என்.வி. கலைமணி 9
பார்க்கும்போதுதான்், வேதநாயகம் பிள்ளை மக்கள் மனதுக்குரிய வேதபாடாமாக எவ்வாறு நிலைத்திருந்தார் என்ற அருமையும். பெருமையும் நமக்குப் புரிகிறது.
The "Hindu" -24th July. 1889.
THE LATE sfr. S. VEDANAYAGAF FLLA
We regret to record the death of Mr. Vedanayagam pillai, Pensioned District MUNSIFF, a resident of MAYAVARAM, on the night of the 21st from dropsy.
As District MUNSIFF, he was very popular and discharged his duties with great credit and ability, at a time when Munsiffs of the present type were rere.
He was distinguished also for his independance: he once declined to put up with the treatment accorded to him by a judge, who was then well - known for his idiosyncrasies, and who is now Practicising in the Ma. as Bar. But in Mr. Vedanayagam pillai's case, it was not , s official life that contribruted to raise him in the estimation on his country men
He was an erudite scholar of tamil and devoted his life time to the embellishment of tami literature. He was a tami: Novelist and tamil poet. His Prose and Poetical works are read with great avidity by the tamil knowing Population.
The great merit of his works was the purity of expression and the moral precepts of which they are so full his ambition was to create a good tami literature so as to suit the modern taste of his country men, in which he attained eminent administration of the local municipality, over the council of which he presided for several years,
The following are some of his well known productions; 'Penmathimalai', 'Neethinoo! thiratu', 'Prathaba Mudaliar
