Tamil Ilakkiya Varalaru, 12th century) (Volume 1) [Tamil] | publisher=The Parker, Tamil Research and Publishing Group, Chennai | author=M. Arunachalam | orig-year=1972 |year=2005| location=Chennai }}</ref> Apart from these, he also wrote ''Kuselopakyaanam'', ''Thanigasala Maalai'', ''Panchaakara Desigar Pathigam'', and ''Seda Maalai''.<ref name="Nightingale_SSK">{{cite book<br />
| last = Alagesan <br />
| first = Serndanur Ramanathan <br />
| title = Skanda Shasti Kavacham <br />
| publisher = Nightingale <br />
| edition = 4th<br />
| date = 2013 <br />
| location = Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu <br />
| pages = 3, 10–11<br />
| language = ta, en <br />
| isbn = 978-93-80541-08-2<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Murugan]]<br />
* [[Soolamangalam Sisters]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{wikisource | ta:கந்த சஷ்டி கவசம்}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100220154137/http://www.kandamangalam.com/new/Slogam/Murugan/KandhaSashtiKavacham/tabid/285/Default.aspx Kandha sahsti kavasam reading]<br />
* [http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/religions/skanda.htm Skanda sashti]<br />
* [https://www.scribd.com/doc/21548488/Kanda-Sashti-Kavacham-Lyrics-Tamil Kanda-Sashti-Kavacham-Lyrics-Tamil] in Tamil<br />
* [http://skandagurunatha.org/works/kanthar-sashti-kavasam/ kanthar-sashti-kavasam]<br />
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