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{{Infobox writer
| name = Vayalar Ramavarma
| image = Vatalar Ramavarma.jpg
| native_name=വയലാർ രാമവർമ്മ
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| pseudonym =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|3|25}}
| birth_place = [[Vayalar]], [[Alleppey]], [[Travancore]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|10|27|1928|3|28}}
| death_place = [[Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram|Government Medical College, Trivandrum]]
| occupation = Lyricist, poet
| nationality = Indian
| period =
| genre = Poetry, lyrics
| years_active = 1956–1975
| subject =
| spouse = {{ubl|Chandramathi Thamburatti (1951-56)|Bharathi Thamburatti (1957-75)}}
| children = [[Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma]] and three daughters
| parents = {{ubl|Kerala Varma|Ambalika Thamburatti}}
| movement =
| notableworks = {{ubl|''Paadamudrakal''|''Enikku Maranamilla''|''Oru Judas Janikkunnu''|''Ente Maattolikkavithakal''}}
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| awards = {{ubl|1962 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]]|1969 [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics]]|1972 [[National Film Award for Best Lyrics]]|1972 [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics]]|1974 [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics]]|1975 [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics]]}}
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'''Vayalar Ramavarma''' (March 25, 1928 – October 27, 1975), better identified as '''Vayalar''',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vayalar Kavithakal|url=https://malayalamkavithakal.net/vayalar/|url-status=live|website=Malayalam Kavithakal}}</ref> was an Indian poet and lyricist of [[Malayalam literature|Malayalam language]]. He was known for his poems which include ''Sargasangeetham'', ''Mulankaadu'', ''Padamudrakal'', ''Aayisha'' and ''Oru Judas janikkunnu'' and for around 1300 songs he penned for 256 Malayalam films. He received the [[National Film Award for Best Lyrics]] in 1972 and was the winner of the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics]] in its year of inception which he received three more times. He was also a recipient of the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] in 1962.{{hsp}}<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry |date=2019-04-06 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |archive-date=26 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Mal_Awards.htm "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426134403/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Mal_Awards.htm |date=26 April 2013}} (in Malayalam). [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]]. Retrieved 9 June 2013.</ref><ref>[http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 "Literary Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618062155/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 |date=2012-06-18}}. [[Government of Kerala]]. Retrieved 9 June 2013.</ref> His collaborations with [[G. Devarajan]] produced the golden era of Malayalam film music and many songs written and composed by these duo remain the ever green classics in Malayalam. Ramavarma is regarded as one of the most successful and critically acclaimed lyricist in the history of [[Malayalam cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-18|title=Biopic to be made on legendary Malayalam writer Vayalar Rama Varma|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/biopic-be-made-legendary-malayalam-writer-vayalar-rama-varma-131035|access-date=2021-07-01|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ചുങ്കം ചായക്കടയിലെ രാഷ്‌ട്രീയ വാഗ്വാദവും ‘കുട്ടനും’|url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/news/features/remembering-vayalar-rama-varma-309857/|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Indian Express Malayalam|language=ml-IN}}</ref>

==Biography==
[[File:Vayalar Rama Varma Memorial.JPG|thumb|left|The memorial at poet's home ''Raghavaparambu'', in [[Vayalar]]]]
[[File:Bust of the poet Vayalar Ramavarma in Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 2014.jpg|thumb|right|Bust of Vayalar Ramavarma in [[Manaveeyam Veedhi]], Thiruvananthapuram.]]
[[File:Vayalar handwriting DSCN0058.JPG|thumb|Vayalar handwriting]]
Ramavarma was born on March 25, 1928, at [[Vayalar]], a small village in [[Alappuzha district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]]<ref name="Vayalar Ramavarma: eTimes">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Vayalar-Ramavarma |title=Vayalar Ramavarma: eTimes |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> to Vellarappilli Kerala Varma and Raghavaparambil Ambalika Thamburatti.<ref name="Vayalar Ramavarma - Veethi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/vayalar_ramavarma-profile-1868-25.htm |title=Vayalar Ramavarma - Veethi profile |date=2019-05-02 |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> He lost his father at an early age and his education in the traditional [[gurukula]] way, was supervised by his uncle, which was followed by formal education at the Sanskrit School as well as [[Cherthala]] English School.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/VayalarRamaVarma/Html/Vayalargraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-05-02 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> He started writing poetry while in school, publishing the first poem in "Swarat" magazine, which he continued after discontinuing education after 9th standard and published poems in periodicals such as "Arunodayam" and "Chakravalam". He started a weekly in 1951, under the name, ''Janadhipathyam'', but the weekly, which published articles promoting communist ideals, did not last long. Subsequently, he served as the editor of a publication from Madras.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />

