Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan

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Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan


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Tirur,Malabar, India
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Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan (Malayalam: തുഞ്ചത്ത് രാമാനുജൻ എഴുത്തച്ഛൻ, Tuñcattŭ Rāmānujan Eḻuttacchan) was an Malayalam devotional poet and linguist from around the 16th century. He is today known as the father of Malayalam language – the principal language of the Indian state of Kerala and the union territory of Lakshadweep – and it's literature.
Ezhuthachan was born in Trikkantiyur, near the present day Tirur municipality, in south Malabar in an under-privileged sudra caste. After the birth of his daughter, Ezhuthachan became a monk and wandered throughout southern India before finally building his monastery at modern day Chittoor, Palghat.
Ezhuthachan's contribution to the Malayalam language is widely considered as unparalleled. He
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“ഭോഗങ്ങളെല്ലാം ക്ഷണപ്രഭാചഞ്ചലം 

വേഗേന നഷ്ടമാമായുസ്സുമോർക്ക നീ ”
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“പാന്ഥർ പെരുവഴിയമ്പലം തന്നിലേ

താന്തരായ് കൂടി വിയോഗം വരുമ്പോലെ”
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