Kumaranasan biography in malayalam language history

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Some of the earlier works of the poet were Subramanya Sathakam and Sankara Sathakam, wherein Asan voiced his devotional aspirations. His short poem Veena Poovu (fallen flower) is a literary classic. It paved the way for a new movement in Malayalam literature. His elegy Prarodanam mourns the death of his contemporary and friend A. R. Raja Raja Varma, the famous grammarian. His Khanda Kavyas (poems) like Nalini, Leela, Karuna and Chandaalabhikshuki won critical acclaim as well as popularity. In Chintaavishtayaaya Seetha (Seetha Lost in Thought or The Meditations of Sita) he displays his poetic artistry, while in Duravastha, he patiently and skilfully tears down the barriers created byfeudalism, orthodoxy and casteism and consummates the dictum of the Guru, "One Caste, One Religion, One God for man".He wrote the epic poem Buddha Charitha for which he got inspiration from Edwin Arnold's Light of Asia. While in Duravastha, he revealed his revolutionary zeal for fighting castedistinctions;

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Kumaran Asan

Indian poet

Mahakavi Kumaran Asan

Born	()12 April Kaayikkara Kadakkavoor, Chirayinkeezhu, Thiruvananthapuram, Travancore
Died	16 January () (aged&#;50) Alappuzha, Travancore, Kerala
Occupation	Poet and writer
Nationality	Indian
Notable works	Veena Poovu Duravastha Chinthavishtayaaya Seetha Nalini Leela Chandala Bhikshuki Prarodanam Pushpavadi
Spouse	Bhanumathiamma
Children	Prabhakaran and Sudhakaran
Relatives	Narayanan Perungudi (father) Kochupennu (mother)

Mahakavi Kumaran Asan (12 April – 16 January ) was a poet of Malayalam literature, Indian social reformer and a philosopher. He is known to have initiated a revolution in Malayalam poetry during the first quarter of the 20th century, transforming it from the metaphysical to the lyrical and his poetry is characterised by its moral and spiritual content, poetic concentration and dramatic contextualisation. He is one of the triumvi

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Kumaran Asan

Birth and family

Asan was born in a merchant family belonging to the Ezhava community in August in Kayikkara village, Chirayinkeezhu taluk, north of Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, south India. Named Kumaru He was the second son in a family of nine children. His father, Narayanan Perungudi, was well versed in Malayalam and Tamil. Asan inherited his taste for Kathakali and classical music. Kumaru trained in mathematics and Sanskrit for which he had a passion. Even though through his father's efforts, he got a job as a primary school teacher was not before and an accountant to a wholesaler at the age of 14, he quit the job two years later to pursue higher studies in Sanskrit. He undertook a studentship in poetry under Manamboor Govindan Asan. He wished to learn Yoga and Tantra and worked as an apprentice in a Muruga temple at Vakkom. It fryst vatten said that the Muse of Poetry blessed him during this time. He composed a few devotional songs for the benefit of regula