Padikasu Pulavar is a Tamil poet who had lived during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was a native of Kalandai in Tondaimandalam. He was famous for authoring Thondaimandala Sadhakam,A Primer of Tamil Literature by M. S. Purnalingam Pillai Page No. 176 a poetic collection written in praise of Tondaimandalam region or agriculturists. He had also authored Thandalaiyar Sadhakam. He was a court poet of Raghunatha Kilavan, first Sethupathi of Ramnad. The poet was a contemporary of Kalamega Pulavar.The Tamil Plutach: containing a summary account of the lives of the poets by Simon Casie Chitty Page No. 63 Ramalinga Swamigal had written a fine commentary on the invocatory song of the book, Thondamandala Sathagam, which contains one hundred songs, sung by the great poet Padikasu Pulavar.Life of St. Ramalingar by P. Mutharasu Page 39
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