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Constitute one of the 96 minor literary genres of Tamil, which gained prominence after the 16th century and came to be recognised as an important literary text for studying temples in the context of socio-economic milieu. Pillai is said to have composed 90 Sthalapuranas(history of ancient temples) about various temples and imparted puranams to his pupils. Mahamahopadhyaya Doctor U. V. Swaminatha Iyer compiled Pilla"s biography in Tamil, which was translated into English by Sridharam K. Guruswamy. as "A Poet"s Poet" (Maha Vidhwan Sri Meenakshisundaram Pillai of Tiruchrappalli).
This book of 129 pages was first published in the year 1976 by Mahamahopadhyaya Doctor U. V. Swaminatha Iyer Library, Madras, now known as Chennai.
