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Encouraged by this success Sandilyan started learning the Tamil language formally from a Tamil Pandit named Thirukannapuram Srinivachariar. Impressed with his work, Kalki published his short stories like Kannammavin Kadhal, Adhirshtam in Ananda Vikatan. With their encouragement he wrote his first short story titled Shantha Seelan. Ka's weekly magazine Navasakthi and the noted Tamil writer Kalki Krishnamurthy. He became friends with his neighbours V.Swaminatha Sharma who was working in Thiru. He married Ranganayaki in 1929.Īfter finishing college he moved to T. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. Rajagopalachari and joined the Indian independence movement. While in college, he was influenced by the visit of C. His college education came from Tiruchirappalli St. He did his schooling in Chennai Pachaiyappa's School and Saidapet Model School. His family was from Thiruindalur village near Mayiladuthurai. Sandilyan was born in Tirukoilur, Tamil Nadu on 10 November 1910 to Ramanujam Iyengar and Poongovilvalli. He is known for his historical romance and adventure novels, often set in the times of the Chola and Pandya empires. Bhashyam Iyengar (06 November 1910 - 11 September 1987), better known by the pen name of Sandilyan, was an Indian writer known for his historical fiction novels in Tamil.
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