TIRUKURAL, ETHICAL MASTERPIECE OF THE TAMIL PEOPLE, WAS RENDERED INTO AMERICAN ENGLISH OVER A PERIOD OF TWENTY-FOUR YEARS BY TWO OF Gurudeva’s designated successors. It was then translated back into modern Tamil by Tiru Mylvaganam of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Tiru S. Kumarakulasingam of Surrey, England, and Dr. R.V. Subramanian of Pullman, Washington. It was designed and produced by the sannyasins of the Saiva Siddhanta Yoga Order at Kauai Aadheenam in Hawaii. This book was edited and assembled using QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign on a network of PowerMac G3s. The text is set in Dominante 10 on 14 and Mylai-Sri 11 on 13. The Tamil font is by K. Srinivasan. Text pages were output by Himalayan Academy in Hawaii, USA, and color art pages were output to film by Brisk Process in New Delhi, India. The book was printed on Lumi art paper by D.K. Fine Arts Press Pvt. Ltd., Delhi. Assistance with the glossary and proofreading was provided by R.V. Subramanian, Chamundi Sabanathan and Rajadeva Alahan, all three of California. The 108 pictures illustrating each chapter, along with the painting on page xx, are the work of Tiru A. Manivelu of Chennai. The cover art and the image of Lord Murugan opposite the title page are by Tiru S. Rajam of Chennai. The spiritual likeness of Saint Tiruvalluvar on the half title page is the unique work of Tirumati Saroja Nagarathnam of Chennai. The oil portraits of Gurudeva on the back cover and Yogaswami on page iv are by India’s renowned artist Sri Indra Sharma. The cloth-like pattern graphics were created based on actual patterns used by weavers in India for thousands of years.§