Kanagasabai

Kanagasabai (Tamil: கனகசபை) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

Kanagasabai
கனகசபை

Pronunciation	Kaṉakacapai
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Tamil
Origin
Region of origin	Southern India North-eastern Sri Lanka
Other names
Alternative spelling	Canagasabai Canagasabey Kanagasaby Khanagasabai

Kanagasabai is the Tamil name of the court in the temple of the Hindu god Shiva in Chidambaram in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. In this temple the main idol is in the dancing form, which is usually called Nataraja. Kanagasabai is a combination of two Tamil words, kanagam meaning gold and sabai meaning court. Since the idol is believed to be performing Bharathanatyam, one of the traditional Indian dance forms, in the court made of gold, the court is called Kanagasabai. The Chidambaram Temple also has a traditional name of Kanagasabai.

Notable people

Given name

• A. Kanagasabai (1856–1927), Ceylonese lawyer
• R. Kanagasabai Pillai, Indian politician

Surname

• Canagasabai Kunalan (born 1942), Singaporean athlete
• Dhiloraj Canagasabey (born 1955), Sri Lankan priest
• Kanagasabai Ganeshalingam (1938–2006), Sri Lankan politician
• Kanagasabai Pathmanathan (1948–2009), Sri Lankan politician
• Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai (born 1939), Sri Lankan politician

See also

• All pages with titles containing Canagasabai
• All pages with titles containing Canagasabey
• All pages with titles containing Kanagasabai
• All pages with titles containing Kanagasaby