V. T. Bhattathiripad

• Bhattathiripad was born on March 26, 1896 in Kaippilly Mana at Kidangoor, Angamaly, Kerala.
• Fullname: Vellithruthi Thazhathu Karutha Patteri Raman Bhattathiripad.
• Father: Thuppan Bhattathiripad
• Mother: Sridevi Andarjanam
• He encouraged widow marriage in the Brahmin society.
• He conducted the first mixed-race marriage in the Brahmin society.
• The year 1929  V. T. Bhattathiripad wrote his play Adukkalayil Ninnu Arangathekku.
•  In 1930 a very powerful social reformist movement led by Namboodiri, Yogakshema Sabha.
• Yogakshema Sabha was formed in a meeting under the leadership of  Desamangalam Sankaran Namboothiripadu.
• V T worked as a proof reader in the publication of ‘Mangalodayam’.
• V T was ousted from his caste for the reason of attending the Ahmedabad Congress Session of 1921.
• Starvation march led by V T Bhattathiripadu.
• The V. T. Bhattathiripad College in Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad district, is named after him.
• Other books: Kanneerum Kinavum,V T Yude Kathakal,Karmmavipakam
• Died in 1982