[1] Kalladar hailed from a town called Kalladam (hence the name 'Kalladar'), which is in the modern-day Kerala.
[2][3] Rulers sung by Kalladar include Ambarkilan Aruvandhai, Mullur king Kari, Ori, Akdhai, Pandiyan Thalaiyalangaanatthu Seruvendra Neduncheliyan, Venkatamalai ruler Kalvar Koman Pulli, Poraiyatru Kilan Periyan, Nannan, and Kalangaai Kanni Narmudicheral.
The chief themes that Kalladar handled in his verses include battlefield, consequences of battles, and the plights of widows of the slain soldiers.
But this Kalladar is likely to be a namesake who wrote these verses in venba meter, centuries after the Sangam period.
[citation needed] Kalladar opines about Valluvar and the Kural text thus:[5] Of the six sects, one will condemn the system of the other; but none of them will condemn the system propounded by Valluvar in his Cural: it has the merit of harmonizing the opinions of them all, so that each sect would admit it to be its own.