Saturday, September 12, 2015

Mahakavi Muthukulam Sridhar – A Profile




Name: Mahakavi Muthukulam Sridhar
Date of birth: 23rd January 1926
Address: Muthukulam Sridhar, 

Muthukulam, Alappuzha Dit, Kerala

Academic Qualifications: Studied Sanskrit and Indian philosophy from Narayanan Asan, a disciple of Punnasseri Nambi. Passed Sastri & Sahitya Visarad from Kerala Universtiy.

Contribution to Sanskrit and Malayalam literature: Twenty two books in Sanskrit including 7 mahakavyas. 20 books in Malayalam. Presented 'Subhashitam' in AIR for 3 decades from 1977. Published hundreds of articles and poems in Sanskrit and Malayalam magazines, journals and newspapers from 1970's onwards.

List of improtant works


Navabharatam Mahakavyam - on India's struggle for Independence (1976)
Nayakabharanam Mahakavyam - on Marthandavarma Raja (1987)
Subhananda Gurudeva Charitam Mahakavyam
Amritayanam Mahakavyam with Malayalam translation (2006)
Dharmasthaliyam Laghu Kavyam
Nilakantha Gurupada Charitam Mahakavyam,
Asrupuja (on Indira Gandhi's demise)
Sankara Bhagavadpada Charitam (Sanskrit prose)
Sri Vidyadhiraja Charitamritam
Sri Narayanagurudeva Charitamritam
Naganandam Malayalam translation
Naishadhiyacharitam Malayalam commentary
Usha Malayalam khandakavyam
Urmila Malayalam khandakavyam
Kavyanjali (Malayalam) 7 volumes
Prakriyasagaram (Malayalam grammar)
Alankarapradipika (Malayalam poetics)

Awards & Honours Received 


Adikavi Puraskaram
Guruvayur Tulasivanam Puraskaram
Kaviraja title at Sangitolsava
Panditaraja title from Visva Samskrita Pratishthan
Special Honour from Vallathol Sahitya Samiti
Honoured by Virendra Hegde of Dharmasthala
Sri Vidyadhiraja Darsana Puraskaram