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