Arya Pallam: Woman Leaders of Kerala Renaissance

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rya Pallam was a communist leader and woman activist from the Namboothiri community who fought against the injustice, oppression, and suffering faced by the Namboothiri women in the patriarchal soc...

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Arya Pallam: Woman Leaders of Kerala Renaissance

Arya Pallam (1908-1989)

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Basic FactsBirth
1908, Valluvanad
Family
Parents – Madhavassery Manakkal Parameswaran Namboothiri & Arya Antherjanam
Husband
Pallath Krishnan Namboothirippad
Death
February 8,1989
Drama/Play
Thozil Kendrathilekke(തൊഴിൽ കേന്ദ്രത്തിലേക്ക്, ‘To the Workplace’), 1948
Arya Pallam also participated inGuruvayur Satyagraha of 1931
32and delivered a speech on the tenth day
She was the leader who led the Brahmin women along with P. Priyadatta, E.S. Saraswati, I.C. Priyadatta, Rema Thampuratti, and Indira Thampuratti inPaliyam Satyagraha(1947
48)and undergone many undergone atrocities in relation to that
Arya Pallam contested in the general election of 1947, later was arrested along with his son when the Communist Party was banned. She was also nominated to Cochin legislative assembly to advise about the Namboodiri Bill.📝SideNotes:Namboothiri Yogakshema Mahasabha(Namboothiri Community Welfare Organisation)was founded
1908
First President of Yogakshema Mahasabha*
Desamangalam Valiya Sankaran Namboodiripad
Author of “Marakkudakkullile Maha Narakam”
M.R. Bhattathiripad
Thozil Kendrathilekke
Plot– Revolves around awoman named Kavungara Bhargavi of remote village in Karnataka, who leaves home and takes shelter in a "Thozil Kendram" when she finds out that she is going to be sold under guise of marriage
Third Edition of Thozil Kendrathilekke(തൊഴിൽ കേന്ദ്രത്തിലേക്ക്)in book format by
Dr. N.R. Grammaprakash

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