What is Kaniyan Pungundranar?
Kaniyan Pungundranar is an influential Tamil poet and philosopher who lived during the [[Sangam Age]]. He was said to be born in the village of [[Mahibalanpatti]] in [[Tirupattur taluk]] of [[Sivagangai district]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://now.rtbi.in/mahibalanpatti/index.php/en/about-village |title=About Village |access-date=2017-01-29 |archive-date=2013-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106180609/http://now.rtbi.in/mahibalanpatti/index.php/en/about-village |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kaniyan Pungundranar composed two poems in Tamil in [[Purananuru]] and [[Natrinai]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/171341913/Kaniyan-Poongundranar|title=Kaniyan Poongundranar|website=Scribd}}</ref> His poem in Purananuru is a famous poem, it starts with the lines of <big>'''Yaadhum Oore Yavarum Kelir'''</big> speaks about unity. Dr. [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam|A.P.J. Abdul Kalam]], the former president of India spoke about these lines in the [[United Nations Organisation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXW5oi0_epg|title=Abdul Kalam's speech in European Union - Yaadhum oorae Yaavarum Kaeleer|last=Saravanan Shana|date=27 July 2015|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> At present, these lines are depicted in the [[United Nations Organisation|UNO]]. ==Reference== {{reflist}} [[Category:Tamil people]]