12 Facts About Ere Elamvazhuthi

Ere Elamvazhuthi was born in Sangolikuppam, a village near Cuddalore to Rengasamy and Soundharam.

Ere Elamvazhuthi was closer to Periyar EV Ramasamy and CN Annadurai and got himself renamed as Elamvazhuthi from his original Dhandapani due to his unrelenting belief and support for the Dravidian principles.

Ere Elamvazhuthi was a staunch rationalist though his father used to do priestly duties at Sangolikuppam.

Ere Elamvazhuthi had his schooling in StJoseph's College, Cuddalore.

Ere Elamvazhuthi had his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Annamalai University and studied Law at the Law College, Chennai.

Ere Elamvazhuthi was married to Visalatchi and later to Annapoorani as his first wife met with an accident and died in Kurinjipadi.

Ere Elamvazhuthi was so fond of Tamil that he named his children Mekala, E Pugazhendi, Udhayarani, Kalaiarasi, Malathi and Pannir Selvam.

Ere Elamvazhuthi was a reputed lawyer and a great orator, both in Tamil and English.

Ere Elamvazhuthi was felicitated by CN Annadurai when he became a lawyer, by publishing his photo on the first page of Dravida Nadu, a journal run by CN Annadurai himself who later fondly called him "Black Prince".

Ere Elamvazhuthi was fully involved in the anti Hindi agitations called by the Dravidian leaders and went to prison thrice.

Ere Elamvazhuthi met with an untimely death on 22 October 1970 due to a heart attack.

When this news was broken, the Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, a close friend of Ere Elamvazhuthi, cancelled all his programmes on his way to Trichy and returned from Virudhachalam to Cuddalore.