C. Ganesha Iyer
Vidhva Shiromani BrahmaSri C. Ganesha Iyer is a Ceylon Tamil Philologist who lived in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He is respected like a mountain in the history of Tamil literary development of 19th and 20th centuries in Eelam.
Ganesha Iyer born as the fifth son of Chinnaiyar and Chinnammal in the agricultural village of Punnalaikkadduvankilometres north of Jaffna city. The family belonged to a lineage of Saiva Brahmins Somiyer Sankara iyer who were hereditary priests of Aayarakkadavai Siththi Vinayagar temple.
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