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ISSN: 2456-7620

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Potheri Kunhambu; The social reformer from North Malabar

Vol-6,Issue-3,May - June 2021

Author: Bijina M.

Keywords: Colonial Intelligentsia, Caste, Untouchability, Downtrodden people.

Abstract: Potheri Kunhambu was an eminent social reformer from North Malabar. He belongs to Thiyya community. He mainly focused for the upliftment of lower communities especially pulayas of North Malabar. His activities were ridiculed by the caste hindus and they called him as “Pulayan Kunhambu”. The objective of this paper is to examine the role of Potheri Kunhambu and his Novel “Saraswathivijayam” in the upliftment of lower communities of Malabar.

Article Info: Received: 03 Feb 2021; Received in revised form: 29 Mar 2021; Accepted: 30 Apr 2021; Available online: 17 May 2021

ijeab doi crossrefDOI: 10.22161/ijels.63.4

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