# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/k-c-kesava-pillai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:44:26.733Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/k-c-kesava-pillai"
name: "K. C. Kesava Pillai"
slug: "k-c-kesava-pillai"
description: "Kanakku Chembakaraman Kesava Pillai (1868–1914) was an Indian composer of Carnatic music and a poet of Malayalam literature. He was the Poet Laureate of Travancore and was known for Kesaveeyam, a mahakavya in Malayalam, two attakathas and several bhajans and kirtans. He also translated the Sanskrit text, Narayaniyam, into Malayalam under the title, Bhashanarayaniyam."
tagline: "Indian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/K.c.kesavapillai.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1868"
deathDate: "1914"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           3.538697333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "كى. سى. كيسايڤا پيلاى"
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    title: "K. C. Kesava Pillai"
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    title: "കെ.സി. കേശവപിള്ള"
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    title: "க. செ. கேசவப்பிள்ளை"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump