Orawankara Neelakandhan Namboodiri
Orawankara Neelakandhan Namboodiri (1857-1917) was a reknowned scholar and poet from Kerala, South India.
Early Life
Neelakandhan Namboodiri was born in 1857 in Nambudiri Oravankara Illam in Annamanada, Thrissur district. He received his initial training in Sanskrit from his father, but at the age of 17 resumed his studies in Kodungalloor under the scholar Vidwan Kunhirama Varma.
Literature
Many of Neelakandhan's poems were lost, and only those written after 1882 are available. The majority of them are devotional which are pedantic and pregnant with philosophy. His important works include Baalopadesam, Kuchela Vritham (Ottanthullal), Varadopaakhyaanam, Bhaimee Parinayam (drama), Deveemaahaatmyam, Azhakapuri Varnanam, Ambika Vinisati.