THUNJAN UTSAVAM Thunchan Parambu or Thunchan Memorial Trust and Research Centre is a place in Tirur , Kerala , South India . It is located 2 km south west of Tirur railway station and 28 km west of the District Headquarters city. It is a residential area Thunjan Parambu in Tirur in Malappuram is the birthplace of Thunchath Ezhuthachan, the father of the Malayalam language. A memorial ( Thunjan Smarakom ) for the great poet has been built at Thunjan Parambu in 1964. Ezhuthachan is considered as the Father of the Malayalam language, because of his devotion to the language, his influence on the acceptance of the Malayalam alphabet, and his extremely popular poetic works in Malayalam. The kilippaattu style in Malayalam was introduced by Ezhuthachan. A week-long literary festival is organized annually in last week of December. The famous “Thunchan Utsavam” is held here every year in the first week of February. On Vijayadasami da...
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