V. T. Bhattathiripad

• Bhattathiripad was born on March 26, 1896 in KaippillyMana at Kidangoor, Angamaly, Kerala.
• Fullname: VellithruthiThazhathuKaruthaPatteri Raman Bhattathiripad.
• Father: ThuppanBhattathiripad
• Mother: SrideviAndarjanam
• In 1908 V T founded YogakshemaSabha.
• In 1937 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 AdukkalayilNinnuArangathekku.
• In 1930 a very powerful social reformist movement led by Namboodiri, YogakshemaSabha.
• Yachanayathra was led by V.T. in 1931 from Trichur to Chandragiririver.
• The V. T. Bhattathiripad College in Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad district, is named after him.
• Other books: KanneerumKinavum,V T YudeKathakal,Karmmavipakam,KozhinjaPookal.
• Died in 1982