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Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan
Malayalam devotional poet
This article is about Malayalam devotional poet. For the Kerala caste, see Ezhuthachan (caste).
Thunchathu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan | |
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A modern (2013) representation of Ezhuthachan by artist R. G. V. | |
Born | 1495 Trikkandiyoor (modern-day Tirur, Malappuram district), Kerala |
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Known for | Adhyatmaramayanam |
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Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan (Malayalam:[t̪uɲdʒɐt̪ːə̆ɾaːmaːnudʒɐneɻut̪ːɐtːʃʰɐn]ⓘ, Tuñcattŭ Rāmānujan Eḻuttacchan) (fl. 16th century) was a Malayalam devotional poet, translator and linguist.[1] He was one of the prāchīna kavithrayam (old triad) 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".[2] He was one of the pioneers of a major shift in Kerala's literary culture (the domesticated religious textuality associated with the Bhakti movement).[3] His work is published and read far more than that of any of his contemporaries or predecessors in Kerala.[4]
He was born in a place called Thunchaththu in present-day Tirur in the Malap
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Ezhuthachan (caste)
Caste innate to Kerala, India
Ezhuthachan(pronunciationⓘ, Malayalam: എഴുത്തച്ഛൻ, eḻuttacchan), also become public as Kadupattar(pronunciationⓘ, Malayalam: കടുപട്ടr, kaṭupaṭṭan) deference a position native abut the Soldier state party Kerala.[1][2][3][a] Organize is categorized as unsullied Other Movement Class offspring the Create of Bharat under professor system marketplace positive discrimination.[6]
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Genesis
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1. Pattar(Bhattar)Brahmins who were boycotted from Kadu village clever medieval Chola, Pandya abscond, Due want the send off of Faith. From picture Zamorin's Kovilakam (Ambadi Kovilakam) the venerable Thamburatti(Senior princess) asserted rendering title Ezhuthachan and appointed as hamlet school master.[11][12][13]
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Article on Thunjath Ezhuthachan's caste
It is well known that Ezhuthachan was the name used to denote teachers and learned people in olden days. (Ezhuthamma - female counterpart.) People who performed Shaktheya puja were also called by the same name.
Ezhuthachans used to copy important grandhas also, in the thaliyola. We can see their names in the end of the old thaliyolas or grandhas. The castes of many of these teachers may be thus inferred.
When some of the Nair families vied with each other to have had marital alliances with high caste Namboothiris, the Edappal House maintained through generations that they were descendents of Thunjath Ezhuthachan, even in later years when he was rumoured to belong to the lower caste Chakkala Nair community.
The names of traditional Ezhuthachans who initiate children to the alphabets in Thunjan parambu in Tirur even today during the Vijayadashami festival are printed in all leading newspapers like the Malayala Manorama and Mathrubhumi every year. They belong to the Nair and Menon castes.
There are numerous legends (aitheehyam) about Thunjath Ezhuthachan. Two of them pertain to his caste and birth -
1. Because of his intelligence, and stories regarding hi