Kerala Renaissance Leaders & Nicknames
This post discusses the numerous nicknames given to Kerala's Renaissance leaders. Learning and memorizing the nicknames of various Renaissance leaders is a bit tedious, but if we check previous year's question papers, we can discover it as a significant topic and hope this post will be helpful for those who are preparing for the upcoming PSC Degree level, LGS, and LDC exams.

Kerala Renaissance Leaders & their Nicknames

List of all important Renaissance Leaders of Kerala and their nicknames are given below:


Renaissance Leader Nickname
Accamma Cherian
  • Jhansi Rani of Travancore (by Mahatma Gandhi)
  • Joan of Arc of Kerala
Ayyankali
  • Kerala Spartacus
  • Urupillai & Moothapullai
  • Flamed fire (ആളിà´•്à´•à´¤്à´¤ിà´¯ à´¤ീà´ª്à´ªൊà´°ി)
  • Father of Modern Dalit (ആധുà´¨ിà´• ദളിതരുà´Ÿെ à´ªിà´¤ാà´µ്)
  • Great Son of India (ഇന്à´¤്യയുà´Ÿെ മഹാà´¨ാà´¯ à´ªുà´¤്രൻ) – by Indira Gandhi
  • Pulaya Raja (à´ªുലയരാà´œ) & Untiring Warrior (Gandhiji)
  • à´¨ിà´°à´•്à´·à´°à´¨ാà´¯ à´¸ാà´®ൂà´¹ിà´• പരിà´·്കർത്à´¤ാà´µ്
  • à´…à´§ഃà´¸്à´¥ിതരുà´Ÿെ പടത്തലവൻ
  • Master (യജമാനൻ)
Dr. Ayyathan Gopalan Darsarji / Darsar Sahib
Brahmananda Sivayogi
  • Alathur Swami
  • Purusha Simham
  • Guru of Atheist.
Chattambi Swami
  • Sadhguru (സദ്à´—ുà´°ു)
  • Sree Bhattakaran (à´¶്à´°ീ à´­à´Ÿ്à´Ÿാരകൻ)
  • Sree Balabhattakaran (à´¶്à´°ീ à´¬ാലഭട്à´Ÿാà´•ാരൻ)
  • Sarva Vidyadhirajan (സർവ്à´µ à´µിà´¦്à´¯ാà´§ിà´°ാà´œ, by Ettarayogam, [à´Žà´Ÿ്à´Ÿà´°à´¯ോà´—ം])
  • Shanmugadasan (ഷൺമുà´– à´¦ാസൻ, by Thycaud Ayya),
  • Sarvajanaya Rishi (സർവ്വജ്à´žà´¨ാà´¯ à´‹à´·ി)
  • Kaviyum, Kamandalavumillatha Sanyasi (à´•ാà´µിà´¯ും കമണ്ഡലവും ഇല്à´²ാà´¤്à´¤ സന്à´¯ാà´¸ി)
  • Saint without Saffron (à´•ാà´·ാà´¯ം ധരിà´•്à´•ാà´¤്à´¤ സന്à´¯ാà´¸ി, by Sree Narayana Guru)
  • പരിà´ªൂർണ à´•à´²ാà´¨ിà´§ി (by Sree Narayana Guru)
  • à´¬ാà´²ാà´¹്വന്‍
  • à´…à´°്‍à´­ാà´¨ാമകന്‍
  • Kerala Yogeeswaran
Chavara Kuriakose Elias
  • Father of literacy in Kerala 
  • Daivadasan 
  • à´šാവറയച്ചൻ
A.K. Gopalan The Crusader of the Down Trodden
Kumaranasan
  • à´¤ൂà´²ിà´• പടവാà´³ാà´•്à´•ിà´¯ à´•à´µി
  • Chinnaswami (by Dr. Palpu)
  • Sneha Gayakan (à´¸്à´¨േà´¹ à´—ായകൻ)
  • Ashayagambhiran (ആശയ à´—ംà´­ീരൻ)
  • Divya kokilam (by Leelavathy)
  • à´µിà´ª്ലവത്à´¤ിà´¨്à´±െ à´¶ുà´•്രനക്à´·à´¤്à´°ം (by Prof. Joseph Mundassery)
  • Son of Honor (à´®ാനസപുà´¤്രൻ) to Dr. Palpu
  • Poet of Revolution & Poet of Renaissance (by Thayat Sankaran)
  • Mahakavi Kumaran Asan (Mahakavi – by Prince of Wales Madras University in 1922)
Karumban DaivathanNaduvathamman
K. KelappanKerala Gandhi
Mannath PadmanabhanBharat Kesari
Muhammad Abdurahman SahibKerala Subhash Chandra Bose
Dr. PalpuPolitical father of Ezhava community (by Ritty Lukose)
Pandit Karuppan
  • Kavi Thilakan (à´•à´µിà´¤ിലകന്‍, by Maharaja of Kochi)
  • Kerala Lincoln
  • Sahithya Kudeeram
  • Vidwan (by Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran)
Poikayil Yohannan
  • Poikayil Appachan
  • Pulayan Mathai 
  • Kerala Napoleon 
  • Kumara Gurudevan
Sahodaran Ayyappan
  • Pulaya Ayyappan
  • Father of Modern Malayalam Oratory
Sree Narayana Guru
  • Father of Kerala Renaissance 
  • Buddha of Kerala
  • Nanu Asan
  • Periya Swami (by Dr. Palpu)
  • Second Buddha (by G. Sankara Kurup).
Sree SankaracharyaJagadguru 
Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna PillaiKeralan
Thycaud Ayya
  • Shivaraja Yogi 
  • Superintendent Ayya
  • Hadayogopadheshta
  • Pandiparayan
  • Kerala Vardhamana Mahaveera 
Vaikuntha Swami Mudichoodum perumal / Muthukutty
VagbhatanandaBalaguru
Vakkom Abdul Khader MoulaviFather of Muslim renaissance in Kerala


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