Nalgur Velviyar

Nalgūr Vēlviyār (Tamil: நல்கூர் வேள்வியார்) was a poet of the Sangam period to whom verse 21 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.

Biography

Nalgur Velviyar was a poet belonging to the late Sangam period that corresponds between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE. He hailed from the town named Nalgur.^[1]

View on Valluvar and the Kural

Nalgur Velviyar has authored verse 21 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.^[1] He opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:^[2]

They say that Siva is the patron of North Madura, but this poet who pours out instruction in honeyed words with a parental solicitude, is the patron of South Madura abounding with water.

See also

• Sangam literature
• List of Sangam poets
• Tiruvalluva Maalai