He was born to a Tamil-speaking Desikar family from Mailam and settled down at Valavanur, Tamil Nadu. Sundaresa Desikar was born to Velaiyar and Meenatchi Ammal in a village called Mailam near by Tindivanam in Tamil Nadu, South India into an orthodox Saiva Tamil Desikar family around the middle of the 18th Century.
Sundaresa Desikar"s father Velaiyar was a respectable spiritual leader and a great Tamil poet. Kumara Swamy Desikar was his Great Grand father. Siva Prakasar and Karunai Prakasar were Sundaresanar"s uncles.
Gnambikai Ammal wife of Santhalinga Swamigal is Sundaresanar’s aunt.
He is acclaimed as ‘Karpanai Kalangiyam’ by renowned scholars. He compiled “ Neerotta amaha Anthathi “ to defeat the arrogant Poet.
"Seegalathi sarukkam, Ishtalinga Agaval". He died at Thiruvengai.
Velaiyar, father of Sundaresanar wrote more than seven books
"Mayilathula, Nallur puranam, Mayilai thirattai mani maalai, Ishta linga kaithala maalai, Kumbakona Sarangathevar history as Veera singhathana puranam, Gugai Namachivaya Desikar history as Namchivaya leelai and Krisnanan history as Paarijatha leelai". Sundaresanar married Karpagammal. He settled down his family in Valavanur.
They got a son and amed him as Swaminatha Desikar.
Sundaresa Desikar learnt all sort of arts He became a philosopher as well as a very good sculptor i.e sthapathy.
End of He died in Valavanur at the age of 61.
