A. Durai Arasan (22 October 1922 – 10 April 1998) was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.

When he came out of the Zamin culture he started observing the ordinary public and realized how much struggle the normal people undergo to meet out their day today life.

During those days congress was the dominating political party which was normally headed by richer group (Zamindars and land lords).

In such situation he brought lot of developments to this constituency, hence his period was considered as a "Golden Era" in the history of Aranthangi.

Several other basic facilities such as roads, buses, electricity, drinking water facilities were brought to most of the places including the coastal areas He has donated lot of his own land to the poorer segments and one of the biggest donations is to the people of Duraiarasapuram (His name was kept to the village by the public) is a standing example for his helping tendency.