The Great Pillais Gallery -Page 3 எம் தமிழகத்தின் வைர, வைடூரியங்களை இங்கு காண்பிப்பதில் பெருமை அடைகிறோம் Madam Navaneetham Pillay - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Honourable Madam Justice Navanethem Pillay is a South African judge who has been designated by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to serve as High Commissioner for Human Rights. She is currently on the International Criminal Court, where she has been serving since 2003. She was born in 1941 to Tamil minority. She was the first woman to start a law practice in Natal Province in 1967. She acted as defence attorney for many anti-apartheid activists and trade unionists, including her own husband. In 1973, she brought a successful application against the officer commanding Robben Island Prison which enabled political prisoners including Nelson Mandela to have access to lawyers. Pillay studied at Harvard University, earning a Master of Law degree in 1982, and Doctor of Juridical Science in 1988. In 1992 she co-founded the organization Equality Now which campaigns internationally on women`s rights. In 1995, Pillay became the first woman of Indian descent to be appointed as a High Court judge in South Africa. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navanethem_Pillay en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradani_Muthirulappa_Pillai Pradani Muthirulappa Pillai (or Muthu Irulappa Pillai), son of Sundra Pandya Pillai, of the 18th century was a famous minister of Ramnad during the reign of Muthuramalinga Sethupathy. As the king was a minor, just an infant, the pradani took over the controls of a languishing kingdom and brought order and a sense of well-being by his careful planning and introduction of several tax and revenue reforms. Ramnad Manual amply records his administrative prowess and tax reforms. Freedom Fighters AK Pillai, 1927 read more at kamat/database/biographies/a_k_pillai.htm A.Vedhantham Pillai, 1897 read more at kamat/database/biographies/a_vedantam_pillai.htm Vikram Vishnu Pillai Hockey player: bharatiyahockey.org/khiladi/2004/vikram.htm Guru Mahalingam Pillai hindutemplerhythms/Inlovingmemory.html hindu/fr/2005/04/08/stories/2005040802100300.htm Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram pillai. geocities/Paris/Villa/8299/PattuKalyan.html#1 tamilnation.org/literature/lyricwriters/pattukottai/ A A Krishna Pillai (1824-1901) newstodaynet/20jun/ss2.htm VELLALA PURANAM - by Maha Vidvan Kandasamik Kavirayar Old Tamil Nool Vellala Puranam by Kandasamy Kavirayar, Printed from Tamil manuscripts by Mahalaingam Mariammal Arakkattalai, 1999 The above mentioned Puranam meticulously records the Vellala Agriculture as a science. Kandasamy Kavirayar, belongs to the Saiva Vellala Community. Kandasamy Kavirayars famous hymns on Lord Shiva are etched in black stone in the Papanasam Sivan Kovil. Still now some of the Kavirayars family lives in Vickrama Singa puram. You can see one of the lineages photo here... VELALA PURANAM has 29 padalangal, 1373 viruththangal It sings about the importance of Agriculture as a science, the knowledge of sand types, rice types, weather, water & the culture of the vellala community, Most importantly the 10th padalam says about the Rice, Water, Grass, Weather, Natural fertilizer, water harvesting and all other things related to the Agricultural Life. This Puranam also glorifies the importance of Pancha Kavyam (Mattu Chanam, Komiyam, Paal, Thayir, Ney - the 5 holy things of hindusim), as a GREAT fertlizer of the tilling land. Here, one should recollect what E.V.R. Periyar told about the Pancha Kavyam and its use as a Brahmanical symbol. It is not a symbol only. It is a fertilizer also. Now many agri scientists are inventing many new natural fertilizer like the age old Pancha Kavyam. So, as per Periar, we should not take all his teachings as correct. Many of his tirades against Hindu cultures and symbols are being pr
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