The original version of Ramayana was written by Valmiki. Raghava Iyengar wrote in detail about this 12th-century poet. In a scholarly biography, Kavichakravarty Kamban, Mahavidwan R. Kamban was a great scholar of India's two ancient and rich languages Sanskrit and Tamil. Kamban flourished in Therazhundur, a village in the culturally rich Thanjavur District in the modern state of Tamil Nadu in South India. The Chola king-having heard of this talented bard-summoned him to his court and honoured him with the title Kavi Chakravarty ( The Emperor of Poets). However, he was brought up in the household of a wealthy farmer in Vennai Nellur in Tamil Nadu. Kambar belonged to the uvachchar or உவச்சர் (ஓம் அர்ச்சகர்) caste, traditionally priests in southern India. Kambar also authored other literary works in Tamil, such as ' Thirukkai Vazakkam', Erezhupathu, Silaiezhupathu, Kangai Puranam, sadagopar anthathi, and Sarasvati Anthati.
1180, Tiruvaluntur, Tanjore district, India – 1250) was a medieval Tamil poet and the author of the Ramavataram, popularly known as Kambaramayanam, the Tamil version of Ramayana. Kambar ( Kamban in casual address) ( Tamil: கம்பர்) (c.
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