Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan was a Malayalam devotional poet, translator and linguist. He was one of the prāchīna kavithrayam of Malayalam literature, the other two being Kunchan Nambiar and Cherusseri. He has been called the "Father of Modern Malayalam Literature", and the "Primal Poet in Malayalam".
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Arthur C. Burnell was the first Western scholar to take an interest in Ezhuthachan.
Entrance (modern) gate to Thunchan Parambu, Tirur
Mandapam (modern), Thunchan Parambu
A modern depiction of Ezhuthachan
Copy of Ezhuthachan's stylus and Adhyatma Ramayanam preserved at Thunchan Parambu, Tirur
Strychnine tree in Thunchan Parambu, Tirur
Bust of the poet in Lal Bagh, Bangalore, in January 2025Writers born in the 1490s 6
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Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan was a Malayalam devotional poet, translator and linguist. He was one of the prāchīna kavithrayam of Malayalam literature, the other two being Kunchan Nambiar and Cherusseri. He has been called the "Father of Modern Malayalam Literature", and the "Primal Poet in Malayalam". He was one of the pioneers of a major shift in Kerala's literary culture. His work is published and read far more than that of any of his contemporaries or predecessors in Kerala.
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