Kadiyalur Uruttirangannanar

 
Kadiyalur Uruttirangannanar (3rd/4th century CE) was a Tamil poet of the Sangam period. He is credited with the composition of the "Paṭṭiṉappālai" and the "Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai" in the "Pattuppāṭṭu" anthology and song 167 of the "Akanaṉūṟu" and 352 of the "Kuṟuntokai". According to P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar, he lived between the late 3rd and early 4th centuries CE and was a contemporary of the king of Kanchipuram Ilandiraiyan.
Biography.
Uruttirangannanar was born in a Brahmin family in the village of Kadiyalur in the present-day Vellore district.