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Kunchan Smarakam Fort is a fort built by the state government in honour of the poet and the monument houses an institution which promotes teaching of satirist art forms. [1] Kunchan Nambiar's body of work is composed of at least 21 Otttan, 11 Seethankan and 9 Parayan compositions. [3]
Folk songs are the oldest literary form in Malayalam. [33] They were just oral songs. [33] Many of them were related to agricultural activities, including Pulayar Pattu, Pulluvan Pattu, Njattu Pattu, Koythu Pattu, etc. [33] Other Ballads of Folk Song period include the Vadakkan Pattukal (Northern songs) in North Malabar region and the Thekkan Pattukal (Southern songs) in Southern Travancore. [33]
The Prāchīna Kavitrayam, (Ancient triumvirate) of Malayalam poetry are Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan, Cherusseri Namboothiri and Kunchan Nambiar. These medieval era triumvirate poets was chosen in the basis of Bhakthi. The modern triumvirate poets were chosen on the basis of their impact on social activism.
The word Thullal means "to jump" or "leap about" in the Malayalam language. [1] Legend has it that Nambiar, the poet, fell asleep while playing the mizhavu drum for a Chakyar Koothu performance, inviting ridicule from the chakyar. In response, Nambiar developed Ottamthullal, which raised prevalent sociopolitical questions and made a satire of ...
[citation needed] Panchananante Vimarsathrayam, a critique on the writings of Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan, [2] Cherusseri Namboothiri [3] and Kunchan Nambiar was one of his major works and the book was published by Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi. [4] He also wrote two books on Malayalam grammar, Leghuvyakaranam [5] and Vyakarana Pravesika. [6]
Unnayi Warrier was a poet, writer, scholar, and dramatist who lived in Thiruvananthapuram, India during the 17th/18th century. He is best known for his chef-d'oeuvre Nalacharitham aattakatha and is known to have made significant contributions to the art of Kathakali, the classical dance-drama form of Kerala.
C. D. David (c. 1860 – c. 1920) was a Malayalam-language writer, poet and columnist from what is now Kerala, India.He wrote several articles in the periodicals of the time such as Malayala Manorama, Kerala Patrika, Kerala Sanchari, Nasrani Deepika, Vidyavinodini, Bhashaposhini and Rasikaranjini, as well as published books such as Prabandhamanjari, Prabandhamalika and Kunchan Nambiarude Kaalam.
There is also a library situated there in memory of Kunchan Nambiar called Kunchan Smaraka Vayanasala - Kunchan Memorial Library. Koodiyattam and Chakyar koothu artist and noted Natyashasthra scholar Nātyāchārya Vidūshakaratnam Padma Shri Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar , who was the authority of Abhinaya (acting) was also lived there.