Perumal Rasu

Perumal Rasu (Tamil: இரா. பெருமாள் ராசு; born 19 November 1931) is an Indian poet and a writer from Krishnagiri, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu.

Perumal Rasu is also a painter, martial artist, and Spiritual master. His followers consider him a great soul (Sanskrit: Mahatma) and address him as Karumalai Siddhar (Tamil: கருமலை சித்தர், English: Saint of Krishnagiri). He is a devotee of Yogi Ramsuratkumar, popularly known as "Visiri samiyar" (Tamil: விசிறி சாமியார் ).

Notable works

 * Pranava Pravagam (Tamil: பிரணவப் பிரவாகம்)
 * Prapanja Kavidhaigal (Tamil: பிரபஞ்சக் கவிதைகள்)
 * Aanandha Paravasam (Tamil: ஆனந்த பரவசம்)
 * Gnana Thooral (Tamil: ஞானத் தூறல்)
 * Vidiyalai Thaedi (Tamil: விடியலைத் தேடி)
 * Koodal Sangamam (Tamil: கூடல் சங்கமம்)
 * Unnai Thaedu (Tamil: உன்னைத் தேடு)
 * Idho oru idhigaasam (Tamil: இதோ ஒரு இதிகாசம்)

His Maathiyosi (Tamil: மாத்தியோசி) was serialized in a popular regional weekly, Ananda Vikatan and won accolades. Owing to its huge popularity, the series was released as a book.