Ramavarma married Puthekovilakathu Chandramathi Thamburatti in 1951 but the couple were issueless.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> Subsequently, he married Bharathi Thamburatti, the younger sister of Chandramathi Thamburatti, and the couple had a son, [[Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma]], a noted poet and lyricist,<ref name="Walking in his father's footsteps">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/fr/2005/11/25/stories/2005112501200200.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |title=Walking in his father's footsteps |date=2005-11-25 |access-date=2019-05-02}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and three daughters, Indulekha, Yamuna and Sindhu.<ref name="Vayalar - Malayala Chalachithram profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=7 |title=Vayalar - Malayala Chalachithram profile |date=2019-05-02 |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> His death came on October 27, 1975, at the age of 47, following a surgery at the [[Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram]] where he had been admitted for the treatment of [[Cirrhosis]]. Later revelations by poet, [[Ezhacherry Ramachandran]], that the actual cause of death was medical negligence, created a controversy,<ref name="വയലാറിന്റെ മരണകാരണം: ഏഴാച്ചേരിയുടെ വെളിപ്പെടുത്തല്‍ വിവാദം ആവുന്നു">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/online/malayalam/news/story/1162506/2011-09-15/kerala |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326054514/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/online/malayalam/news/story/1162506/2011-09-15/kerala |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-03-26 |title=വയലാറിന്റെ മരണകാരണം: ഏഴാച്ചേരിയുടെ വെളിപ്പെടുത്തല്‍ വിവാദം ആവുന്നു |date=2015-03-26 |access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> but Ramachandran later refused to stand by his earlier statement.<ref name="Now, Ezhachery is not sure how Vayalar Ramavarma died">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Now-Ezhachery-is-not-sure-how-Vayalar-Ramavarma-died/articleshow/9976037.cms |title=Now, Ezhachery is not sure how Vayalar Ramavarma died |website=The Times of India |language=en |access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> The memoirs of his wife, Bharathi Thamburatti, titled ''Indradanussinte Theerathu'',<ref name="Indradhanussin Theerathu">{{Cite web |url=http://nastiknation.org/product/indradhanussin-theerathu/ |title=Indradhanussin Theerathu |date=2019-05-02 |website=Nastik Nation |language=en-US |access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> also became controversial due to certain remarks made in the book about [[K. J. Yesudas]].<ref name="The Hindu : Life Kochi : A tryst with controversy">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/lf/2004/10/29/stories/2004102900560200.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |title=Life Kochi : A tryst with controversy |date=2004-10-29 |access-date=2019-05-02}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
=== As a poet ===
Ramavarma's first poetry anthology was ''Padamudrakal'', in 1948 which reflected his affinity towards Gandhian ideals in those days.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> Between 1950 and 1961, he published a number of anthologies including ''Konthayum Poonoolum'' (1950), ''Naadinte Nadam'', ''Enikku Maramamilla'', ''Mulankadu'' (1955), ''Oru Judas Janikkunnu'' (1955), ''Ente Mattolikavithakal'' (1957), and ''Sargasangeetham'' (1961), a khandakavyam titled ''Ayisha'', two short story anthologies, ''Raktham Kalarnna Mannu'' and ''Vettum Thiruthum'' as well as a travelogue by name, ''Purushantharangaliloode'',<ref name="List of works">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/VayalarRamaVarma/Html/VayalarPage.htm |title=List of works |date=2019-05-03 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref> which detailed his experiences during his first trip to [[Delhi]] in 1956 to participate in the Asian Writers' Conference. With the popularity of his poems, he was known to have brought poetry to the common man's domain.<ref name="The Hindu : Remembering Vayalar">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/mp/2003/11/03/stories/2003110301960200.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |title=Remembering Vayalar |date=2003-11-03 |access-date=2019-05-03}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

