Arumuka Navalar
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Arumuka Navalar was a Sri Lankan Shaivite Tamil language scholar and a religious reformer who was central in reviving native Hindu Tamil traditions in Sri Lanka and India.
Navalar's birth name was Nallur Arumuka Pillai. Wikipedia
Born: December 18, 1822, Nallur, Sri Lanka
Died: December 5, 1879 (age 56 years), Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Title: Navalar
Parents: Sivakami Ammal
Known for: Hindu reformer
Other names: Srila Sri Arumuka Navalar; Sri Arumuka Swamigal
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