Uracheri Gurukkanmar

Uracheri Gurukkanmar (also known as Puthusseri Gurukkal) were men who taught scholar and linguist Herman Gundert the Sanskrit and Malayalam languages when he travelled in India as a missionary in the nineteenth century.[1][2][3]

The Five Brothers, or Five Pandits, as they were sometimes known, were born to the Kaviyur, the Thiyya family (Shudra caste) in Chokli near Thalassery.[4] The Gurukulam LP School, founded in 1871, was founded by the Urachery Gurukkal .[5] The following are the five Uracheri Gurunathanmar.

1.Kunjikannan Gurunathan (1764–1841),

2.Kunjichanthan Gurunathan

3.Othenan Gurunathan

4.Chathappan Gurunathan

5.Koran Gurunathan[2][6][7]

The gurus were fragrant poets. The area where they lived was later known as Kaviyoor.[5] Hermann Gundert heard about the gurus and sought them out to learn Malayalam. Gundert invited the Uracheri gurus to his home in Illikunnu. Their teaching about the literary and colloquial aspects of the language resulted in Gundert's publication of the first English-Malayalam dictionary.[1] The only surviving monument to these gurus is the house where they lived in Kaviyoor.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Karunakaran, Prashobh (2025-11-25). "Caste System of India Explained". Journal Of Arts Humanities And Social Sciences. 4 (11): 67. ISSN 2945-3488.
  2. 1 2 "ചൊക്ലി ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്, ചരിത്രം, സാംസ്കാരികചരിത്രം". Retrieved 2014-07-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ The Hindu, Thalassery's Gundert legacy
  4. ↑ S. C. Bhatt and Gopal K. Bhargava (2005). Land and people of Indian states and union territories. p. 289. ISBN 978-81-7835-370-8. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015. This Bungalow in Tellicherry ... was the residence of Dr. Herman Gundert .He lived here for 20 years
  5. 1 2 3 പന്ന്യന്നൂർ ഭാസി. "ഊരാച്ചേരി ഗുരുനാഥന്മാർ". ഗുണ്ടർട്ടിന്റെ ഗുരുനാഥന്മാർ (in Malayalam). നളന്ദ പബ്ബ്ലിക്കേഷൻ. pp. 26–34. ISBN 978-81-300-1398-5. Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 30 July 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ K s. Mathew (1500–1962). maritime malabar and europeans. Books of india. p. 468. ISBN 9788178710297. Retrieved August 9, 2008. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  7. ↑ "ചൊക്ലി ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്, പഞ്ചായത്തിലൂടെ, ചൊക്ലി - 2010". Retrieved 2014-07-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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