Vallathol narayana menon death

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Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon was popularly known as Mahakavi Vallathol, or Vallathol. Read the complete biography of mahakavi vallathol narayana menon.

Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon was popularly known as Mahakavi Vallathol, or Vallathol.

Vallathol was one of the celebrity poets of Kerala and a romantic poet, Mahakavi, Freedom fighter, Congress party worker, promoter of Kerala Folk Arts. Kerala Kalamandalam (temple of Classical arts), Cheruthuruthi is his brain child.

Narayana Menon's childhood

Vallathol was born in in Chennara village, near Tirur, in the present Malappuram District of Kerala.

Mahakavi vallathol narayana menon He would dedicate the rest of his life to the resurrection of Kathakali. Thus, it was Mahakavi Vallathol who took the courage to reinstate the dance form by arranging talented tutors to teach Mohiniyattam to the students. It took him and his friends three years to collect a reasonable sum before they could hold the draw at the famous Guruvayur Temple in The net proceeds of the raffle amounting to Rs.

Up to his 27 years he lived here and after that shifted his residence to Cheruthuruthi, Trichur District. He had some education in Sanskrit and Malayalam. He did not have English education.
Deafness: Vallathol with his deafness from his early twenties had to struggle so much that he had written a poem about the difficulties of the deaf in the name "Bhadhira Vilaapam".

Nationalist Movement

He was attracted to the writings of Rabindranath Tagore, Karl Marx and Sri Narayanaguru and the freedom struggle of Mahatma Gandhi.

On Sri Narayanaguru he wrote that "Guru's birth is onam to all, his wisdom the nectar. He is a full moon that does not wane".

Profile of mahakavi vallathol We believe in providing quality content to our readers. Many people specifically rate Vallathol Narayana Menon for the fact that he managed to write so eloquently in the Malayalam language, and that he was one of the rare poets who managed to do so in a way that would compete with the overexposure of Western poets. Though he had to struggle a lot due to his deafness, he never allowed this physical disability to hinder his ambitions and spirits to write more better poems. Some of Vallathol's poetry has been translated into English and Russian as well as Hindi.

During Gandhiji's visit to Kerala the Mahakavi had met him and interacted with him. He actively participated in the Nationalist movement raging at that time in India.

Royal Honour

Vallathol Narayana Menon was one of the luminaries of India selected by the British to honour during the India visit of the Prince of Wales durin Vallathol rejected the honour as part of his freedom struggle.

Mahakavi

Vallathol got the title of "Mahakavi" in for his epic poem of "Chitrayogam".

Literary Works

He wrote so many poems.

He is the author of the famous Sahithya Manjari which is a collection containing his romantic poems. His other works include the narrative poems of 'Magdalena Mariyam' (Mary Magdalene, in ) and Kochu Seetha in In appreciation for his love, respect and regard for the Mahatma, he wrote a poem by the title "Ente Gurunathan" (my teacher).

Profile of mahakavi vallathol university Kerala Kalamandalam was established in the year at Ambalapuram near Thrissur district and started operating from a single room with only one Kathakali maestro and four pupils. He received the Padma Bhushan award in Absolutely no spam allowed. He attended the all India Conferences of the Indian Congress in and and rejected a royal honour bestowed upon him by Prince of Wales during his India visit in

His work of Sahityamanjari contains some of the following poems: Aattilekkachutha; chorathilakkam; pandathe paattukal; Mathru Vandanam; Kili Konchal etc. Some of Vallathol's poetry has been translated into English and Russian as well as Hindi. His poems are on the subjects from nature and lives of ordinary people and themes reflect his protest against the indignities of caste system and the injustices heaped on the poor and downtrodden.