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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Orphan|date=May 2014}}
{{infobox person
|name = Venkatasami
| birth_name = Mayilai Seeni Venkatasami
| birth_date = 16 December 1900
| birth_place = Chennai, Tamilnadu
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1980|5|8|1900|12|16}}
| occupation = writer, scholar
}}
'''Mayilai Seeni. Venkatasami''' (16 December 1900 – 8 May 1980) was a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] researcher, scholar, historian and writer from [[Tamil Nadu]], India.

==Biography==
Seeni. Venkatasami was born in [[Mylapore]], [[Chennai]]. His father was a [[Siddha]] medicine practitioner. He had two elder brothers. The eldest brother was a Siddha doctor like their father. The second brother Seeni. Govindarajan was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] scholar. He has written literary works like ''Thirukkural Kamathuppaal Naatkal'' and ''Thirumayilai Naanmani Kadigai''. Venkatasamy initially learnt Tamil from Govindarajan and later from Mahavidwan Shanmugam Pillai and Pandit Sargunar. He joined the editorial team of the [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]] magazine ''Dravidan''. He was interested in art and studied for some time in Egmore Arts School. To support his family financially he joined [[Santhome]] corporation school as a teacher. During his vacation days he traveled to places of worship and places of historical importance all over Tamil Nadu and conducted field research in archaeology, epigraphy and numismatics. He learnt all South Indian writing systems like [[Brahmi]], [[Grantha script|Grantha]] and [[Tamil script|Tamil]]. He also knew [[Kannada]] and [[Malayalam]]. He researched [[Jainism|Jain]] and [[Tamil Buddhism|Buddhist]] archaeological places of interest which had been largely ignored by the Hindu historians. He served as the president of the Chennai Writers Association twice.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Five Sasay To Zorgot)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA3900|accessdate=17 March 2012|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|pages=3900–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Kamil Zvelebil|title=Companion studies to the history of Tamil literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAPtq49DZfoC&pg=PA47|accessdate=17 March 2012|year=1992|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-09365-2|pages=47–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jayaraman|first=Bagavathi|title=Mayilai Seeni. Venkatasami's Contribution to Tamil Studies|url=http://www.ulakaththamizh.org/JOTSpdf/018077082.pdf|work=Journal of Tamil Studies|accessdate=20 August 2018}}</ref>

In 2000, the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] nationalised his writings.<ref>{{cite web|title=TN Govt Budget 2002-03|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/policynotes/archives/policy2002_03/tdc2002-03-b.htm|work=Govt of Tamil Nadu|accessdate=28 April 2012}}</ref>

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