Pulamaipithan was born in Irugur,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 6 October 1935. At the early age Pulavar used to work in
textile mill known as Combodia mills in
Coimbatore and also studied his Tamil literature in
Tava Tiru Shanthalinga Adigalar Perur Tamil Kaluri Coimbatore. He came to
Chennai in 1964 with the ambition of writing songs for
Tamil films. He worked as a Tamil teacher at
Santhome high school before he started writing lyrics in Tamil films. He served as Deputy Chairman of the
Tamil Nadu Legislative Council. In July 1984, He was appointed "Arasavai Kavignar" (
poet laureate) by the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu,
M. G. Ramachandran. Pulamaipithan died on 8 September 2021 at the age of 85. == Books ==