Sri Venugopal ( ta, ஸ்ரீ வேணுகோபால்) (1931 – 10 November 2013) was an Indian author of religious pilgrimage travelogues, who also wrote fiction under the name Pushpa Thangadurai ( ta, புஷ்பா தங்கதுரை).

Works

Some of his most famous novels are: * ''En Peyar Kamala'' (1974–75) * ''Oru Sivappu Villaku Erikirathu'' (1976) * '' Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu'' (1976) ''Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu'' was made into a film starring

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. An excerpt of ''En Peyar Kamala'' was translated into English by Pritham K. Chakravarthy and published as part of ''

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'' in 2008. Volume 2 of ''The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction'' featured ''Highway 17'', a 1980 comic written by Pushpa Thangadurai and illustrated by

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, starring a motorcycle-riding female detective called Karate Kavitha. Some of Pushpa Thangadurai's other short stories and novels are: * ''Neen Naan Nila'', * ''Thenmerku Paruvam'', * ''Naan Raamanalla'', * ''Thiruvarangan Ula''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thangadurai, Pushpa 1931 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Indian novelists 20th-century Indian women writers Novelists from Tamil Nadu Tamil-language writers