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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<br />
| last = Vedanayagam<br />
| first = Rama<br />
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| title = திருவள்ளுவ மாலை மூலமும் எளிய உரை விளக்கமும் [Tiruvalluva Maalai: Moolamum Eliya Urai Vilakkamum]<br />
| publisher = Manimekalai Prasuram<br />
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| edition = 1<br />
| date = 2017<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages = 31–32<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
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==Biography==<br />
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<br />
| last = Kowmareeshwari (Ed.)<br />
| first = S. <br />
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| title = குறுந்தொகை, பரிபாடல், கலித்தொகை [Kurunthogai, Paripadal, Kalitthogai]<br />
| publisher = Saradha Pathippagam<br />
| series = Sanga Ilakkiyam<br />
| volume = 2<br />
| edition = 1<br />
| date = August 2012<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages = 240–242 (Book II)<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
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==Contribution to the Sangam literature==<br />
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"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Tamils|India|Literature|Poetry}}<br />
{{wikisourcelang|ta|திருவள்ளுவமாலை|Tiruvalluva Maalai}}<br />
* [[Sangam literature]]<br />
* [[List of Sangam poets]]<br />
* [[Tiruvalluva Maalai]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Tamil philosophy]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil poets]]<br />
[[Category:Sangam poets]]<br />
[[Category:Tiruvalluva Maalai contributors]]<br />
[[Category:Brahmins]]</div>>Hockeycatcat