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'''Ponnapuram Kottayil Kelu Moopan''' Also known as ''Punnapuram kottayil kelu Moopan'' or ''Kelu Moopan Chekon''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UnE87rY5gRgC&q=%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%81|title=സരസകവി മൂഴൂർ എസ്. പത്മനാഭപ്പണിക്കർ: ഒരു ആനുകാലികാവലോകനം|year=1944}}</ref> is a warrior who lived in the 17th century. He belonged to a [[Tiyyar]] caste,<ref name="unni2nn"/> The chief who was a character in the [[Vadakkan Pattukal]], Another theme in northern [[Malabar Coast|Malabar]] songs is an important character in [[Wayanad]]. Thacholi lived during the time of Othenan. In the [[Vadakkan Pattukal]], [[Thacholi Othenan]] kills the elder Kelu. In Thacholi song, the ''Kanni'' is taken away by the elder Kelu, and the moopan is killed by Thacholi Othenan who saved the virgin. After that, the fort administration gives the charge to Kunjikelu.<ref name="unni2nn">{{Cite book|last=Menon|first=A. Sreedhara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wnAjqjhc1VcC|title=Kerala History and its Makers|publisher=D C Books|date=4 March 2011|isbn=978-81-264-3782-5|pages=85|language=en|access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref> The theme of one of the ballads is the massive fortress of Kelumooppan, a prominent warlord of Ponnapuram. He had a personal body-guard of 16 swordsmen and 22 [[Nair]]s and his palanquin bearers were also Nairs. The fortress was built with huge rubble blocks and had 90 doors which could automatically be closed when a string was pulled. Around the fortress there were seven moats each connected with an iron bridge.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Be3PCvzf-BYC&dq=kelumooppan&pg=PA342|title = A Social History of India|isbn = 978-81-7648-170-0|last1 = Sadasivan|first1 = S. N.|year = 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EiHvAAAAIAAJ&q=%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82+%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86|title=Abhijñānaṃ: Paṭhanaṅȧḷ|isbn=978-81-7180-254-8|author1=Rāghavavāriyar|year=1991}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQBGLOK_1PYC&q=%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81+%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%BB|title=Ballads of North Malabar|last1=Menon|first1=Chelnat Achyuta|year=1935}}</ref>

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[[Category:Wayanad district]]
[[Category:Thiyyar warriors]]

Ponnapuramkottayil Kelu Moopan - Revision history

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