Duraiswaami Kaviraayar

Duraiswaami Kaviraayar

Doraswami Kavirayar, referred to here after as Kavi, was born on 15th August 1867, at Muthu Vinayagar Street, George Town Madras. His father was Samiappa Kavirayar, a poet of merit in the retinue of Pathai Sriramulu Chetty, a dubash of the East India Company. It is said that Samiappa Kavirayar did not have children for long and so he prayed often at the Karukkatha Amman Temple at Spurtank.