South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society Ltd.

The South India Saiva Siddhantha Works Publishing Society Tinnevely Ltd. (also known as Kazhagam) is a Tamil book publishing company.

History

The South India Saiva Siddhanta publishing Society Tinnevely Ltd. was founded in 1920, based in Tirunelveli. Later it opened an office in Madras. Thiruvarangam Pillai and Nellai Tamil saivites formed this company to publish books on Tamil and Saiva Samayam. The Chennai office was taken care by his brother V.Subbiah Pillai, who have established in the later days in Tamil Nadu with more branches.

Following the death of Brother Thiruvarangam Pillai (1940), Subbiah Pillai took over the administration of the company until 1956. When Subbiah Pillai was 59 years old, his health was hailing so his son-in- law Mr. R.Kalyana Sundaram took over printing, publishing and selling the books and established several branches all over Tamil Nadu. The Head Office is located in Tirunelveli. He was the backbone of the administration since 1956 and he was the first General Manager of South India Saiva Siddhantha Kazhagam. He also published text books for Tamil Nadu Department of Education. He played a major role in co-ordinating and conducting the The Second International Tamil Conference. Also, R.Kalyana Sundaram's efforts were phenomenal to achieve kazhagam's 50th anniversary in 1970. In 1972, he also took over a big project of his father-in- law's 75th birthday and coined the name "Pavala Vizhga". Mr.R. Kalyana Sundaram published around 2000 books during his period and also established relationship with health care professionals and started publishing books on diseases and management. He was also a forerunner in finding and establishing booksellers and publishers in South India. He held several book fairs in mid 70s to mid 80s at Mount Road, Chennai. During this time his younger brother R. Muthukumaraswamy managed the Vallalar Library in Chennai and was helping the professors who were doing research in Tamil Litreature. After the demise of Mr. R.Kalyana Sundaram, the publishing house is now being managed by R.Muthukumaraswamy and he was the President of BAPASI, The Booksellers' & Publishers' Association of South India Chennai Book Fair in the year 2004 – 2005.[1]

The company has published books on Tamil Sangam Literature, Tirukkural Thelivurai by Mu.Va., Kazhaga Tamil Dictionary, Kazhaga Tamil English Dictionary, Kazhaga English Tamil Dictionary, Thirumanthiram with Ramanatha Pulavar Prose, Thiruvasagam with Ramanatha Pulavar Prose, etc. Works by Devaneya Pavanar and M. S. Purnalingam Pillai have also been published through this publishing house. The most famous title of this publishing house is Thirukkural Thelivurai written by a great Tamil Scholar Mu. Varadarajan.

Recognition

In 1969, Sri V. Subbiah Pillai for Literature & Education Service was honoured by the Indian Government with Padma Shri Awards (1960–1969).

Books Published

References

  1. ↑ "Chennai Book Fair from tomorrow". The Hindu. 8 January 2004. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
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