Tamil Scholar, Connoisseur, Founder of Thirukural Aaivumaiyam and Kumari Kalaikazhaham, Author, Star of Asia Thirukural Dr. Kesava Subbiah . Part - A.

Introduction; The great Tamil Scholar and Researcher Thirukural Dr. Kesava Subbiah, the founder of Thirukural Aaivumaiyam [Thirukural Research Centre] and Kumari Kalaikazhaham, Nagercoil  and the author of the epoch making book, ,"Thenpandithantha Thiruvallur" is no more with us physically but his indelible memory still haunts our memories and he lives in our thoughts.. He loved Thirukural wholeheartedly and lived for the cause of spreading the message of Thirukural to all human beings. We can rarely come across a person who loved Thiru Valluvar and his book Thirukural like our Thirukural K. Subbiah. Kanyakumari district is really proud of Thirukural Kesva Subbiah , and so long as people remember Thirukural, people will also remember Thirukurla Dr. kesava Subbiah . We can call him a prominent, unique and shimmering milestone in the social, artistic and literary history of Kanyakumari District and Tamil Nadu. 

His Parents and Birth:  Some time ago at a pleasant village called Palliyadi [ Vilavancode taluk, KK Dist ] A Tamil gentle man by name Thiru C. Kesavan Achari was living happily with his beloved wife Mrs Bagavathiammal and as a blessing of their conjugal life a smart and intelligent boy child was born to this couple on 24th August 1931,.and this couple christened their boy, 'Subbiah'. .

                                

                                         Thirukural Dr. Kesava Subbiah 

Education :  Thiru Kesava Subbiah did his Primary School Education at his native village Palliyadi and did his High School education at a  famous High School at Kattathurai [SSLC-1952].  He did his FA [ Intermediate Course ] at the famous ST Hindu College , Nagercoil during 1955-1957. Since childhood Thiru Kesava Subbiah loved Tamil so much and so he studied and passed his Tamil Vidhuvan course from the University of Kerala with flying colors in 1959.  He longed to become a Teacher and accordingly he passed his B.Ed examination [ Madras University ] . In tune with his thirst for knowledge he continued his education and passed his M.A[History] from the University of Madras and  M.A [ Tamil] from Madurai Kamaraj University.  He was a born Artist and so in line with his natural flair for drawing and Art he passed the 'Drawing Master Certificate'  Course conducted by the Government of Tamil Nadu. He was a multifaceted personality ,  he was a brilliant Violinist, Palmist, Astrologer, Drama Director,  Actor, Editor, Connoisseur, Social Thinker, Orator, Organizer and so on .
Part B will follow soon.
By P. Babu Manoharan, M.A,.[ All rights are reserved. This Article will be enlarged , modified, and corrected later if needed].