The Roving Ambassador of Tamil (2013)

Fr. Thaninayagam, hailed as the 'Roving Ambassador par excellence of Tamil' even during his lifetime, started learning Tamil only when he was 32. Though a Tamil by birth, he was more interested in learning European languages and became fluent in English, Latin, Italian, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. Thaninayagam, born on August 12, 913, became a student of Tamil at the Annamalai University in 1945. His works and his efforts to bring Tamil literature to the center stage of world is unparalleled.