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He was born around 450 years ago in Malappuram district of Kerala, south India. His real name is not known; of the many names attributed to him, Ramanujan is the most popular. <br><br> The story of his birth is mixed with myths and truths. He traveled extensively in search of knowledge and returned to Thrikandiyur, after mastering the religious sciences. Ezhuthachan tried to propagate the universal nature of the language. He wanted to bring language to level of a layman's understanding.[citation needed] Although Cherushery, another prominent writer, lived before Thunjath, Thunjath is revered as a cultural icon. Good <br><br> There may have been many keerthanas, namam or japam, but is was impossible to find a single house in Kerala without a copy of his Adhyathmaramayanam during the dark times of war, disease and famine. There is no doubt about his contribution to the literary level of the common man. The great teacher taught the people to respect and worship the language and the alphabet, a level of culture which is difficult to find even in the modern era. He refined the Malayalam language style and wrote his works for ordinary people, incorporating whatever is good with a strong sense of righteousness and worship. His contribution to the language through the Adhyatmaramayanam and Mahabharatham is unparalleled, and his contribution in the cultural level is immense. </p> <h3>Thunjan Parambu</h3> <p class="para"> It was in Thunjan Parambu that Ezhuthachan modified the Malayalam alphabets and wrote the Harinamakeerthanam to popularize them. Even after centuries people from various parts of the state come to take sand from Thunjan Parambu to initiate their children to the alphabet. Every year, hundreds of people bring their children to write their first alphabets during the Vijayadasami festival, to Thunjan Parambu. "Anpathoraksharavum oronnithenmozhiyil Anpodu cherkka Hari Narayanaya Nama" - Harinamakeerthanam 14th stanza There is no controversy that the great teacher was the strongest sponsor of the 51 letter alphabet for Malayalam instead of the 30 letter Vattezhuthu. </p> <p align=center> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </p>  </TD> <TD valign="top" width="180">  <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script>  </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan="3" align="center">   <script type="text/javascript">  </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www3.addfreestats.com/cgi-bin/afstrack.cgi?usr=00310922"> </script>  <a href="http://sania-mirza.celebrities.deepthi.com/" target=_blank><img src="http://cricket.deepthi.com/images/images-pixviewer-sites/sania.gif" border=0 height="60" width="120" alt="Sania Mirza Tennis"></a> <a href="http://bollywood.deepthi.com/index.html" target=_blank><img src="http://cricket.deepthi.com/images/images-pixviewer-sites/bollywood.gif" border=0 height="60" width="120" alt="Bollywood actors and actresses"></a> <a href="http://cartoons-comics.deepthi.com/index.html" target=_blank><img src="http://cricket.deepthi.com/images/images-pixviewer-sites/cartoons-comics.jpg" border=0 height="60" width="120" alt="All about Cartoons & Comics"></a> <a href="http://www.stockphotographs.org/index.html" target=_blank><img src="http://cricket.deepthi.com/images/images-pixviewer-sites/stockphotographs.gif" border=0 height="60" width="120" alt="Buy & Sell Stockphotographs from around the World"></a> <a href="http://www.newyork-visit.com/" target=_blank><img src="http://cricket.deepthi.com/images/images-pixviewer-sites/newyork-visit.gif" border=0 height="60" width="120" alt="New York Visit Tourism Travel"></a>  </TD> </TR> </TABLE>