Annamalai Reddiyar
Annamalai Reddiyar or Reddiar (1865–1891) was a Tamil poet and composer. Born in Sennikulam, Sankarankoil taluk, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, he studied Tamil under Ramaswami Pulavar and U. V. Swaminatha Iyer and was later patronised by the zamindar of Uttrumalai. He is particularly remembered for his Kavadi Chindu, a genre of songs chanted by devotees of Lord Murugan while performing Kavadi Attam. References 

Tamil poets
1865 births
1891 deaths
19th-century Indian poets
Poets from Tamil Nadu
Poets from British India
Musicians from British India