Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Thakazhi Museum.(തകഴി)











































MORE about Thakazhi

Sankaramangalam the house where thakazhi lived which is situated 22 km from Alappuzha has been converted to a museum-cum-memorial hall dedicated to the memory of the late Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai (1912-1999), the famous writer who won the Jnanpeeth award in 1984, and whose writings include 35 novels and 600 short stories.
Thakazhi Museum and Smritimandapam is a museum-cum-memorial hall is dedicated to the memory of the late Malayalam poet Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai .The Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Njana Peedha lauriate was the president of this smarakam in two turns.
This Museum cum hall is the commemoration of the great Thakazhi Shivasankara pillai; (1912-1999) who won the Njanapeeda Puraskaram in 1984.His ancestral home, where the writer spend hours conjuring up stories, was turned into Museum in 2001.
Four rooms house his personal belongings that include awards, gifts, certificates, books, chairs, walking sticks, pens spectacles, typewriter and clothes used by the man


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