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{{Infobox magazine<br />
| title = Balabhumi<br />
| logo = Balabhumi Logo.jpg<br />
| logo_size = 200px<br />
| image_file = Balabhumi Cover.jpg<br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = Cover of a ''Balabhumi'' issue<br />
| editor = P. V. Chandran<br />
| editor_title = Managing Editor<br />
| previous_editor = <br />
| staff_writer = <br />
| photographer = <br />
| category = [[Comic book|Comic magazine]]<br />
| frequency = [[Weekly newspaper|Weekly]]<br />
| circulation = <br />
| publisher = P. V. Nidhish<br />
| founder = <br />
| founded = 1996<br />
| firstdate = <!-- {{Start date|df=yes|year|month|day}} --><br />
| company = [[Mathrubhumi|Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Company Limited]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| based = [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]]<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
| website = http://www.mathrubhumi.com/kids/<br />
| issn = <br />
| oclc = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Balabhumi''''' ([[Malayalam]]: ''ബാലഭൂമി'') is a [[Malayalam]] [[comic book|comic magazine]] published by [[Mathrubhumi|Mathrubhumi Publications]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Gopalakrishnan |first=R. |date=2021 |title=When Our Hearts Leapt Up |url=https://prd.kerala.gov.in/sites/default/files/inline-files/Kerala%20Calling%20NOV%20LR.pdf |journal=Kerala Calling |publisher=Information & Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala |volume=42 |pages=40}}</ref> It was launched in April, 1996 by the [[Calicut]]-based Malayalam newspaper [[Mathrubhumi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mathrubhumi |url=http://www.exchange4media.com/resources/premium.asp?agencyid=2821&catid=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035106/http://www.exchange4media.com/resources/premium.asp?agencyid=2821&catid=1 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=25 May 2013 |website=Exchange4Media}}</ref> The magazine became a weekly in May 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=25 April 2020 |title=Balabhumi Enters 25th Year with More Innovative Content |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/books/balabhumi-enters-25th-year-with-more-innovative-content-1.4715767 |access-date= |website=Mathrubhumi Daily |language=}}</ref><br />
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Along with the comics (in-house and syndicated), the content includes fables and fairy tales, rhymes, (translated) [[literary classics]], and various puzzles. It is the first Malayalam comic magazine to syndicate [[Disney comics|Disney Comics]].<br />
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== Stories and articles ==<br />
* Magic Malu<ref name=":0" /> (artist: M. Mohandas) story of a magician rabbit who helps everybody from any problem.<br />
* E-Man<ref name=":0" /> (Unnikrishnan kidangoor, Jingle bell creations) : The only Action Hero of Balabhumi.<br />
* Meeshamarjaran<ref name=":0" /> (Vallicode santhosh, Devaprakash) : Story of two best friends but will fall in a trap in the end.<br />
* Kunchoos :(Unnikrishnan kidangoor, Jingle bell creations) One of the naughtiest boy in Balabhumi.<br />
* Mallanunniyum Villanunniyum<ref name=":0" /> :(Unnikrishnan kidangoor, Jingle bell creations) Story of two brothers one (Villanunni) is intelligent but not strong another (Mallanunni) is strong but not intelligent.<br />
* Master Tintu:<ref name=":0" /> Story of a naughty boy who says super jokes.<br />
* Boli : Story of a girl who is naughty.<br />
* Vikru & Durbalan<ref name=":0" /> :(Unnikrishnan Kidangoor, Jingle bell creations ) Story of a little bear got friendly with a lion named Durbalan.<br />
* Girafunji : Story of a giraffe whose neck is longer than a real giraffe.<br />
* Eliyanum Puliyanum:<ref name=":0" /> Story of a rat and a leopard who are best friends.<br />
* Search engine (tech tips)<br />
* Fun English.<br />
* Brain teaser <br />
* Vaarikuzhi vanapathram<br />
* Classic collection<br />
* Team Duster<br />
* Comedy Kaadu:Depicting human life and current affairs using animals.<br />
*Comedy Quiz<br />
*Start Action<br />
*Kuttichaathan Ittooz<br />
*Space Scope<br />
*[[Kayamkulam Kochunni]](Script-Unnikrishnan Kidangoor)<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Malayalam journalism}}{{Mathrubhumi Group}}<br />
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[[Category:1996 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Children's magazines published in India]]<br />
[[Category:Weekly magazines published in India]]<br />
[[Category:Magazines established in 1996]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam-language magazines]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam comics]]<br />
[[Category:Magazines about comics]]<br />
[[Category:Mass media in Kerala]]<br />
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