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967: 1099:. It was the first play in Malayalam to have a definite and concrete social objective and which was produced in 1930 itself as part of a very powerful social reformist movement led by Namboodiri Yogakshema Sabha. The degenerate Brahmanical ideology and its social structure had its first powerful assault from within for the first time and the most fervent slogan of the period was for the transformation of "Brahmans into human beings 953: 578:, popularly known as MRB, he campaigned for widow remarriage by putting it in practice in his own household; he gave his sister in law. a widow, in marriage to MRB which was the first widow remarriage among Namboothiris in Kerala. Another widow marriage also followed soon which was the marriage of M. P. Bhattathiripad, better known as 609:, was an important event in the social reform calendar of Kerala; the play highlighted the discriminatory rituals and practices prevalent in the Namboothiri community, especially the plight of Namboothiti women. The drama also marked a deviation in Malayalam theatre from historical plays to social dramas. 525:, he started working as a priest at shornur Mundamuka Sastha temple, owned by Kudalloor Mana. A ten-year-old girl from the neighbourhood taught him Malayalam alphabets and mathematics. He would study English soon after by joining Edakkuni Namboodiri School during which time he also ran a magazine by name, 33: 520:
on his mother's side. After early education in the traditional way under Narayanan Othikkan, he studied under Pathakkara Manaikkal Meledam and Muthukurissi Mana Kunjunni Namboothirippad and on completion of
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The first marriage of Bhattathiripad did not last long and later he married Sreedevi Antharjanam of Ittyaparambath Illam. He died on 12 February 1982, at the age of 85.
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V. T. Bhattathiripad, born Raman Bhattathiripad, was born on 26 March 1896 to Thuppan Bhattathiripad and Sridevi Andarjanam in Kaippilly Mana at
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Bhattathiripad utilised his writing skills as a tool for social reforms and his writings contrasted the social changes that followed the
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Bhattathiripad's oeuvre consists of a play, a short story anthology, eleven essay compilations and three memoirs, of which
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and he started campaigning for Brahmin widow remarriage and for raising funds for the campaign, he organized a march from
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The year 1929 is most significant in the sense that V. T. Bhattathiripad wrote his play
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women, and encouraged widow marriages which was a taboo during those times. Along with
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due to which he was expelled from his community. This prompted him to fight against
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against the dormant state of Namboothiri community. The staging of his play,
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The Fall of Gods: Memory, Kinship, and Middle Classes in South India
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Rebel and the reformer: V.T Bhattathiripad in Historical Perspective
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in English) and many critics consider them as notable works in
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was gaining popularity and Bhattathiripad participated in the
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community. He wrote a number of books which include a play,
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Vellithuruthi Thazhathu Karutha Patteri Raman Bhattathiripad
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Index


Mezhathur
Ponnani taluk
Malabar District
Madras Presidency
British India
Pattambi Taluk
Palakkad district
Indian
Indian independence activist
Indian independence movement
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
Indian independence activist
casteism
conservatism
Namboothiri
Malayalam literature
Kerala Sahitya Akademi
distinguished fellowship
Reformation in Kerala

Narayana Guru
Caste system in Kerala
Untouchability
Hindu reforms
Varna
Ayya Vaikundar
Ayyavu Swamikal
Chattampi Swamikal
Narayana Guru

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