Mayuram Vedanayagam Pillai Or Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai (Tamil: மாயூரம் வேதநாயகம்பிள்ளை), also known as Mayavaram Vedanayagam Pillai, was an Indian civil servant, Tamil poet, novelist and social worker who is remembered for the authorship of Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram, recognized as the "first modern Tamil novel". The novel reflects Vedanayagam's own ideals of women's liberation and education.

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