Malayalam, the lingua franca of the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Mahé district, is one of the eleven classical languages of India. Malayalam literature comprises
The Quilon Syrian copper plates (849/850 CE) is the available oldest inscription written in Old Malayalam. Besides Old Malayalam, the copper plate also contains signatures in Arabic (Kufic script), Middle Persian (cursive Pahlavi script) and Judeo-Persian (standard square Hebrew) scripts.
Grantha, Tigalari, and Malayalam scripts
Copy of Ezhuthachan's stylus and Adhyatma Ramayanam preserved at Thunchan Parambu, Tirur
The Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University is situated at Thunchan Parambu, Tirur, Malappuram
Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan was a Malayalam devotional poet, translator and linguist. He was one of the prāchīna kavithrayam of Malayalam literature, the other two being Kunchan Nambiar and Che
Malayalam literature
…Classical Language in India" in 2013, Malayalam literature developed into the current form mainly by the influence of the poets Cherusseri Namboothiri, Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan, and Poonthanam Nambudiri, in the 15th and the 16th centuries of Common Era. Thunchathu Ezhuthachchan is also known as The father of modern Malayalam…
A modern (2013) representation of Ezhuthachan by artist R. G. V.
Arthur C. Burnell was the first Western scholar to take an interest in Ezhuthachan.
Entrance (modern) gate to Thunchan Parambu, Tirur
Mandapam (modern), Thunchan Parambu