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'''Unniyachi Charitham''' is considered to be the oldest of the ancient [[Manipravalam|Manipravala Champukas]] and the first Champukavya in the [[Malayalam|Malayalam language]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Menon |first=A. Sreedhara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FAlXPgAACAAJ&q=%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B3+%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82 |title=Keralacharithram |date=2007-01-01 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-81-264-1588-5 |language=ml}}</ref> It is believed to be written in the [[13th century]] during the [[Middle Malayalam]] period. The poem is about ''Unniyachi'', a dancer of Tirumaruthur temple near Tirunelli.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tarakan |first=Ke Eṃ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3nhkAAAAMAAJ&q=Unnichiruthevi+Charitham |title=A Brief Survey of Malayalam Literature: History of Literature |date=1990 |publisher=K.M. Tharakan |language=en}}</ref> Uyyiyachi Charitham has its place in various fields like language, literature, social and national history.<ref>{{Cite book |last=നാരായണപിള്ള |first=പി കെ (എഡി ) |url=http://archive.org/details/UnniyacheeCharitham |title=Unniyachee Charitham |date=1949}}</ref> ''Thevar Chirikumaran'' is mentioned in the poem as its author. It is also mentioned in the poem that Rama Chirikumaran copied the poem in the [[Palm-leaf manuscript]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |title=ഉണ്ണിയച്ചീചരിതം |url=https://keralaliterature.com/books/unniyacheecharitham-ഉണ്ണിയച്ചീചരിതം/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=Keralaliterature.com |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
The period of writing of the poem is believed to be between the beginning and the end of the 13th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ദേവദാസികള്: കേരളത്തിനുമുണ്ട് കഥ പറയാന് (പ്രതികരണം ) – Sneha Samvadam – Magazine- Niche of truth – Magazine |url=https://old.snehasamvadam.org/archives/539 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=old.snehasamvadam.org}}</ref> From the references in this work itself, [[Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer|Ulloor]] postulates that the Unniachicharitam must have been written before 1346 AD.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nair |first=Puravarikkal Krishnan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xIwRAQAAIAAJ&q=Unnichiruthevi+Charitham |title=ഉണ്ണിച്ചിരുതേവീചരിതം: പാഠപരിശോധനചെയ്തു പരിഷ്ക്കരിച്ചത് |date=1973 |publisher=Kr̥ṣṇannāyar |language=ml}}</ref> The theme of Unniyachi Charitham is the infatuation of a [[Gandharva|Gandharvan]] with Unniyachi, the younger of the two daughters of Nangaiah's daughter Achiyar, who came from Atiyamanallur in [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] to Kolathunath and from there to Tirumaruthur in Purakizhanadu (present [[Kottayam]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=കുഞ്ഞന് പിള്ള |first=ശൂരനാട്ട് |title=കാവ്യരത്നാകരം |year=1956 |language=ml}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Unnichiruthevi Charitham]]<br />
*[[Manipravalam]]<br />
==References==<br />
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[[Category:Malayalam-language literature]]<br />
[[Category:Poems in Malayalam]]</div>FXRChelsea