Mahibalanpatti

Mahibalanpatti is a village panchayat in the Thiruppatur taluk of Sivaganga district in the Tamil Nadu state of India. It covers 24 1/2 villages. The ancient poet Kanian Poongundranaar belonged to this village.

Kaniyan Poongunranar, also Poongundranar or Pungundranar (Tamil: கணியன் பூங்குன்றனார், Kaṉiyan Pūngunṟanār ?), literally Poongunranar was an influential Tamil philosopher from the Sangam age. His name Kaniyan implies that he was an astronomer as it is a Tamil word referring Mathematics. He was born and brought up in Mahibalanpatti, a village panchayat in the Thiruppatur taluk of Sivaganga district in the Tamil Nadu state of India.[1] He composed two poems in Puṟanāṉūṟu and Narrinai respectively.His famous Tamil quote "Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir" is at present depicted in the United Nations Organisation

Historically, this area was managed by a small king called Mahibalan, hence the name Mahibalanpatti.

Kathiresan Chettiar, an eminent contributor to the development of Tamil language, also hails from this village.

M.V.Mangaipagan (late)is also from this village.

The father-in-Law of Minister Tan Sri Dato Manickavasagam (late) of Malaysia is from Mahibalanpatti. Dato'V Manickavasagam was the 6th President of Malaysian Indian Congress(1973–78). Dato V Manickavasagam was the Minister for Communications of Malaysia.