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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
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'''Thunchan Parambu''' or ''Thunchan Memorial Trust and Research Centre'' is a place in [[Tirur]], [[Kerala]], [[South India]].

==Location==
It is located 2 km south west of Tirur railway station and 28 km west of the District Headquarters city. It is a residential area.[http://thunchanmemorial.com/contact.php]

==History==
Thunjan Parambu in Tirur in Malappuram is the birthplace of Thunchath Ezhuthachan, the father of the Malayalam language. A memorial ( Thunjan Smarakom ) for the great poet has been built at Thunjan Parambu in 1964.

==Ezhuthachan==
Ezhuthachan is considered as the Father of the Malayalam language, because of his devotion to the language, his influence on the acceptance of the Malayalam alphabet, and his extremely popular poetic works in Malayalam. The kilippaattu style in Malayalam was introduced by Ezhuthachan.

==Literary Festival==
A week-long literary festival is organized annually in last week of December. The famous "Thunchan Utsavam" is held here every year in the first week of February. On Vijayadasami day hundreds of people throng to Thunjan Parambu with their children, to initiate them into the world of letters. Poets and teachers help children to write on the white sands of Thunjan parambu with their fingers. Even budding poets and writers come here to offer their first works.

==Memorials==
The iron stylus with which Ezhuthachan wrote his texts on palm leaves and the ancient Kanjira tree under which he composed his poems and taught disciples are preserved here and displayed to public .

==Biography==
The main aim of the Thunjan Smaraka Samiti is to bring out a complete biography of Thunjath Ezhuthachan, to establish a library, to conduct classes and to establish a research centre and research facility for the up liftment of the Malayalam language etc. There is a research centre, cottages for writers, an auditorium, and a literary museum here. It is also a Manuscript Resource centre of the National Manuscript Mission.

Thunjan Parambu is 3 km from Tirur Railway Station and 32 km from Malappuram.

==Transportation==
Thunjan parambu village connects to other parts of India through [[Tirur]] town. National highway No.66 passes through [[Tirur]] and the northern stretch connects to [[Goa]] and [[Mumbai]]. The southern stretch connects to [[Cochin]] and [[Trivandrum]]. Highway No.966 goes to [[Palakkad]] and [[Coimbatore]]. The nearest airport is at [[Kozhikode Airport|Calicut]]. The nearest major railway station is at [[Tirur]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Thunjan parambu.jpg|Gate inside view
Image:Thunjan parambu1.jpg|Thunjan Parambu.
File:Thunchath Smarakam (2).jpg|Gate front view
File:Thunchath Smarakam (6).jpg|''Plastic not allowed''
File:Thunchath Smarakam (5).jpg|First garden
File:Thunchath Smarakam (10).jpg|Office
File:Thunchath Smarakam (11).jpg|Dance Stage
File:Thunchath Smarakam (13).jpg|The Temple in Kerala Style with the Bunyan Tree
File:Thunchath Smarakam (15).jpg|The Park inside the Memorial
File:Thunchath Smarakam (24).jpg|The mandapam and the auditorium
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University in Kerala]]
*[[Tirur]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Thunchan Parambu}}

{{Malappuram district}}
[http://tripyourdays.com/attractions/Thunjan--Parambu About Thunchan Parambu]
[[Category:Villages in Malappuram district|Tunchan Parambu]]
[[Category:Tirur area]]

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