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| name = Sathavathani Sheikh Thambi Pavalar<br />
| image = Sheikh Thambi Pavalar 2008 stamp of India.jpg<br />
| caption = Sheikh Thambi Pavalar on a 2008 stamp of India<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date |df=yes|1874|07|31|}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nagercoil]], [[Kanyakumari District]]<br />
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'''Sheikh Thambi Pavalar''' ({{lang-ta|செய்கு தம்பி பாவலர்}}; 1874–1950) was a Tamil poet, scholar and an Indian independence activist.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Pavalar was born on 31 July 1874 at [[Edalakudy]] in [[Nagercoil]], [[Kanyakumari District]], as the third son of Pakeer Meeran sahib and Ameena. He had his earlier education at [[Edalakudy]].<br />
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Sheikh Thambi Pavalar was a good orator.<ref>Rath, Sswarup. (6 January 2009) [http://fdc4all.blogspot.com/2009/01/sheik-thambi-pavlar-fdc-from-india.html FDCforall-Sheikh thambi pavalar]. Fdc4all.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2018-11-12.</ref> He learned Arabic language in his early age and was a disciple of Sankaranarayana Pattariar, a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] scholar who lived at [[Kottar]] (near Edalakudy). He was well versed in 'Kamba Ramayana'.<br />
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== Literary career ==<br />
In the year 1859, he worked as the editor of two Tamil magazines namely 'Yatharthavadhi' and 'Islamic Mithran' in Chennai. He wrote and published books – [[Kottatru Pillai Tamil]], Alahappa Kovai, [[Pathirruppaththu]] Anthathi, Deavalogathu criminal case, Vedantha vivahara criminal case and also wrote commentaries of 'Seerapuranam', which contained 5,027 poems.<ref>{{cite news|title=Read works of Sathavadhani Seigu Thampi Pavalar|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/12/stories/2009091254810600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109021351/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/12/stories/2009091254810600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 November 2012|accessdate=2 August 2013|date=12 September 2009|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|location=Nagercoil, India}}</ref><br />
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He is known as ''Sathavathani'', which means, one who has a grasp on hundred different aspects of knowledge at a moment. On 10 March 1907 he performed Sathavathanam Programme, in the presence of scholars like [[V. Kalyanasundaram]] (Thiru.Vi.Ka) at Madras Victoria Town hall and got appreciation. He was given the title 'Mahamati Sathavathani' by Thanjai Sathavathani Subramanya Iyer. He died on 13 February 1950.<ref>[http://pavalar.blog.com/2009/05/02/the-freedom-fighter-who-declined-the-thyagi-pension/ Pavalar-freedom fighter]</ref><br />
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On 31 December 2008, a commemorative postage stamp on him was released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Stamps2008.aspx|title=Stamps – 2008|publisher=Department of Posts, Government of India|accessdate=2 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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His works are nationalized and solatium was given to his legal heirs in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/budget/Budgetspeech2008-2009.pdf|title=Tamil development – Budget speech|date=20 March 2008|publisher=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|accessdate=2 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Avadhanam]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://pavalar.blog.com/2009/11/12/pavalar-ananda-vikatan/ Pavalar-in Tamil]<br />
*[http://www.koodal.com/article/tamil/author.asp?id=69&title=sheikh-thambi-pavalar Koodal-Seikh thambi Pavalar-in Tamil]<br />
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