Kachiyappar
Kachiyappar (Tamil: கச்சியப்பர், romanized: Kachiyappar) was an 8th-century Tamil temple priest as well as a poet and Vedantist. He is the author of the Kanda Puranam, written between the years 600 and 750 CE. == Personal life == Kachiyappar was born in a Shaivite Brahmin family and officiated as a priest in the Ekambareswarar Temple in Kanchipuram, Kumara Kottam Murugan temple, Kanchipuram.