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	'''Mullamangalath Raman Bhattathiripad''' (1908–2001), ~~commonly~~ known as ~~'''~~M. R. Bhattathiripad~~''' or '''MRB'''~~, was a social reformer, cultural leader and a [[Malayalam language\|Malayalam]] writer.<ref>[http://keralawindow.net/imp_m.htm MRB at Keralawindow] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410170031/http://keralawindow.net/imp_m.htm \|date=10 April 2008 }}</ref>		'''Mullamangalath Raman Bhattathiripad''' (1908–2001), also known as M. R. Bhattathiripad, was an Indian social reformer, cultural leader and a [[Malayalam language\|Malayalam]] writer.<ref>[http://keralawindow.net/imp_m.htm MRB at Keralawindow] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410170031/http://keralawindow.net/imp_m.htm \|date=10 April 2008 }}</ref>

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	He was born in 1908 into a [[Nambudiri]] family of [[Kerala]] with limited resources due to which he ~~got~~ only nominal education. He joined [[Yogakshema Sabha]] and worked with [[V. T. Bhattathiripad]] and his brother [[Premji]], who was famous in his own way. He was also an active member of ''Purogamana Sahitya Prasthanam''. When widow marriage was considered a taboo in Nambuthiri community, he married Uma Antharjanam, younger sister of VT's wife Sreedevi Antharjanam, on 13 September 1934.<ref name="VT Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{~~Cite web \|url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/VTBhattathiripad/Html/VTBgraphy.htm \|title=VT Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal~~ \|date=~~2019-04-04 \|website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal \|access-date=2019-04-04~~}}</ref> This was the first known widow marriage in the Kerala Nambuthiri community.<ref name="Datta1987">{{cite book\|author=Amaresh Datta\|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA479\|year=1987\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1\|pages=479–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/10/06/stories/2006100600550300.htm \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140603081526/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/10/06/stories/2006100600550300.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2014-06-03 \|title=Archive News \|date=2006-10-06\|work=[[The Hindu]] \|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> The ceremony, though boycotted by orthodox Nambudiris, was attended by notable social reformers like [[Arya Pallam]] and [[M. C. Joseph]]. MRB's younger brother Premji later followed his brother in 1943 by marrying a 27-year old widow named Arya Antharjanam.		He was born in 1908 into a [[Nambudiri]] family of [[Kerala]] with limited resources due to which he received only nominal education.{{Citation needed\|date= April 2022}}

	~~When~~ [[~~Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi~~]] ~~started its flagship publication,~~ ''~~Keli~~'' in ~~1963~~, ~~MRB~~ was the first ~~editor~~.<!--<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.~~keralasangeethanatakaakademi~~.com/~~publication~~.~~html~~ \|title=~~This website is for sale!~~ - ~~keralasangeethanatakaakademi Resources and Information~~ \|~~publisher~~=~~Keralasangeethanatakaakademi.com~~ \|accessdate=2016-12-01 }}</ref>-->		He joined [[Yogakshema Sabha]] and worked with [[V. T. Bhattathiripad]] and his brother [[Premji]]. He was also an active member of ''Purogamana Sahitya Prasthanam''. When widow marriage was considered a taboo in Nambuthiri community, he married Uma Antharjanam, younger sister of VT's wife Sreedevi Antharjanam, on 13 September 1934.<ref name="VT Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/VTBhattathiripad/Html/VTBgraphy.htm \|title=VT Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal \|date=2019-04-04 \|website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal \|access-date=2019-04-04}}</ref> This was the first known widow marriage in the Kerala Nambuthiri community.<ref name="Datta1987">{{cite book\|author=Amaresh Datta\|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA479\|year=1987\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1\|pages=479–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/10/06/stories/2006100600550300.htm \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140603081526/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/10/06/stories/2006100600550300.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2014-06-03 \|title=Archive News \|date=2006-10-06\|work=[[The Hindu]] \|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> The ceremony, though boycotted by orthodox Nambudiris, was attended by [[Arya Pallam]] and [[M. C. Joseph]]. Bhattathiripad's younger brother Premji later followed his brother in 1943 by marrying a 27-year old widow named Arya Antharjanam.{{Citation needed\|date= April 2022}}

