Sathavathani Sheikh Thambi Pavalar

Sheikh Thambi Pavalar (Tamil: செய்கு தம்பி பாவலர்; 1874–1950) was a Tamil poet, scholar and an Indian independence activist.

Sathavathani Sheikh Thambi Pavalar
Sheikh Thambi Pavalar on a 2008 stamp of India
Born(1874-07-31)31 July 1874
Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District

Early life

Pavalar was born on 31 July 1874 at Edalakudy in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District, as the third son of Pakeer Meeran sahib and Ameena. He had his earlier education at Edalakudy.

Sheikh Thambi Pavalar was a good orator.[1] He learned Arabic language in his early age and was a disciple of Sankaranarayana Pattariar, a Tamil scholar who lived at Kottar (near Edalakudy). He was well versed in 'Kamba Ramayana'.

Literary career

In the year 1859, he worked as the editor of two Tamil magazines namely 'Yatharthavadhi' and 'Islamic Mithran' in Chennai. He wrote and published books – Kottatru Pillai Tamil, Alahappa Kovai, Pathirruppaththu Anthathi, Deavalogathu criminal case, Vedantha vivahara criminal case and also wrote commentaries of 'Seerapuranam', which contained 5,027 poems.[2]

He is known as Sathavathani, which means, one who has a grasp on hundred different aspects of knowledge at a moment. On 10 March 1907 he performed Sathavathanam Programme, in the presence of scholars like V. Kalyanasundaram (Thiru.Vi.Ka) at Madras Victoria Town hall and got appreciation. He was given the title 'Mahamati Sathavathani' by Thanjai Sathavathani Subramanya Iyer. He died on 13 February 1950.[3]

On 31 December 2008, a commemorative postage stamp on him was released.[4]

His works are nationalized and solatium was given to his legal heirs in 2008.[5]

See also

References
  1. Rath, Sswarup. (6 January 2009) FDCforall-Sheikh thambi pavalar. Fdc4all.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2018-11-12.
  2. "Read works of Sathavadhani Seigu Thampi Pavalar". The Hindu. Nagercoil, India. 12 September 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. Pavalar-freedom fighter
  4. "Stamps – 2008". Department of Posts, Government of India. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  5. "Tamil development – Budget speech" (PDF). Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2013.


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