Maraimalai Adikal was born on 15 July 1876 at
Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu. He studied Tamil under Ve. Narayanasamy Pillai. He had his
schooling in the Wesleyan Christian High School. He enjoyed the friendship of Sundaram
Pillai, author of Manonmaniyam. He settled in Madras thanks to the efforts of Sandamarutam
Somasundara Nayakar. He joined the Madras Christian College as a Tamil teacher. He founded
the Saiva Siddhanta Maha Samajam....