=== As a lyricist ===
{{Main|Vayalar Ramavarma filmography}}
Ramavarma shifted his base to Madras to take up the editorship of a magazine and this move to the city helped him to get associated with Malayalm film industry which was based there during those days.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> In 1956, he got the opportunity to write the lyrics for [[Koodappirappu]], a [[J. D. Thottan]] film, for which 10 songs composed by [[K. Raghavan]] were written by him.<ref name="Koodappirappu (1956)">{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=60 |title=Koodappirappu (1956) |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> Overall, he wrote over 1300 songs<ref name="List of Malayalam Songs by Lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/songs.php?tag=Search&lyricist=Vayalar%2520Ramavarma&limit=1311&alimit=135 |title=List of Malayalam Songs by Lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma |date=2019-05-03 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref> for 245 [[Malayalam Cinema|Malayalam movies]], 135 songs for 29 music albums and for several plays,<ref name="Lists of lyricists in Malayalam movies">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/profiles.php?category=lyricist |title=Lists of lyricists in Malayalam movies |date=2019-05-02 |publisher=Malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> of which 755 songs were composed by [[G. Devarajan]].<ref name="List of Malayalam Songs by Musician G Devarajan,Lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/songs.php?tag=Search&musician=G%2520Devarajan&lyricist=Vayalar%2520Ramavarma&limit=755&alimit=35 |title=List of Malayalam Songs by Musician G Devarajan,Lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma |date=2019-05-03 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref> One among the three major lyricists of his times, [[P. Bhaskaran]] and [[O. N. V. Kurup]] completing the trio, Rama Varma's lyrics were known to have brought the Malayalam film songs closer to poetry.<ref name="Profile of Malayalam Lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?category=lyricist&artist=Vayalar%2520Ramavarma&limit=245 |title=Profile of Malayalam Lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma |date=2019-05-02 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
Ramavarma received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] in 1962 for his poetry anthology, ''Sargasangeetham''.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry" /> [[Kerala State Chalachitra Academy]] selected his songs for the films, [[Nadhi (film)|Nadhi]] and [[Kadalpalam]] for the inaugural [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics]] in 1969; he would receive the award three more times, in 1972 for [[Chembarathi]], in 1974 for [[Nellu (1974 film)|Nellu]] and Athidhi and in 1975 for [[Chuvanna Sandhyakal]] and [[Swami Ayyappan (1975 film)|Swami Ayyappan]].<ref name="Kerala State Film Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232254/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-03 |title=Kerala State Film Awards |date=2019-05-03 |website=Government of Kerala |access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref> In between, he received the [[National Film Award for Best Lyrics]] for the song, ''Manushyan mathangale srushtichu'' in the film, [[Achanum Bappayum]] in 1972.<ref name="Vayalar Ramavarma - Veethi profile" />

An annual literary award, [[Vayalar Award]], has been instituted in his memory by Vayalar Rama Varma Memorial Trust.<ref name="Vayalar Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw27.htm |title=Vayalar Award |date=2019-05-02 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> The award is given on 27 October, the poet's death anniversary and the recipients include [[Lalithambika Antharjanam]], [[Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai]], [[Sugathakumari]], [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]], [[K. Ayyappa Panicker]] and [[K. Satchidanandan]].<ref name="Winners of Vayalar Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/vayalar-award/575 |title=Winners of Vayalar Award |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-05-03}}</ref> The trust has constructed a memorial for Ramavarma at his residence in Vayalar, which houses a literary museum, library, office, auditorium, martyr square and conference room.<ref name="Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial">{{Cite web |url=http://www.alappuzhaonline.com/vayalarmemorial.htm |title=Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial |date=2019-05-04 |website=www.alappuzhaonline.com |access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref> Vayalar Ramavarma Samskarika Vedi, another Thiruvananthapuram-based eponymous organization, has instituted an annual award, ''Vayalar Ramavarma award'', to recognize excellence in television programmes.<ref name="Annie wins Vayalar Ramavarma Award - Times of India">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/malayalam/Annie-wins-Vayalar-Ramavarma-Award/articleshow/51738667.cms |title=Annie wins Vayalar Ramavarma Award - Times of India |website=The Times of India |language=en |access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> The organization has instituted two more awards, ''Vayalar Ramavarma Sangeetha Puraskaram'' and ''Vayalar Ramavarma Natya Ratna Puraskaram'', music and dance awards respectively, in honour of the poet.<ref name="Celebrating the poet Vayalar Ramavarma - Times of India">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/kochi/celebrating-the-poet-vayalar-ramavarma/articleshow/64632957.cms |title=Celebrating the poet Vayalar Ramavarma - Times of India |website=The Times of India |language=en |access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> The Government of Kerala installed a bust of Rama Varma at [[Manaveeyam Veedhi]], the road between Althara junction to the Museum-Vellayambalam road in Thiruvananthapuram, on Nov 24, 2005.<ref name="It is a dream-come-true for Devarajan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/25/stories/2005112501900200.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |title=It is a dream-come-true for Devarajan |date=2005-11-25 |access-date=2019-05-02}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
=== Khandakavyam ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=229814&query_desc=au%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520vayalar |title=Ayisha |last=Ramavarma |first=Vayalar |date=2008 |publisher=Sahithya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangam |location=Kottayam}}

