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{{Infobox person
| name = Uraiyur Sivagnanam Balasubramani
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| birth_date = {{birth-date|7 April 1963}}
| birth_place = [[Uraiyur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| occupation = [[Historian]], [[Researcher]]
| known_for = [[Kumari Kandam]], Turtle Sea route, [[Tamil Diaspora]]
| other_names = Orissa Balu
| nationality = India
| native_name = {{lang-ta|உறையூர் சிவஞானம் பாலசுப்ரமணி}}
}}

'''Uraiyur Sivagnanam Balasubramani''' (born 7 April 1963), better known as '''Orissa Balu''' ({{lang-ta|ஒரிசா பாலு}}), is a researcher and historian from [[Uraiyur]], [[Tamil Nadu]] in Southern India. His areas of interest include integrated ocean culture research, [[Tamil language]] research, [[physics]] and [[Tamil diaspora]] coordination.

==Career==
Balu runs the Integrated Ocean Culture Research Foundation, based in [[Chennai]].<ref name=hn>{{cite news|last=Arjunan|first=Shrikumar|date= April 29, 2016|title= Sailing in search of history|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/sailing-in-search-of-history/article8537040.ece|work=The Hindu |access-date= March 14, 2021}}</ref> For over 21 years,{{Clarify timeframe|date=March 2021}} he has researched [[sea turtle]]s and [[human migration]] patterns, believing that ancient Tamil traders followed the routes of the turtles.<ref name="hn" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Padmanabhan|first=Geeta|date=2013-07-16|title=Back in time|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/back-in-time/article4920763.ece|access-date=2021-03-19|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Turtle egg poaching hits conservation bid in Tamil Nadu|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/mar/02/turtle-egg-poaching-hits-conservation-bid-in-tamil-nadu-1576491.html|access-date=2021-03-19|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

He has researched the Tamil-Korean relationship, and how ancient Tamils travelled to Korea around 1st century AD, working with researchers N.Kannan,{{which|date=March 2021}} and Dr Nagarajan.{{which|date=March 2021}}<ref>{{Cite news|title='Tamil-Korean Link is Age-Old'|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2015/may/20/Tamil-Korean-Link-is-Age-Old-763024.html|access-date=2021-03-19|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

He has researched [[Kumari Kandam]], a mythical ancient sunken continent, for 15 years.{{Clarify timeframe|date=March 2021}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Reply on plea to trace Kumari Kandam|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2020/oct/29/reply-on-plea-to-trace-kumari-kandam-2216549.html|access-date=2020-11-16|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=29 October 2020}}</ref> He has been appointed as [[amicus curiae]] by the [[Madurai]] High Court, submitted that he along with S M Ramasamy, retired vice-chancellor of [[Gandhigram Rural Institute]] who is presently the consultant for Poombukar project in [[Bharathidasan University]] at [[Trichy]], will do the preliminary study on Kumari Kandam.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kumari Kandam Excavation: HC seeks report from MSU on infra - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/kumari-kandam-excavation-hc-seeks-report-from-msu-on-infra/articleshow/79711076.cms|access-date=2021-03-19|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Wanjiwalku]]
*[[K. Amarnath Ramakrishna]]
*[[Peoples of Palawan]]
*[[Pallas (son of Evander)|Pallas]]
*[[Antisuyu]]
*[[Pelasgians]]
*[[Aboriginal Tasmanians]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://dinamani.com/tamilnadu/2013/05/02/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F/article1570939.ece Dinamani News Published on 02/05/2013 ]
*[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/back-in-time/article4920763.ece " Back in time " Published in The Hindu Paper on 16/07/2013]

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