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**doctorzlo** · 08-07-2006, 08:14 PM

The songs written about kings and Zamindhars are by the begging poets who pledge tamil for their livlihood cannot be taken seriously.

It was not only the "beggin poets" as you allege, Albert. See below for what even the British had to record. I quoet Aravindan, earlier on in this thread

Why did the Englishman HR Pate, writing in the early 20th century, speak of how Kattabomman's name was still such a revered one in Tirunelveli?

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doctorzlo Join Date Jun 2006 Posts 4,488 Senior Member	The songs written about kings and Zamindhars are by the begging poets who pledge tamil for their livlihood cannot be taken seriously. It was not only the "beggin poets" as you allege, Albert. See below for what even the British had to record. I quoet Aravindan, earlier on in this thread Why did the Englishman HR Pate, writing in the early 20th century, speak of how Kattabomman's name was still such a revered one in Tirunelveli?
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