A Clan of the Cholas

Rao Sahib K Kothandapani Pillai was born on 29-10-1896 at a small village named Semmangudi near Kumbakonam in the Tanjore district of Tamilnadu. His parents Kuppusamy Pillai and Valliammai were native inhabitants practicing agriculture.
K Kothandapani Pillai grew in a humble background; he did his primary education at a government school in a village named ‘Vidayal Karuppur’. He learned Tamil from the iconic Tamil Pandit. Pinnathur Narayanasamy Iyer.
At his early stages of life K Kothandapani Pillai was fed with the knowledge of Sangam literature Pillai was a man with deep principles and ideologies. He did his intermediate studies at Kumbakonam Arts College.