	He died on 8 October 2001, aged 93. He is survived by his three daughters. His wife predeceased him in 1996. His brother [[Premji]] also predeceased him.		When [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi]] started its flagship publication, ''Keli'' in 1963, Bhattathiripad was the first editor.{{Citation needed\|date= April 2022}}

			He died on 8 October 2001, aged 93. He is survived by his three daughters. His wife predeceased him in 1996. His brother [[Premji]] also predeceased him.{{Citation needed\|date= April 2022}}

	==Works==		==Works==
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'''Mullamangalath Raman Bhattathiripad''' (1908–2001), commonly known as '''M. R. Bhattathiripad''' or '''MRB''', was a social reformer, cultural leader and a [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] writer.<ref>[http://keralawindow.net/imp_m.htm MRB at Keralawindow] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410170031/http://keralawindow.net/imp_m.htm |date=10 April 2008 }}</ref>

== Biography ==
He was born in 1908 into a [[Nambudiri]] family of [[Kerala]] with limited resources due to which he got only nominal education. He joined [[Yogakshema Sabha]] and worked with [[V. T. Bhattathiripad]] and his brother [[Premji]], who was famous in his own way. He was also an active member of ''Purogamana Sahitya Prasthanam''. When widow marriage was considered a taboo in Nambuthiri community, he married Uma Antharjanam, younger sister of VT's wife Sreedevi Antharjanam, on 13 September 1934.<ref name="VT Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/VTBhattathiripad/Html/VTBgraphy.htm |title=VT Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-04-04 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-04-04}}</ref> This was the first known widow marriage in the Kerala Nambuthiri community.<ref name="Datta1987">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA479|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|pages=479–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/10/06/stories/2006100600550300.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140603081526/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/10/06/stories/2006100600550300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-06-03 |title=Archive News |date=2006-10-06|work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> The ceremony, though boycotted by orthodox Nambudiris, was attended by notable social reformers like [[Arya Pallam]] and [[M. C. Joseph]]. MRB's younger brother Premji later followed his brother in 1943 by marrying a 27-year old widow named Arya Antharjanam.

When [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi]] started its flagship publication, ''Keli'' in 1963, MRB was the first editor.

He died on 8 October 2001, aged 93. He is survived by his three daughters. His wife predeceased him in 1996. His brother [[Premji]] also predeceased him.

==Works==
MRB wrote 14 books.<ref name="Datta1987"/>

* Ente Omana – Play – 1927
* Marakkudakkullile Maha Narakam – Play – 1927
* Mazhavillu – Short stories – 1931
* Valkannadi – Novel – 1931
* Mukhachayakal – Travalogue – 1954
* Mula pottiya vithukal – Travalogue – 1956
* Kinavil oru yathra – Travalogue – 1962
* Kavisaparya – Travalogue – 1962
* Thamarayithalukal – Travalogue – 1967
* Ilakal Poovukal – Travalogue – 1969
* Valapottukal – Poetic memoirs – 1968
* Suvarnachaayakal

==Awards and recognitions==
He was a recipient of the [[Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy, Thrissur|Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy]] Award,<ref>[http://www.keralasangeethanatakaakademi.com Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award]</ref> the [[Kerala Sahithya Academy]] Award (1992),<ref>[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw12.htm Kerala Sahithya Academy Award – Overall Contribution] (in Malayalam)</ref> the Basheer Puraskaram,<ref>[http://www.pravasidoha.org/basheerpuraskaram.htm Basheer Puraskaram]</ref> and the Deviprasadam Puraskaram.

==See also==
*[[V. T. Bhattathiripad]]
*[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.namboothiri.com/articles/malayalam-literature.htm Profile]

==Further reading==
* {{cite book
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA479
| title = Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo
| author = Amaresh Datta
| year = 1987
| publisher = Sahitya Akademi
| ISBN = 978-81-260-1803-1
}}

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