Native name பெரியார் தாசன் Nationality Indian Role Film actor | Cause of death Liver cancer Name Periyar Dasan Full Name Seshachalam | |
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Political party Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Movies Dindigul Sarathy, Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale, Tamizh Selvan | ||
Prof periyar dasan speech on tamil poet sekkizhar must watch
Periyar Dasan (21 August 1949 – 19 August 2013) was an eminent speaker and activist from Tamil Nadu. He was a Tamil Scholar and thinker. He propagated Atheism and Rationalist ideologies for most part of his life. He has also appeared in Tamil-language films. He had acted in around 15 films, starting with Karuthamma.
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- Prof periyar dasan speech on tamil poet sekkizhar must watch
- Professor abdullah a periyar dasan iruthi chadangu
- Early life
- Death
- Filmography
- References
Professor abdullah a periyar dasan iruthi chadangu
Early life
Born in a shaivite family on 21 August 1949 at Agaram in Perambur, he was attracted towards the rationalist ideals of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy founder of the Dravidian movement. During his days in Pachaiyappa’s college, he changed his original name Seshachalam to Periyar Dasan ('Ardent follower of Periyar'). He well versed in Tamil literature, various religious studies and English and he has authored around 120 books. He was served as a professor in his alma mater, Pachaiyappa’s college, for 34 years.
In 1991, Periyar Dasan embraced Buddhism and added Siddartha as a prefix to his name. He translated the Dhammapada, a compilation of Buddhist virtues, authored by BR Ambedkar, into Tamil. This took him to learn Pali and Sanskrit.
Taking everyone by surprise, he embraced Islam as his way of life on 11 March 2010 during a visit to Mecca and rechristened his name as ‘Abdulla Periyardasan’. Thereafter, he started giving a series of lectures on Islam. Before embracing Islam, he spent 10 years in knowing the key aspects of that religion and learning the Holy Quran and the Arabic language. Since 2004, he stopped his propagation of atheism.
Death
He died on 19 August 2013 at the age of 63, after fighting cancer. He is survived by wife Vasantha and two sons Valavan and Suratha.