About Thenikkudi Keeranar
Thenikkudi Keeranar was a poet.
Thenikkudi Keeranār (Tamil: தேனிக்குடிக் கீரனார்) was a poet of the Sangam period to whom verse 49 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai.
Biography Thenikkudi Keeranar was a poet belonging to the late Sangam period that corresponds between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE. He hailed from the town named Thenikkudi. He is also known for a verse on the bee in the Sangam literature.
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