=== Song collections ===
*''Ente Chalachitragaanangal'' in 6 parts

=== Poetry anthology ===
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* {{Cite web |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=216712&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520vayalar |title=Padamudrakal |last=Vayalar Ramavarmma |date=1948 |publisher=Narasimhavilasam |access-date=2019-05-03}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=327138&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520vayalar |title=Konthayum poonoolum |last=Ramavarma |first=Vayalar |date=1950 |publisher=Current Books |location=Thrissur}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=206402&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520vayalar |title=Enikku maranamilla |last=Vayalar Ramavarmma |date=1955 |publisher=Current Books |location=Current books, Thrissur}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=20302&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520vayalar |title=Mulankaadu |last=Ramavarma |first=Vayalar |date=1955 |location=Kottayam, SPCS}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=147815&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520vayalar |title=Oru Judas Janikkunnu |last=Ramavarma |first=Vayalar |date=1955 |location=Thrissur, Current Books |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71358&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520vayalar |title=Ente Maattoli Kavithakal |last=Rama Varma Vayalar |year=1957}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85877&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520vayalar |title=Sarga sangeetham |last=Rama Varma Vayalar |date=1961 |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangam |location=Kottayam}}
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=== Short story anthology ===
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=209703&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520vayalar |title=Raktham Kalarnna Mannu |last=Vayalar Ramavarmma |date=1956 |publisher=Jayasree |location=Jayasree}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=23185&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520vayalar |title=Vettum thiruthum |last=Ramavarma |first=Vayalar |date=1987 |location=Thiruvananthapuram, Prabhath}}
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=== Essay compilations ===
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=205684&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520vayalar |title=Purushandarangalilude |last=Vayalar Ramavarmma |date=1965 |publisher=Current Books |location=Current books}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=306792&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520vayalar |title=Kuppichillukalum rosadalangalum |last=Ramavarma |first=Vayalar |date=1985 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam}}
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=== Collected works ===
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=75399&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520vayalar |title=Vayalar krithikal: kavithakalum gaanagalum |last=Rama Varma Vayalar |date=1976 |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=79479&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520vayalar |title=Vayalar Kavithakal |last=Rama Varma Vayalar |date=1984 |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam}}
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== See also ==
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* [[List of Malayalam-language authors by category]]
* [[List of Malayalam-language authors]]
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{{Portal|India|Literature}}

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/VayalarRamaVarma/Html/VayalarRamaVarma.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=2019-05-02 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-05-02}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/VayalarRamaVarma/Html/VayalarScript.htm |title=Handwriting |date=2019-05-02 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-05-02}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.devaragam.com/vbscript/MusicNew.aspx?ArtistID=36&Msg=Hits%20of%20Vayalar |title=Hits of Vayalar (audio) |date=2019-05-04 |website=Devaragam.com |access-date=2019-05-04}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.alappuzhaonline.com/vayalarsongs/vayalar-malayalamfilms.htm |title=Vayalar songs - filmography |date=2019-05-04 |website=www.alappuzhaonline.com |access-date=2019-05-04}}

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imported>Rsjaffe: clean up, typo(s) fixed: March 25, 1928 → March 25, 1928,, , → , (2)

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	==References==		==References==