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	\| name = T.K. Damodaran		\| name = T.K. Damodaran
	\| image = T.K.D. muzhappilangad.jpg		\| image = T.K.D. muzhappilangad.jpg
	\| ~~pseudonym~~ = T.K.D. Muzhappilangad		\| pen_name = T.K.D. Muzhappilangad
	\| occupation = Author		\| occupation = Author
	\| birth_place = [[~~India~~]]		\| birth_date = {{Birth year\|1946}}
	\| ~~genre~~ = [[~~Novel~~]]s, [[screenplay]], [[children's literature]]		\| birth_place = [[Muzhappilangad]], Malabar District, Madras Province, British India
	\| subject =		\| death_date = {{Death date and given age\|2026\|8\|27\|80\|df=y}}
			\| death_place = [[Kozhikode]], Kerala, India
			\| genre = Novels, [[screenplay]], [[children's literature]]
			\| subject =
	\| movement =		\| movement =
	\| awards = [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature]]		\| awards = [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature]]
	}}		}}

	'''T.K Damodaran''' (~~born~~ 1946), popularly known as '''T.K.D. Muzhappilangad''', is an Indian author, [[screenplay writer]], critic and orator. He is an acclaimed children's story writer in [[Malayalam]], who has won several awards including [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Endowments/Award_Balasahityam.htm \|title=Sri Padmanabha Swamy Endowment Award for Literature for Children \|website=Keralasahityaakademi.org \|date= \|accessdate=2016-10-27}}</ref> His book ''Unnikkuttanum kadhakaliyum'' received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://secure.mathrubhumi.com/books/author/533/muzhappilangaadu-t.k.d \|title=Mathrubhumi \|\| books \|website=Secure.mathrubhumi.com \|date= \|accessdate=2016-10-27}}</ref> He was born in [[Muzhappilangad]], a coastal village in [[Kerala]]. Besides children's literature he wrote four novels, sixteen essays on various subjects, five biographies and five plays.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://122.165.117.71/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=ccl=au%3A%22Muzhappilangad.%20T.%20K.%20D.%22&sort_by=relevance_dsc&limit=au:Muzhappilangad.%20T.%20K.%20D \|title=Ernakulam Public Library catalog › Results of search for 'au:"Muzhappilangad. T. K. D." and au:Muzhappilangad. T. K. D' \|website=122.165.117.71 \|date= \|accessdate=2016-10-27}}</ref>		'''T. K. Damodaran''' (1946 – 27 August 2026), popularly known as '''T. K. D. Muzhappilangad''', was an Indian author, [[screenplay writer]], critic and orator.

	==~~Gallery~~==		==Life and career==
	<~~gallery mode~~=~~packed>~~		Muzhappilangad was born in [[Muzhappilangad]], a coastal village in [[Madras Province]] in 1946. Besides children's literature he wrote four novels, sixteen essays on various subjects, five biographies and five plays.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://122.165.117.71/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=ccl=au%3A%22Muzhappilangad.%20T.%20K.%20D.%22&sort_by=relevance_dsc&limit=au:Muzhappilangad.%20T.%20K.%20D \|title=Ernakulam Public Library catalog › Results of search for 'au:"Muzhappilangad. T. K. D." and au:Muzhappilangad. T. K. D' \|website=122.165.117.71 \|date= \|accessdate=2016-10-27}}</ref>
	~~File~~:~~SAHITHYA AKKADAMY AWARD~~.~~jpg~~\|~~Certificate~~ of ~~Sahithya Academy Award~~
	~~File~~:~~Traditional kerala house~~.~~jpg\|House of~~ T.K.D. at [[Muzhappilangad]]		He was a children's story writer in [[Malayalam]], who won several awards including [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Endowments/Award_Balasahityam.htm \|title=Sri Padmanabha Swamy Endowment Award for Literature for Children \|website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi \|accessdate=2016-10-27}}</ref> His book ''Unnikkuttanum kadhakaliyum'' received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://secure.mathrubhumi.com/books/author/533/muzhappilangaadu-t.k.d \|title=Mathrubhumi \|\| books \|website=Mathrubhumi\|accessdate=2016-10-27}}</ref>
	</~~gallery~~>
			On 18 August 2026, Muzhappilangad was seriously injured after being hit by a van while crossing a road towards his residence. He died from his injuries at a hospital in [[Kozhikode]], on 27 August, aged 80.<ref>{{cite web \| title=Malayalam writer, playwright TKD Muzhappilangad passes away at 80 \| website=[[Onmanorama]] \| date=27 August 2026 \| url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2026/08/27/renowned-malayalam-writer-tkd-muzhappilangad-passes-away.html \| access-date=27 August 2026}}</ref>

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{{BLP sources|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox writer 
| name = T.K. Damodaran
| image = T.K.D. muzhappilangad.jpg
| pseudonym = T.K.D. Muzhappilangad
| occupation = Author
| birth_place = [[India]]
| genre = [[Novel]]s, [[screenplay]], [[children's literature]]
| subject =
| movement =
| awards = [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature]]
}}

'''T.K Damodaran''' (born 1946), popularly known as '''T.K.D. Muzhappilangad''', is an Indian author, [[screenplay writer]], critic and orator. He is an acclaimed children's story writer in [[Malayalam]], who has won several awards including [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Endowments/Award_Balasahityam.htm |title=Sri Padmanabha Swamy Endowment Award for Literature for Children |website=Keralasahityaakademi.org |date= |accessdate=2016-10-27}}</ref> His book ''Unnikkuttanum kadhakaliyum'' received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secure.mathrubhumi.com/books/author/533/muzhappilangaadu-t.k.d |title=Mathrubhumi || books |website=Secure.mathrubhumi.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-27}}</ref> He was born in [[Muzhappilangad]], a coastal village in [[Kerala]]. Besides children's literature he wrote four novels, sixteen essays on various subjects, five biographies and five plays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://122.165.117.71/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=ccl=au%3A%22Muzhappilangad.%20T.%20K.%20D.%22&sort_by=relevance_dsc&limit=au:Muzhappilangad.%20T.%20K.%20D |title=Ernakulam Public Library catalog › Results of search for 'au:"Muzhappilangad. T. K. D." and au:Muzhappilangad. T. K. D' |website=122.165.117.71 |date= |accessdate=2016-10-27}}</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:SAHITHYA AKKADAMY AWARD.jpg|Certificate of Sahithya Academy Award
File:Traditional kerala house.jpg|House of T.K.D. at [[Muzhappilangad]]
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