![]() and barely nineteen years of age, Vairamuthu published his maiden anthology Vaigarai Megangal. He joined Pachaiyappa's college in Chennai where he was acclaimed as the best speaker and poet. At the age of fourteen, he was inspired by Thiruvalluvar's Thirukkural to write a Venba compilation of poetry, strictly adhering to the Yappu grammar rules of Tamil poetry. The speeches of Periyar & Anna, the writings of Karunanidhi and the works of eminent poets like Bharathi, Bharathidasan and Kannadasan and the life in the countryside shaped the young poet's thinking. According to him, Tamil and Rationalist movements of the sixties stimulated his poetic zeal. The ambience of the village is said to have inspired him to write poems. When he was four, the village gave way to Vaigai Dam and the family moved to Vadugapatti village, a farming community in Theni near Periyakulam. ![]() Vairamuthu was born to Ramaswamythevar and Angammal of Mettur in a middle-class family.
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