over five decades brought to light major literary works in Tamil and contributed vastly to the enrichment of Tamil literary heritage. Dr. Iyer published over 91 books in his lifetime, on a variety of matters connected with classical Tamil literature, and collected 3067 paper manuscripts, palm leaf manuscripts and notes of various kinds. He is affectionately called as 'Tamil Thatha' (Grandfather of Tamil).Another significant contribution made by Dr U.V. Swaminatha Iyer was in the realm of Tamil music.
from V Sundaram: News Today: Baritone: A musical jewel of Raja Sarfoji's reign
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