Makaral Karthikeya Mudaliar (1857–1916) was an

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scholar and poet of

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ancestry Thondaimandala Vellalar from Veyttur, near

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in the state of

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. Mudaliar authored ''Velir varalaatru maanbu'', ''Aathichudi Muthar Viruthiyurai'', ''Tamil Solvilakkam'', and ''Mozhi nool''. ''Available at Google Books''

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