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| death_place = Thirunagar, [[Madurai]], [[Tamilnadu]]<br />
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Puluvar '''R. Ilankumaranar''' (30 January 1927 – 25 July 2021) was an Indian Tamil scholar. He worked as a school teacher and later as a novelist, publisher, magazine editor and speaker. He conducted nearly 5,000 marriages in an ancient Tamil tradition of conducting marriages naming it as 'Aadhi Tamil Murai Thirumanam'.<ref>Reuters sound, Monthly Magazine, drum 38, bolt 10, January 2019, page 8–10</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Gerald|first=Olympia Shilpa|date=1 July 2010|title=Ilankumaranar &ndash; a living Tamil archive|language=en|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/Ilankumaranar-ndash-a-living-Tamil-archive/article16181062.ece|access-date=27 July 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|date=12 December 2008|title=தமிழ்க்கடல் புலவர் இரா.இளங்குமரனார்|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/art-culture/essays/2008/1212-tamil-kadal-ira-ilankumaranar.html|access-date=27 July 2021|website=|language=ta}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Ilankumaranar was born in Vazhavandalpuram, a village in Tirunelveli district as the eighth and last child of his parents on 30 January 1927.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=முதுபெரும் தமிழறிஞர் புலவா் இரா. இளங்குமரன் காலமானார்|url=https://tamil.news18.com/news/tamil-nadu/tamil-scholar-ilangumaran-passed-away-sur-514509.html|access-date=27 July 2021|website=News18 Tamil|language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=kavitha|date=26 July 2021|title=Ilankumaranar: A scholar who solemnised weddings the ancient Tamil way|url=https://thefederal.com/obituary/tamil-scholar-ilankumaranar-who-revived-ancient-tamil-marriage-rituals-passes-away/|access-date=27 July 2021|website=The Federal|language=en-US}}</ref> He started his Tamil career as a 19 year old in 1946 as a Tamil teacher in a government school in Thirunagar.<ref name=":1" /> He got first class in 1951 Pulava examination at the University of Chennai.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
In 1963, former Prime Minister Nehru published a book, Thiruku Essay Collection, written by Ilankumaranar. Abdul Kalam, the former president, published the book ‘Hundred in the Sangam Literary Series’ in 2003. He is the author of more than 600 books.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=முதல்வர் உட்பட தலைவர்கள் இரங்கல்: முதுபெரும் தமிழறிஞர் இளங்குமரனார் உடல் மதுரையில் அரசு மரியாதையுடன் அடக்கம்|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/tamilnadu/697461-poet-ilankumaranar-body-laid-to-rest-with-full-state-honour.html|access-date=27 July 2021|website=Hindu Tamil Thisai|language=ta}}</ref> His greatest work was to retrieve the ‘Kakkaipadiniyam’, a grammar work done by a Tamil poet named Kakkaipadini in the 6th century AD. He established the Thiruvalluvar Thava Salai in 1993.<br />
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== Responsibilities of organizations ==<br />
He has held many responsibilities including the Secretary of the Tamil Archives, the Secretary of the Madurai District Tamil Editors' Association and the organizer of the selection committee. He also worked as a guest professor at the Kamarasar University, Madurai.<br />
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== Awards and honours ==<br />
He received Tiruvika Award from Government of Tamil Nadu, Lifetime Achievement Award from Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America in 2007, ‘Tamil Peravai Semmal' by Madurai Kamaraj University in 2009, 2012 Pachamuthu Paynthamil Award-Lifetime Achievement Award, Master of Arts (D.Lit) from Bharathidasan University, ‘Mozhipor Maravar' by Tamil Santror Peravai, and titles like ‘Thirukural Paeroli', ‘Semmozhi Sitthar' and ‘Tamil Kadal'.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Ilankumaranar died on 25 July 2021 at the age of 94.<ref>{{Cite web|last=சலன்ராஜ்|date=26 July 2021|title=தமிழ் மொழிக்கு ஈடு செய்ய முடியாத இழப்பு- மூதறிஞர் இளங்குமரனார் மறைவுக்கு முதல்வர் இரங்கல்|url=https://tamil.abplive.com/news/tamil-nadu/tamil-poet-ilankumaranar-passed-away-tn-cm-and-other-political-leaders-condoles-the-death-of-ilankumaranar-10602|access-date=27 July 2021|website=tamil.abplive.com|language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=வெ.நீலகண்டன்|title=தமிழறிஞர் இளங்குமரனார் காலமானார் - தமிழ் மொழி வளர்ச்சிக்காக உழைத்த அவரது வாழ்வும் பணிகளும்!|url=https://www.vikatan.com/arts/literature/famous-tamil-scholar-ilankumaranar-passed-away|access-date=27 July 2021|work=vikatan.com|language=ta}}</ref><br />
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