KI.VA.JAGANNATHAN (MUKTI DAY: 04TH NOVEMBER 1988)
KI.VA.JAGANNATHAN known as Ki.Va.Ja, was a student of noted Tamil Scholar Sri.U.Ve.Swaminatha Iyer. Ki.Va.Ja was a Tamil Journalist, Writer and Poet. He was awarded the Sahitya Academi Award.
He has written commentary on Abhirami Andhadhi. Andhadhi is a unique kind of Tamil Poetry constructed such that the last or ending word of each verse become the first word of the next verse then making the poem a garland of verses.