Venkata Mahalingam (15 August 1900 – 4 December 1976), who wrote under the name of N. Pichamoorthi, was an Indian poet and writer.
[1] He wrote more than 127 short stories, 11 stage plays and a couple of novels.
[1] N. Pichamoorthi was born in Kumbakonam to Natesa Dikshitar and Lakshmi ammal as Vankata Mahalingam on 15 August 1900.
His penname is revathi and wrote short stories in this name; he was inspired by Subramania Bharati who was contributing to free verse kind of poetry.
Pichamoorthi also wrote short stories with simple themes based on social happenings which had deep philosophical meaning.