Kat@iyalu#r Uruthiran^ Kan@n@an\a#r was a Tamil poet of the Cankam period. He was a contemporary of Ilantiraiyan, King of Kanchipuram and lived between the later and early years of the third and fourth centuries (A.D.) He composed Pat@t@in\appa#lai and Perumpa#n@a#truppat@ai. Song No 167 of Akan\a#n\u#ru and 352 of Kuru^nkotai are also attributed to him.