![]() ![]() After receiving his Teachers Certificate in 1936, Sivasubramaniam taught at many schools in the Eastern Province, and finally retired from services in 1973 after teaching at Batticaloa Sivanantha Vidyalayam. From 1925, young Sivasubramaniam came into contact with Swami Vipulananda. His mother Annapillai was from Sinhala Vadi, Batticaloa. His father Arumugam Vairamuthu was from Maviddapuram, Jaffna. ![]() He was born in 1918 August 17 at Sinhala Vadi, Batticaloa. Here is a brief bio-data of Sivasubramaniam Aiyah’s career. In the last quarter of the 20th century, Sivasubramaniam Aiyah served as one of the last links, who did personally interact with Swami Vipulananda (1892-1947), the first Tamil professor of the then University of Ceylon. ![]() As he did not belong to either the academic circles of the Sri Lankan universities or the media (print, radio and TV) circles, he was less noticed in comparison to ‘empty vessels’ that had much exposure. In my view, Sivasubramaniam Aiyah was one of the ‘silent’ Tamil scholars, who shunned publicity. Though these contributions of Sivasubramaniam Aiyah deserve praise, what I consider his greatest achievement was in editing the oeuvre (in collaboration with Vidwan S.E.Kamalanathan) of his mentor Swami Vipulananda, and publishing it in four parts.Įelam Tamils lost a nonagenarian Tamil scholar, when Vairamuthu Sivasubramaniam bid adieu to us on May 26th of this year, at the age of 92 years. Vairamuthu Sivasubramaniam (1918-2011) In Memoriam 26th Year on the Web Association of Tamils of Sri Lanka in the USA ![]()
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