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{{short description|Indian author (born 1929)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Narayana Purushothama Mallaya
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| birth_date = 7 May 1929
| birth_place = [[Mattancherry]], [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], India
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| occupation = Writer, literary activist
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| parents = N. M. Saraswathi Bhai
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Sahitya Academy Award]]<br>Konkani Pitamaha
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'''Narayana Purushothama Mallaya''' is an Indian author, known for his [[Konkani language agitation|activism]] for [[Konkani language]] and literature.<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/article1509806.ece | title=The Indian Express| date=21 March 2013 | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="GSB Konkani">{{cite web | url=http://gsbkonkani.blogspot.ae/2005/06/konkanis-tireless-crusader.html | title=GSB Konkani | publisher=GSB Konkani | date=7 June 2005 | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> A recipient of [[Sahitya Academy Award]],<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="Daiji World">{{cite web | url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=167966 | title=Daiji World | publisher=Daiji World | date=21 March 2013 | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> he was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6VrWjEuo3?url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |archive-date=26 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Times Content">{{cite web | url=http://www.timescontent.com/syndication-photos/reprint/news/421279/narayana-purushothama-mallaya-padma.html | title=Times Content | publisher=Times Group | date=27 January 2015 | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref>

==Biography==
Narayana Purushothama Mallaya was born on 7 May 1929 in [[Mattancherry]], a coastal town in [[Kochi]], in the South Indian state of [[Kerala]] to N. M. Saraswathi Bhai, reportedly the first woman teacher in the state.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/when-kerosene-lamps-were-street-lights/article636307.ece | title=The Hindu | date=13 August 2009 | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> He did his early education at T. D. School, Mattancherry and the Government Commercial Institute, [[Ernakulam]].<ref name="The Hindu" /> He started his career as a teacher by founding Ramakrishna Technical Institute in 1958, a commerce institute recognized by the state government.<ref name="The Hindu" />

Mallaya is reported to have initiated the movement against the 1951 census report classifying [[Konkani language|Konkani]] as a dialect of [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and was successful in getting a language status for Konkani by the time the next census report was published in 1961.<ref name="GSB Konkani" /> In 1966, he initiated a movement for getting national language status for Konkani by appealing to [[Indira Gandhi]], then Prime Minister of India and the efforts were successful in 1992 when the language was included in the [[8th Schedule languages|8th Schedule]].<ref name="The Hindu" /> His contributions are also reported in the establishment of ''Konkani Prachar Sabha'' and a chair for Konkani language studies at [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]], Kottayam.<ref name="GSB Konkani" />

Mallaya has authored 21 books<ref name="GSB Konkani" /> including ''Vedanta Bhushan Guruji Pandit Narayana Anantha Sarma Sastri Satakam'',<ref name="Vedanta Bhushan Guruji Pandit Narayana Anantha Sarma Sastri Satakam">{{cite book | url=http://www.pricedekho.com/books/vedanta-bhushan-guruji-pandit-narayana-anantha-sarma-sastri-satakam-n-purushot-price-p6ysmd.html | title=Vedanta Bhushan Guruji Pandit Narayana Anantha Sarma Sastri Satakam | publisher=Price Dekho | author=Narayana Purushothama Mallaya | year=2011}}</ref> a Konkani poem of 100 verses with English translation<ref name="E Bay">{{cite web | url=http://m.ebay.in/itmdescription?itemId=141464602722 | title=E Bay | publisher=E Bay | date=2015 | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> and a translation of Tamil epic, the [[Tirukkural]], composed of 1330 couplets in 133 chapters, into Konkani language.<ref name="Tirukkural">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/lf/2002/06/24/stories/2002062402810200.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20150224163720/http://www.thehindu.com/lf/2002/06/24/stories/2002062402810200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 February 2015 | title=Tirukkural | date=24 June 2002 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/Thirukkural-translated-into-Konkani/articleshow/13002899.cms | title=The Times of India| date=15 June 2002 | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> He has translated [[Jnanappana]] and several other notable works of [[Vallathol]] and [[Rabindra Nath Tagore]] besides authoring biographies of N. M. Saraswati Bhai, [[Suniti Kumar Chatterji]] and [[T. M. A. Pai|Dr. T. M. A. Pai]] in verses.<ref name="Tirukkural" /> ''Govinda Pai Satakam''<ref name="A History of Konkani Literature: From 1500 to 1992">{{cite book | url=A History of Konkani Literature: From 1500 to 1992 | title=A History of Konkani Literature: From 1500 to 1992 | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | author=Manohararāya Saradesāya | year=2000 | pages=307 of 317 pages | isbn=9788172016647}}</ref> and ''Calcutta Nagari Varnana''<ref name="Calcutta Nagari Varnana">{{cite web | url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/126312373/CustomReport---Konkani-Language-and-Cultural-Foundationxls | title=Calcutta Nagari Varnana | publisher=DocStoc | date=2015 | access-date=24 February 2015}}</ref> are two of his other notable works.<ref name="Tirukkural" />

Mallaya has received the [[Sahitya Academy Award]] for Konkani literature<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="Daiji World" /> and is a recipient of the title, ''Konkani Pitamaha'' from the ''Konkani Bhasha Prachar Sabha'' in 2005,<ref name="GSB Konkani" /> The [[Government of India]] included him in the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list, in 2015, for the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards" />

==See also==
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* [[Konkani language]]
* [[Konkani language agitation]]
* [[Tirukkural translations into Konkani]]
* [[List of translators]]
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{{portal|India|Literature}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | url=http://www.pricedekho.com/books/vedanta-bhushan-guruji-pandit-narayana-anantha-sarma-sastri-satakam-n-purushot-price-p6ysmd.html | title=Vedanta Bhushan Guruji Pandit Narayana Anantha Sarma Sastri Satakam | publisher=Price Dekho | author=Narayana Purushothama Mallaya | year=2011}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.timescontent.com/syndication-photos/reprint/news/421279/narayana-purushothama-mallaya-padma.html | title=Times Content Image Gallery| publisher=Times Group | date=27 January 2015 | access-date=24 February 2015}}
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