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Uraiyur Sivagnanam Balasubramani

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Uraiyur Sivagnanam Balasubramani
Native nameTamil: உறையூர் சிவஞானம் பாலசுப்ரமணி
Born7 April 1963 (1963-04-07)
Uraiyur, Tamil Nadu, India
🏳️ NationalityIndia
Other namesOrissa Balu
💼 Occupation
Known forKumari Kandam, Turtle Sea route, Tamil Diaspora
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Uraiyur Sivagnanam Balasubramani (born 7 April 1963), better known as Orissa Balu (Tamil: ஒரிசா பாலு), is a researcher and historian from Uraiyur, Tamil Nadu in Southern India. His areas of interest include integrated ocean culture research, Tamil language research, physics and Tamil diaspora coordination.

Career[edit]

Balu runs the Integrated Ocean Culture Research Foundation, based in Chennai.[1] For over 21 years,[timeframe?] he has researched sea turtles and human migration patterns, believing that ancient Tamil traders followed the routes of the turtles.[1][2][3]

He has researched the Tamil-Korean relationship, and how ancient Tamils travelled to Korea around 1st century AD, working with researchers N.Kannan,[which?] and Dr Nagarajan.[which?][4]

He has researched Kumari Kandam, a mythical ancient sunken continent, for 15 years.[timeframe?][5] He has been appointed as amicus curiae by the Madurai High Court, submitted that he along with S M Ramasamy, retired vice-chancellor of Gandhigram Rural Institute who is presently the consultant for Poombukar project in Bharathidasan University at Trichy, will do the preliminary study on Kumari Kandam.[5][6]

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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Arjunan, Shrikumar (April 29, 2016). "Sailing in search of history". The Hindu. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  2. Padmanabhan, Geeta (2013-07-16). "Back in time". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  3. "Turtle egg poaching hits conservation bid in Tamil Nadu". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  4. "'Tamil-Korean Link is Age-Old'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Reply on plea to trace Kumari Kandam". The New Indian Express. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  6. "Kumari Kandam Excavation: HC seeks report from MSU on infra - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-03-19.

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