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{{Short description|Indian anthropologist}}
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| occupation              = [[Anthropologist]]<br>Historian
| occupation              = [[Anthropologist]]<br>Historian
| known for              = Anthropological writings
| known for              = Anthropological writings
| children                = L. K. Balaratnam , Ganga Bhagirathy
| children                = L.K. Ananthakrishnan, L. K. Balaratnam, L.K. Ramachandran and LK Padmanabhan
| parents                = [[L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer]]
| parents                = [[L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer]]
| awards                  = [[Padma Bhushan]]
| awards                  = [[Padma Bhushan]]
}}
}}
'''Lakshminarayanapuram Ananthakrishna Krishna Iyer''' was an Indian [[Anthropologist]] and a writer of several books on the subject.<ref name="Listing on WorldCat">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AKrishna+Iyer%2C+L.+A.&qt=hot_author | title=Listing on WorldCat | publisher=WorldCat | date=2016 | accessdate=9 April 2016}}</ref> He was the head of the department of Anthropology at the [[University of Madras]] and was credited with studies on the tribal and scheduled caste people of Kerala, a work initiated by his father, [[L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer]], himself a noted anthropologist.<ref name="VidyarthiRai1977">{{cite book|author1=Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi|author2=Binay Kumar Rai|title=The Tribal Culture of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=scgz0Uzn64YC&pg=PA58|year=1977|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|pages=58–|id=GGKEY:WY79CWZYNC2}}</ref> ''Anthropology in India'',<ref name="Anthropology in India">{{cite book | title=Anthropology in India | publisher=B. V. Bhavan | author=L. A. Krishna Iyer and L. K. Bala Ratnam | year=1961 | pages=257 | oclc=639869627}}</ref> ''Social History of Kerala'', a two-volume historical study<ref name="Iyer1968">{{cite book|author=L. A. Krishna Iyer|title=Social History of Kerala|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3ZuAAAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Book Centre Publications}}</ref> and ''The Travancore Tribes and Castes'', a three-volume account of the tribal people of southern Kerala<ref name="Boban1998">{{cite book|author=K. Jose Boban|title=Tribal Ethnomedicine: Continuity and Change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uBRkv35dCAC&pg=PA318|date=1 January 1998|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-027-7|pages=318–}}</ref> are some of his notable works. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1972, for his contributions to science.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |accessdate=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 }}</ref> His sons, L.K. Ananthakrishnan,L. K. Balaratnam, is also a known anthropologist.<ref name="VidyarthiRai1977" /> Dr L.K. Ramachandran noted Scientist/ Bio-Chemist/> L.K. Padmanabhan His daughters,  L.K. Lakshmi, L.K. Kamalam, L.K. Bhagirathy  and L.K. Parvathy
'''Lakshminarayanapuram Ananthakrishna Krishna Iyer''' was an Indian [[anthropologist]] and a writer of several books on the subject.<ref name="Listing on WorldCat">{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Listing on WorldCat |url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AKrishna+Iyer%2C+L.+A.&qt=hot_author |publisher=WorldCat |accessdate=9 April 2016}}</ref> He was the head of the department of Anthropology at the [[University of Madras]] and was credited with studies on the tribal and scheduled caste people of Kerala, a work initiated by his father, [[L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer]], himself a noted anthropologist.<ref name="VidyarthiRai1977">{{Cite book |last1=Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=scgz0Uzn64YC&pg=PA58 |title=The Tribal Culture of India |last2=Binay Kumar Rai |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=1977 |pages=58– |id=GGKEY:WY79CWZYNC2}}</ref> ''Anthropology in India'',<ref name="Anthropology in India">{{Cite book |last=L. A. Krishna Iyer and L. K. Bala Ratnam |title=Anthropology in India |publisher=B. V. Bhavan |year=1961 |pages=257 |oclc=639869627}}</ref> ''Social History of Kerala'', a two-volume historical study<ref name="Iyer1968">{{Cite book |last=L. A. Krishna Iyer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3ZuAAAAMAAJ |title=Social History of Kerala |publisher=Book Centre Publications |year=1968}}</ref> and ''The Travancore Tribes and Castes'', a three-volume account of the tribal people of southern Kerala<ref name="Boban1998">{{Cite book |last=K. Jose Boban |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uBRkv35dCAC&pg=PA318 |title=Tribal Ethnomedicine: Continuity and Change |date=1 January 1998 |publisher=APH Publishing |isbn=978-81-7648-027-7 |pages=318–}}</ref> are some of his notable works. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1972, for his contributions to science.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Padma Awards |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |url-status=dead |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |accessdate=3 January 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 October 2015}}</ref> His sons, L.K. Ananthakrishnan, L. K. Balaratnam, is also a known anthropologist.<ref name="VidyarthiRai1977" /> Dr L.K. Ramachandran noted Scientist/ Bio-Chemist/> L.K. Padmanabhan His daughters,  L.K. Lakshmi, L.K. Kamalam, L.K. Bhagirathy  and L.K. Parvathy.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{cite document | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273855359 | title=The Travancore Tribes and Castes on ResearchGate | date=2016 | accessdate=9 April 2016 | doi=10.1017/S0035869X00078461}}
* {{Cite journal |date=2016 |title=The Travancore Tribes and Castes on ResearchGate |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273855359 |doi=10.1017/S0035869X00078461 |s2cid=164147458 |accessdate=9 April 2016}}


{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1970–79}}
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1970–79}}


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[[Category:Scholars from Kerala]]
[[Category:Scholars from Kerala]]
[[Category:Malayali people]]
[[Category:Malayali people]]
[[Category:University of Madras faculty]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Madras]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian social scientists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian anthropologists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian non-fiction writers]]



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L. A. Krishna Iyer
Born
Kerala, India
OccupationAnthropologist
Historian
Known forAnthropological writings
ChildrenL.K. Ananthakrishnan, L. K. Balaratnam, L.K. Ramachandran and LK Padmanabhan
Parent(s)L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer
AwardsPadma Bhushan

Lakshminarayanapuram Ananthakrishna Krishna Iyer was an Indian anthropologist and a writer of several books on the subject.[1] He was the head of the department of Anthropology at the University of Madras and was credited with studies on the tribal and scheduled caste people of Kerala, a work initiated by his father, L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer, himself a noted anthropologist.[2] Anthropology in India,[3] Social History of Kerala, a two-volume historical study[4] and The Travancore Tribes and Castes, a three-volume account of the tribal people of southern Kerala[5] are some of his notable works. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1972, for his contributions to science.[6] His sons, L.K. Ananthakrishnan, L. K. Balaratnam, is also a known anthropologist.[2] Dr L.K. Ramachandran noted Scientist/ Bio-Chemist/> L.K. Padmanabhan His daughters, L.K. Lakshmi, L.K. Kamalam, L.K. Bhagirathy and L.K. Parvathy.

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  1. "Listing on WorldCat". WorldCat. 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi; Binay Kumar Rai (1977). The Tribal Culture of India. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 58–. GGKEY:WY79CWZYNC2.
  3. L. A. Krishna Iyer and L. K. Bala Ratnam (1961). Anthropology in India. B. V. Bhavan. p. 257. OCLC 639869627.
  4. L. A. Krishna Iyer (1968). Social History of Kerala. Book Centre Publications.
  5. K. Jose Boban (1 January 1998). Tribal Ethnomedicine: Continuity and Change. APH Publishing. pp. 318–. ISBN 978-81-7648-027-7.
  6. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

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