# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/poonthanam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:08:05.652Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/poonthanam"
name: "Poonthanam"
slug: "poonthanam"
description: "Poonthanam Nambudiri was a famous poet and a devotee of Guruvayurappan, who lived in Keezhattoor in what is now Malappuram district, Kerala, India. He is remembered for his masterpiece, Jnanappana which means \"the song of divine wisdom\" in Malayalam. His other chief poems in Malayalam are Bhasha Karnamritam and Kumaraharanam or Santanagopalam Pana. His other works include Raghaviyam, Vishnuvilasam and Sitaraghavam in Sanskrit and Vishnugeeta and Panchatantram in modern Malayalam."
tagline: "Devotee of Guruvayurappan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poonthanam_Nambudiri.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1547"
deathDate: "1640"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.601398601398602
  historical:           5.091110666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "পুনথানম্ নাম্বুদিরি"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump