Kerala Renaissance Leaders & Nicknames

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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 (ആളിക്കത്തിയ തീപ്പൊരി)
  • Father of Modern Dalit (ആധുനിക ദളിതരുടെ പിതാവ്)
  • Great Son of India (ഇന്ത്യയുടെ മഹാനായ പുത്രൻ) – by Indira Gandhi
  • Pulaya Raja (പുലയരാജ) & Untiring Warrior (Gandhiji)
  • നിരക്ഷരനായ സാമൂഹിക പരിഷ്കർത്താവ്
  • അധഃസ്ഥിതരുടെ പടത്തലവൻ
  • Master (യജമാനൻ)
Dr. Ayyathan Gopalan Darsarji / Darsar Sahib
Brahmananda Sivayogi
  • Alathur Swami
  • Purusha Simham
  • Guru of Atheist.
Chattambi Swami
  • Sadhguru (സദ്ഗുരു)
  • Sree Bhattakaran (ശ്രീ ഭട്ടാരകൻ)
  • Sree Balabhattakaran (ശ്രീ ബാലഭട്ടാകാരൻ)
  • Sarva Vidyadhirajan (സർവ്വ വിദ്യാധിരാജ, by Ettarayogam, [എട്ടരയോഗം])
  • Shanmugadasan (ഷൺമുഖ ദാസൻ, by Thycaud Ayya),
  • Sarvajanaya Rishi (സർവ്വജ്ഞനായ ഋഷി)
  • Kaviyum, Kamandalavumillatha Sanyasi (കാവിയും കമണ്ഡലവും ഇല്ലാത്ത സന്യാസി)
  • Saint without Saffron (കാഷായം ധരിക്കാത്ത സന്യാസി, by Sree Narayana Guru)
  • പരിപൂർണ കലാനിധി (by Sree Narayana Guru)
  • ബാലാഹ്വന്‍
  • അര്‍ഭാനാമകന്‍
  • Kerala Yogeeswaran
Chavara Kuriakose Elias
  • Father of literacy in Kerala 
  • Daivadasan 
  • ചാവറയച്ചൻ
A.K. Gopalan The Crusader of the Down Trodden
Kumaranasan
  • തൂലിക പടവാളാക്കിയ കവി
  • Chinnaswami (by Dr. Palpu)
  • Sneha Gayakan (സ്നേഹ ഗായകൻ)
  • Ashayagambhiran (ആശയ ഗംഭീരൻ)
  • Divya kokilam (by Leelavathy)
  • വിപ്ലവത്തിന്റെ ശുക്രനക്ഷത്രം (by Prof. Joseph Mundassery)
  • Son of Honor (മാനസപുത്രൻ) 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 (കവിതിലകന്‍, 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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