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'''Paschimodayam''' was the second [[Malayalam]] [[magazine]] published in Kerala. Its first issue came out in October 1847.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raghavan |first=Puthuppally |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YRsbIJLGHocC&q=%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82 |title=കേരള പത്രപ്രവർത്തന ചരിത്രം: പഠനം |date=1985 |publisher=Kēraḷa Sāhitya Akkādami |language=ml}}</ref> The owners of the journal were the Basel Mission Society.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_ZGAQAAMAAJ&q=%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82 |title=Sāhityalōkaṃ |date=1990 |publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |language=ml}}</ref> The structure of ''Paschimodayam'' was similar to ''[[Rajyasamacharam]]'', the first Malayalam magazine. But in addition to [[Christians|Christian]] contents, there were articles published on [[science]], [[history]], [[astronomy]], and [[geography]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=India) |first=Max Mueller Bhavan (New Delhi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQQcAAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82 |title=Yearbook - Max Mueller Bhavan |date=1977 |publisher=Max Mueller Bhavan}}</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
''Paschimodayam'' was an eight-page publication and cost two paisa. The annual subscription cost ₹ 1. It had a better appearance than ''Rajyasamacharam'' and was printed on royal octavo garb (234mm x 156mm) size paper. George Frederick Muller served as its editor and the publication is thought to have ceased by 1851.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Relations |first=Kerala (India) Department of Public |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FPfkhS3vwdoC&q=%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82 |title=The Press in Kerala |date=1977 |publisher=Department of Public Relations, Kerala}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Christian media in Kerala]]<br />
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[[Category:1851 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct Malayalam-language newspapers]]<br />
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